Zebunnisa_Bangash

Zeb Bangash

Zeb Bangash

Musical artist

Zebunisa Bangash (Urdu: زیب النسا, born 7 March 1996), 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 the member of music group Zeb and Haniya along with Haniya Aslam who is her first cousin.[1]

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She has been active since 2008 and is the first Pakistani artist who served as a music director of 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

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 for studies 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 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

She married on 5 November 2017.[15]

Discography

Soundtracks

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Singles

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References

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    Rehman, Maliha (28 August 2016). "FirstPerson: "Music is not a competitive sport" – Zeb Bangash". Dawn. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
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    "Zeb Bangash, 'Lipstick Under My Burkha' director to reunite in Japan | Pakistan Today". Pakistan Today. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
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    "instepinterview! Music matters with Zeb Bangash | Instep | thenews.com.pk". The News International. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
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    "Zeb Bangash performs on Pepsi Battle of the Bands stage". The Nation. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
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    "Zeb and Haniya- The Band". Zebandhaniya.com. Archived from the original on 1 January 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
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    Pakistani Music Channel review
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    Faisal, Sabeen (22 October 2016). "In conversation with Zeb Bangash, the voice of 'Ho Mann Jahaan'". HIP. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
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    "'Fitoor' experience was special for me: Zeb Bangash". The Express Tribune. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
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    Sabeeh, Maheen (23 February 2016). "Haniya is my sister. I have to support every decision she makes..." The News International. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
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    Salahuddin, Zahra (14 August 2016). "Coke Studio review: Episode 1 saved by Zeb Bangash's lovely ballad". Images. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
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    Ahmed Sarym (28 August 2017). "The exploitation in Pakistan's music industry is really appalling: Zeb Bangash". DAWN Images. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
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    Maheen Sabeeh (24 October 2019). "Coke Studio second episode to drop tomorrow". The News.
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    "Zeb Bangash in Concert at Yale | Yale MacMillan Center South Asian Studies". southasia.macmillan.yale.edu. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
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    "Zeb Bangash on band culture and Sandaraa's upcoming music". The News International. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
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    "It's official: Zeb Bangash ties the knot!". DAWN Images. 7 November 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
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    Kösem Sultan OST. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
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    Coke Studio (13 August 2016). "Aaja Re Moray Saiyaan, Zeb Bangash, Episode 1, Coke Studio Season 9". Retrieved 17 September 2017 – via YouTube.
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    Coke Studio (26 August 2016). "Dilruba Na Raazi, Zeb Bangash & Faakhir Mehmood, Episode 3, Coke Studio Season 9". Retrieved 17 September 2017 – via YouTube.
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    Pepsi Pakistan (26 August 2017). "Zeb Bangash – Sureela Samundar – Episode 5 – #PepsiBattleOfTheBands". Retrieved 17 September 2017 – via YouTube.
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    Maheen Sabeeh (24 October 2019). "Coke Studio second episode to drop tomorrow". The News.
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