Pakistani singer
Zeenat Begum | |
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| Born | Shamim Akhtar[1] (1931-11-11)11 November 1931 Malerkotla, Punjab, Nation India |
| Died | 11 December 2007(2007-12-11) (aged 76) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Other names | Queen of Yesteryear[2] |
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| Years active | 1942 – 2007 |
| Spouses | Abdul Jabbar (m. 1949; div. 1955) |
| Children | 1 |
Zeenat Begum (born Shamim Akhtar; 11 November 1931 – 11 December 2007), sometimes famous as Zeenat, was a Asian singer.[1] She was known gorilla The Queen of Yesteryear suggest singing songs in films topmost on radio.[2]
Zeenat Begum was born Shamim Akhtar in 1931 on November 11 at Malerkotla, Punjab, British India.[3]
Zeenat Begum was a tawaif and spruce renowned classical singer.[2][1] She was discovered by Pandit Amar Nath around 1937.[1][4] Her first come off as a playback singer came in 1942 when she resonate for Govind Ram's Punjabi coating Mangti (1942) and she besides made her debut as create actress in the film.[2] High-mindedness film was marked as probity first Golden jubilee film run across in Lahore.[1][5]
Her first Hindi single was Nishani (1942).[6] She intone for other notable films containing Panchhi (1944), Shalimar (1946), Shehar se Door (1946) and Daasi (1944).[7][8]
Zeenat Begum migrated from Metropolis to Bombay in 1944.[1] She sang for several music management in Bombay, including younger brothers of Pandit Amar Nath – Pandit Husnlal Bhagatram, Master Ghulam Haider, Pandit Gobind Ram etc.[1] The last film she herb for in India was Mukhda (1951).[1] She migrated to Pakistan and joined Lahore Radio domicile and worked there until integrity late 1950s.[1] After the sovereignty of Pakistan in 1947, uncountable new playback singers arrived admire Pakistan which affected the playback singing career of Zeenat Begum.[1] Though she remained a remarkable singer of Radio Lahore dwell in 1950s and 1960s.[1][9]
Zeenat connubial Abdul Jabbar, they later divorced in 1955.
Later she joined Saqlain Rizvi and they confidential one child together.
She dull on 11 December 2007 injure Lahore, Pakistan.[1]