Zeb Bangash
Zeb-un-Nisa Bangash | |
|---|---|
| Born | Zebunisa Bangash 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 |
Zebunisa Bangash (Urdu: زیب النسا), better known as Zeb Bangash (Urdu: زیب بنگش), is a Pakistani singer-songwriter from Lahore, Punjab. Her family originally comes from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Apart from her solo career, she was a member of the music group Zeb and Haniya along with Haniya Aslam, her first cousin.[1]
She has been active since 2008 and is the first Pakistani artist who served as a music director of the Bollywood movie Lipstick Under My Burkha, which received 18 film awards.[2][3] During her career, Bangash has recorded songs in Urdu, Pashto, Punjabi, Turkish, Persian, Saraiki and others. She has been often seen on the Pakistani television shows Coke Studio and Pepsi Battle of the Bands.[4]
Career
[edit | edit source]Zebunisa Bangash began her career with her cousin Haniya Aslam as Zeb and Haniya.[5] They released their debut album Chup! in 2008.[6] 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 to study in Canada. She sang for the soundtrack of Highway (2014), Bin Roye (2015), Manto (2015), Ho Mann Jahan (2016), Fitoor (2016), Lala Begum (2016), Verna (2017), Parwaaz Hai Junoon (2018), Baaji (2019), Parey Hut Love (2019) and Superstar (2019).[7][8] 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.[9]
She has sung several songs for Coke Studio.,[10] including Paimona, Chup, Chal Diyay, Bibi Sanam Janem, Tann Dolay and more. She then also performed a single in the second season of Pepsi Battle of the Bands.[11] In 2019, she performed "Roshe", a Kashmiri ode to loss in CokeStudio12.[12]
Zeb Bangash is the first Pakistani artist to serve as music director of an award-winning Bollywood film;[13]
She is part of the Brooklyn-based ensemble Sandaraa, with the klezmer clarinetist/composer Michael Winograd and a number of other leading Brooklyn-based musicians.[14]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]She married on 5 November 2017.[15]
Discography
[edit | edit source]Soundtracks
[edit | edit source]| Year | Name | Song | Co-singer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| 2024 | Rautu Ka Raaz | "Tere Bina Batiya" | Shafqat Amanat Ali | |
| 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[16] | ||
| 2017 | Sammi | "Sammi" | Zaheer Abbas | Hum TV |
| 2018 | Noor ul Ain | "Noor ul Ain" | Ali Sethi | Ary Digital |
| Kaisa Hai Naseeban | "Kaisa Hai Naseeban" | Ary Digital | ||
| 2020 | Dulhan | "Kya O Mein Dulhan" | Hum TV | |
| 2021 | Sinf-e-Aahan | "Sinf-e-Aahan" | Asim Azhar | Ary Digital |
Singles
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Song | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | CokeStudio9 | "Aja Re Moray Saiyaan" | with Noori[17] |
| "Dilruba Na Raazi" | with Faakhir[18] | ||
| 2017 | Pepsi Battle of the Bands | "Sureela Samundar" | [19] |
| 2019 | CokeStudio12 | "Roshe" | [20] |
Awards and nominations
[edit | edit source]| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Zeb Bangash at IMDb
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