Zeb Bangash
Zebunisa Bangash (born 1989) is a Pakistani singer-songwriter from Lahore, Punjab. Her family originally hails from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Apart from her solo career, she was the member of music group Zeb and Haniya along with Haniya Aslam who is her first cousin.[1]
Zeb Bangash | |
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Born | Zebunisa Bangash 1982 (age 38 or 39) Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
Education | Smith College Mount Holyoke College |
Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
Relatives | Haniya Aslam (cousin) |
Musical career | |
Genres | Pop, Sufi |
Years active | 2007–present |
Labels | Fire Records, Coke Studio |
Associated acts | |
Career
Zebunisa Bangash began her career with her cousin Haniya Aslam as Zeb and Haniya. They released their debut album Chup! in 2008. In 2013, Zeb did a song for the film Madras Cafe and made her debut in Bollywood. She continued her solo career after Haniya left for studies in Canada. She sung for the soundtrack of Highway (2014), Bin Roye (2015), Manto (2015) , Ho Mann Jahan (2016) , Fitoor (2016) , Verna (2017) , Parwaaz Hai Junoon (2018) , Baaji (2019) , Parey Hut Love (2019) and Superstar (2019).[2][3] She also sung the title track of television series Diyar-e-Dil which won Lux Style Award for Best Original Soundtrack and Hum Award for Best Original Soundtrack in 2016.[4]
She performed two songs in season 9 of Coke Studio.[5] She then also performed a single in the second season Pepsi Battle of the Bands.[6].In 2019, she performed "Roshe", a Kashmiri song in CokeStudio12.
Personal life
She married on 5 November 2017.[7]
Discography
Soundtracks
Year | Name | Song | Co-singer | Notes |
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Films | ||||
2013 | Madras Cafe | "Ajnabi" | Bollywood debut | |
2014 | Highway | "Sooha Saaha" | Alia Bhatt | |
2015 | Bin Roye | "Maula Maula" | Abida Parveen | |
Manto | "Kya Hoga" | Ali Sethi | ||
2016 | Ho Mann Jahaan | "Mann Ke Jahan" | ||
"Dil Pagla" | ||||
"Dosti" | Zoheb Hassan | |||
Fitoor | "Haminastu" | |||
"Hone Do Batiyaan" | Nandini Srikar | |||
2017 | Verna | "Sambhal Sambhal Kay" | Richie Robinson | |
"Khushi Ki Baat" | Haroon Shahid | |||
2018 | Parwaaz Hai Junoon | "Naache Re" | Jabar Abbas | |
2019 | Baaji | "Shaam Nasheeli" | Saad Sultan | |
"Ik Tu" | Saad Sultan | |||
"Khilti Kali" | Taha Malik | |||
"Badlaan" | Saad Sultan | |||
Parey Hut Love | "Morey Saiyan" | |||
Superstar | "Bekaraan" | Ali Sethi | ||
Television | ||||
2015 | Tum Mere Paas Raho | "Tum Mere Paas Raho" | Hum TV | |
Diyar-e-Dil | "Yaar-e-Mann" | Momim Durrani | Hum TV | |
2016 | Ek Thi Marium | "Pankh Laga Ke" | telefilm title track | |
Kösem Sultan | "Kösem Sultan" | Urdu 1[8] | ||
2017 | Sammi | "Sammi" | Zaheer Abbas | Hum TV |
2018 | Noor ul Ain | "Noor ul Ain" | Ali Sethi | Ary Digital |
Singles
Year | Title | Song | Notes |
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2016 | CokeStudio9 | "Aja Re Moray Saiyaan" | with Noori[9] |
"Dilruba Na Raazi" | with Faakhir[10] | ||
2017 | Pepsi Battle of the Bands | "Sureela Samundar" | [11] |
2019 | CokeStudio12 | "Roshe" | |
Awards and nominations
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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Lux Style Awards | |||
2016 | "Kya Hoga" – Manto | Best Female Playback | Nominated |
"Yar-e-Mann" – Diyar-e-Dil | Best OST | Won | |
Hum Awards | |||
2016 | "Yar-e-Mann" – Diyar-e-Dil | Hum Award for Best Original Soundtrack | Won |
References
- Rehman, Maliha (28 August 2016). "FirstPerson: "Music is not a competitive sport" – Zeb Bangash". Dawn. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- Faisal, Sabeen (22 October 2016). "In conversation with Zeb Bangash, the voice of 'Ho Mann Jahaan'". HIP. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- "'Fitoor' experience was special for me: Zeb Bangash". The Express Tribune. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- Sabeeh, Maheen (23 February 2016). "Haniya is my sister. I have to support every decision she makes…". The News International. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- Salahuddin, Zahra (14 August 2016). "Coke Studio review: Episode 1 saved by Zeb Bangash's lovely ballad". Images. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- Ahmed Sarym (28 August 2017). "The exploitation in Pakistan's music industry is really appalling: Zeb Bangash". DAWN Images. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
- "It's official: Zeb Bangash ties the knot!". DAWN Images. 7 November 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- Kösem Sultan OST. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- Coke Studio (13 August 2016). "Aaja Re Moray Saiyaan, Zeb Bangash, Episode 1, Coke Studio Season 9". Retrieved 17 September 2017 – via YouTube.
- Coke Studio (26 August 2016). "Dilruba Na Raazi, Zeb Bangash & Faakhir Mehmood, Episode 3, Coke Studio Season 9". Retrieved 17 September 2017 – via YouTube.
- Pepsi Pakistan (26 August 2017). "Zeb Bangash – Sureela Samundar – Episode 5 – #PepsiBattleOfTheBands". Retrieved 17 September 2017 – via YouTube.
External links
- Zeb Bangash on IMDb
- Zeb Bangash on Facebook