Naseem Begum

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Naseem Begum
Born	(1936-02-24)24 February 1936^{[citation needed]}
Origin	Amritsar
Died	25 September 1971(1971-09-25) (aged 35)^{[citation needed]}
Genres	playback singing
Occupations	Singer
Instruments	Vocalist
Years active	1956–1971

Naseem Begum (1936–1971) was a popular, and well known Pakistani playback singer. She rose to prominence towards the end of the 1950s, and by 1964 had managed to win the prestigious Nigar award on five separate occasions. Despite originally being billed as a 'second Noor Jehan', Naseem quickly managed to carve out her own successful niche in the music industry.

She had the calibre to sing semi classical compositions, which indeed is a difficult task.

Early life

Naseem Begum was born in the city of Amritsar, British India, in 1936.^{[citation needed]} She acquired her musical training from the classical singer Mukhtar Begum, the elder sister of the renowned ghazal vocalist Farida Khanum. Her first film, as a playback singer, was Guddi Gudda in 1956. The composer Sheriyar was greatly impressed by her vocal range, and gave her the opportunity to perform in his film Begunah. Naseem immediately tasted success with her song Nainon mein jal bhar aayey, which became one of the most popular tracks of the fifties. She gained popularity after singing memorable duets with famous playback singer Ahmed Rushdi.

Some remarkable Urdu films for which Naseem Begum sung excellent and heart-throbbing songs are Sham dhalay, Saheli, Shaheed, Aulaad, Baji, Ik tera sahara, Haveli, Farangi, Payal ki jhankaar, Zarqa, and Pardes. In addition to these she also sung for many Punjabi films, some of which are Kartar Singh, Tees Maar Khan, Jeedar, Mukhra chann warga and Genter man. Some big musical films on her credit are Lutera, Koun kisi ka, Kousar, Chann puttar, Mera weer, Chann weer, Langotiya, Yeh raste hain pyar ke.

Patriotic songs

She has also sung many patriotic songs which stir the soul of listeners. Ae rah-e-haq kay shaheedo wafa ki tasveero, Tumhain watan ki hawain salaam karti hain, is a song from film Madr-e-watan (1966), lyrics by Saif-ud-din Saif and music composed by Saleem Iqbal.

List of some popular songs

Us bewafa ka shehr hay aur hum hain dosto, Ashk-e-rawaan ki nehar hay aur hum hain dosto
So bar chaman mehka so bar bahaar aaee, Dunya ki wohi ronaq dil ki wohi tanhaee
Mera bichhra balum ghar aa gaya ghar aa gaya, Meri payal bajay chhanan chhanan chahann
Chanda toray chandani main jiya jala jaey ray
Habibi hayya hayya habibi hayya hayya
Hum bhool gaye har baat magar tera pyar nahin bhoole

Death

Her fans were greatly shocked to hear the news of her sudden demise on 29 September 1971.^{[citation needed]} She was admitted in the hospital, as she was expecting, and was about to give birth to a new life but instead due to pregnancy related complications she departed.

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	Begum, Naseem
Alternative names
Short description	Pakistani singer
Date of birth	1 January 1945
Place of birth
Date of death	29 September 1971
Place of death

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