Musarrat Nazir

Musarrat Nazir
Also known as Musarrat (Music)
Chandni (Films)
Born (1940-10-13) 13 October 1940
Lahore, Punjab, British India
Genres Pop –Punjabi
Occupation(s) Singer, film director, actress
Instruments Vocalist
Years active 1955 – Present

Musarrat Nazir is a Pakistani singer and actress who sang and acted in many Urdu and Punjabi films. She also sang solo, mostly wedding and folk songs. She was born to a middle-class family on 13 October 1940. Her parents were of Punjabi origin from Lahore. Her father Nazir Ahmed, worked for the municipal corporation as a registered contractor at the time of her birth.

Personal life

Musarrat married psychiatrist, Dr. Arshad Majeed in 1963 and both of them settled in Canada in the mid 1960s.

Early in her life,despite their meager resources, Musarrat's parents wanted her to be a doctor. They provided her with the best possible education they could afford. Musarrat passed the matriculation examination with distinction. Two years later, she passed the intermediate examination from Kinnaird College in Lahore.

Musarrat lives with her husband in Toronto, Canada. Musarrat has an outgoing personality and enjoys a good laugh. Even after she retired from cinema,many years ago, she continued to sing for Pakistan Television (PTV) until recently. Musarrat also loves to cook. She mostly cooks curries, dahi barray, and pasta and meatballs.

Career

She had keen interest in music and began singing for Radio Pakistan in the early 1950s. However, insufficient money from the radio took her to the film director, Anwar Kamal Pasha in 1955. She explained to Pasha about her strong desire to sing for the movies. Instead, Pasha suggested to her to become an actress. Musarrat needed her parents' approval. Pasha himself met Musarrat's father and convinced him to allow his daughter to work in movie industry as a singer and actress.

Pasha changed Musarrat's name to Chandni and signed her for a side role in his movie. Hence, Chandni made her debut with Sabiha Khanum and Nayyar Sultana in Pasha's film Qatil in 1955. Her role was secondary but effective.

Sheikh Lateef of capital films Lahore planned to make a Punjabi film. Lateef's friend, poet and script writer, Baba Aalam Siah Posh, advised him to cast Chandni (Musarrat Nazir) in the film. Sheikh Lateef agreed. This was the debut of Musarrat in Punjabi films, with a nickname Chandni, and then Chandni appeared in the hit Punjabi film, Pattan (1955) , with her real name, Musarrat Nazir.

She played the lead role opposite Santosh Kumar in Pattan (1955). The producer was Sheikh Lateef and the film was directed by Luqman.

The film Pattan opened the doors for Musarrat in the Punjabi film industry, which led her to the all-time hit film Patay Khan (1955). She was the supporting actress. The film was produced by Shami and Musarrat Nazir acted along with Noor Jehan and Aslam Pervez.

Filmography

Musarrat also gave performances in Pakistan cinema's greatest melodramas like the films Mahi Munda (1956) and Yakke Wali (1957). It is said that, the films Yaar Beli (1959), Kartar Singh (1959)and Zeher-E-Ishq (1958) were so interesting and emotional that they left the audience with tears in their eyes.

Following is the list of Musarrat's films:[1]

Naukri (1960), Aankh Ka Nasha (1957), Baap Ka Gunah (1957), Qismet (1956), Naya Zamana (1957), Jatti (1958), Watan, Raza, Sola Aanay (1959), Street number 77, Guddi Gudda (1956), Lukkan Miti (1959), Seestaan (1957), Sahara (1959), Rukhsana (1958), Thandi Sarak (1957), Palkaan (1957), Sehti (1957), Sunehre Sapne (1961), Mirza Saheban (1956), Jaidad (1959), Jhoomer (1959), Gul Badan (1960), Ishq Par Zor Nahin (1963), Chotay Sarkaar, Mangol (1961), Muftbar (1961), Gulfam (1961), Bahadur, Baghi (1956), Jaan-E-Bahar (1958).

The song Us bay wafa ka sheher hai in the mega-hit film Shaheed (1962), is considered to be one of the most popular songs even in 2015.

Popular songs

External video
Musarrat Nazir singing Mera Laung Gawacha at the PTV Awards 1985–86 on YouTube

One of Musarrat's greatest achievements is her popular songs listed below:

Best Actress Awards

References

  1. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0623424/?ref_=fn_nm_nm_1, Musarrat Nazir Filmography at Internet Movie Database website, Retrieved 21 July 2015

External links

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