Murcyleen Peerzada

Murcyleen Peerzada (born 13 January 1993) is an Indian public figure known for her modest fashion line.

Murcyleen Peerzadaa
Born (1993-01-13) 13 January 1993
Mumbai, India
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipDubai
OccupationFashion designer
Home townSopore
Websitemurcyleenpeerzada.com

Early life

Peerzada grew up in Mumbai. She finished her schooling at Santacruz (Mumbai). She did her schooling from Podar School and graduated from NM college. She now designs highend costly abaya for arab women.[1]

Career

Peerzada always wanted to be an actress and "could not wait to act in a movie". In her last year of college, she "got offers from casting directors as her parents socialize with many directors and producers".[2] Her family put in a with word with film director Yash Chopra, with whom her father worked; and she started her career at Yash Raj Films as an assistant director. Her first project was a Salman Khan starrer, Ek Tha Tiger, in 2011 when she was 19,[3] and she was almost signed as the lead in Maneesh Sharma's 'Shudh Desi Romance'.[4]

The dramatic turn came in her life with Yash Chopra's death. As she was very close to Yash Chopra, his death disturbed her and In a process of looking for an answer to afterlife she came across the videos of Islamic speakers like Nouman Ali Khan, Zakir Naik and Yasmin Mogahed. After watching the videos and reading Islamic books, she quit everything and turned to Islamic Studies. Her story is known as "YRF (Yash Raj Films) To IRF (Islamic Research Foundation)".[5]

In August 2014, Peerzada organised her first ever event, the Srinagar Peace Conference, which was attended by over 5000 women, making it organised Islamic event for women in India.[6] Several Islamic women speakers including Farhat Naik addressed Kashmiri women on various issues.[7]

Peerzada quit IRF in January 2016[7] to pursue her career independently. She stated she wants to do creative and lighter things in Dawah work. She also was given the upcoming in Dawah award by at the international contribution to Dawah awards ceremony in Dubai in February 2016.[8] This was the first of its kind award show in the world for those who have contributed towards spreading the peaceful and positive message of Islam through their speeches and creative projects.[9][10]

In 2017, Peerzada started her line of highend Modest wear under Murcyleen Peerzada label . She started the first designer abaya brand in the Indian market. Her brand as well as she herself is based in Dubai. In 2018, Murcyleen did the grand finale show of the Dubai Fashion week and launched her 'vitamin D range' of abayas especially designed to help women get their daily dose of vitamin D in the GCC region. The range was widely covered across GCC.

Her father Feroze Peerzada is the Vice President for Jammu Kashmir based political party floated by IAS turned politician Shah Faesal called the JKPM. Murcyleen is stated to be actively involved with the JKPM although not an official member yet of the same.

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References
  1. "Murcyleen Peerzada - About". www.gulftoday.ae. 23 December 2014.
  2. "'I wanted to be like Kareena Kapoor, Allah guided me to Islam'". coastaldigest Reader. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  3. "Murcyleen Peerzada, 23, worked as an trainee assistant director for 'Ek Tha Tiger'". IMDB. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  4. "In her next film for YRF, 'Shudh Desi Romance', Murcyleen was offered a screen-test". muslimvillage.com. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  5. "Kashmir woman Murcyleen Peerzada quits IRF". indianexpress. 20 August 2014.
  6. "Thousands Attend Islamic Peace Conference In Kashmir". The Kashmir Walla. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  7. "Kashmir based Murcyleen Peerzada parted ways from Zakir Naik's organization". onlykashmir. 23 January 2016. Murcyleen Peerzada ...
  8. "Winner of Dawah Award vows to focus on youth". gulftoday. 4 March 2016.
  9. "Dubai Witnesses First International Dawah Awards". dubaiprnetwork.com. 22 February 2016.
  10. "Murcyleen Peerzada In Dubai". jamilkhan.wordpress.com. 3 March 2016.
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