Mehnaz Begum

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Mehnaz Begum
Died	Saturday, 7 Rabi'-I, 1434 A.H/January 19, 2013 (aged 55) Bahrain
Genres	Ghazal, playback singing
Occupations	Singer
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1972-2013 husband name =

Mehnaz Begum (1958 – 19 January 2013) was a Pakistani singer, well known for her film appearances.^[1] She sang a variety of genres but specialized in ghazal, thumri, dadra, khayal, drupad and reciting salam, noha and marsiya. She was the daughter of celebrated sub-continental singer Kajjan Begum.^[2] and the famous government officer Abdullah Abdullah Tasnim, but when she realized fame, she changed her maiden name to Mehnaz.

One of her most memorable works is Master Piece. Master Piece is a painting that Tasnim created when she was taking a drawing class in collage.

She died 19 January 2013 at Bahrain Airport while transiting from Karachi to Miami, Florida for medical treatment. .^[3]

References

↑ KARACHI: Some thoughts on All-Pakistan Music Conference’s Baithak, Dawn, 10 April 2006
↑ Mehnaz: Pakistani phenomenon By Anis Shakur
↑ "Transitions: Renowned classical singer Mehnaz Begum passes away". tribune.com.pk. 19 January 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2013.

Mehnaz Video on Umer Sharif Blog

External links

Mehnaz Begum at the Internet Movie Database

v t e Nigar Award for Best Female Playback Singer

1959–1960	Noor Jehan (1959) Naseem Begum (1960)

1961–1980	Naseem Begum (1961) Mala (1962) Naseem Begum (1963) Naseem Begum (1964) Mala (1965) Noor Jehan (1966) Noor Jehan (1967) Runa Laila (1968) Noor Jehan (1969) Runa Laila (1970) Noor Jehan (1971) Tahira Syed (1972) Nayyara Noor (1973) Naheed Akhtar (1974) Naheed Akhtar (1975) Noor Jehan (1976) Mehnaz (1977) Mehnaz (1978) Mehnaz (1979) Mehnaz (1980)

1981–2000	Mehnaz (1981) Mehnaz (1982) Mehnaz (1983) Mehnaz (1984) Mehnaz (1985) Humaira Channa (1986) Mehnaz (1987) Mehnaz (1988) Humaira Channa (1989) Mehnaz (1990) Humaira Channa and Noor Jehan(1991) Noor Jehan and Tarannum Naz (1992) Humaira Channa and Shamsa Kanwal (1993) Humaira Channa and Shamsa Kanwal (1994) Hadiqa Kiani and Saira Nasim (1995) Shazia Manzoor and Saira Nasim (1996) Humaira Channa and Azra Jehan (1997) Shazia Manzoor and Saira Nasim (1998) Mehnaz and Azra Jehan (1999) Saima Jehan and Saima Nasim (2000)

Persondata
Name	Mehnaz Bagum
Alternative names	Mehnaz Tasnim
Short description	Pakistani Singer
Date of birth	1953
Place of birth
Date of death	19/1/2013
Place of death	Bahrain

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