.oOo. Nazia Hassan Thread .oOo.

Entertainment Showbiz Pakistan , Bollywood & World Entertainment
1

((= Salam everyone =))

** So I just wanted a special Nazia Hassan thread where we can share some pix, infos, bio, vidzzz…**

** Feel Free to share ! **

2

HERE IS HER BIOGRAPHY AND OTHER STUFF (some facts are interesting)

Nazia was best known as the The Queen of Pop Singing and Sweetheart of Pakistan. She was the most influential and popular female singer and probably one of the few real pop singers of the 1980s and the 1990s in both India and Pakistan.

Nazia Hassan was born in Karachi, Pakistan and from an early age showed interest in music.[2]](Nazia Hassan - Wikipedia) Nazia’s professional career started at the age of fifteen when she provided the lead vocals for the song Aap Jaisa Koi from a Bollywood film titled Qurbani (1980), by Indian producer-director Feroz Khan. Nazia was introduced to Feroz by his friend in the United Kingdom. The song was a huge success in India and despite Nazia being a Pakistani, she gained overnight fame there.[3]](Nazia Hassan - Wikipedia)

She then collaborated with Biddu, a UK-based Indian music producer who was also the composer of Aap Jaisa Koi, on numerous other projects. Biddu had previously made several hit-songs for various singers like Tina Charles and Carl Douglas. In 1981, Nazia released her first mega-hit, Disco Deewane. The album broke record sales in Pakistan and India and even topped the charts in the West Indies, Latin America and Russia. This album also had vocals of her brother, Zoheb Hassan. Nazia also released her later albums, which included Star/Boom Boom (1982), Young Tarang (1984), Hotline (1987), and Camera Camera (1992). Nazia and Zoheb appeared with music maestro Sohail Rana’s Pakistani television program for children, “Sung Sung”. In 1988, Nazia and Zoheb also hosted the groundbreaking show Music '89 produced by Shoaib Mansoor.

After the huge success of their music, selling millions of albums worldwide, EMI Music International also Nazia and Zoheb, making them as the first South Asian artists to be signed by an international music label.
Nazia and Zoheb’s television interviews were shown on TV in India, Pakistan, Dubai, UK (big names like David Soul, David Essex, Zia Mohiuddin conducted the interviews on BBC, ITV, Channel 4 etc) and many other countries.

Pakistan’s vibrant contemporary music scene owes itself to Nazia Hassan’s redefinition of pop. In fact, the biggest nineties bands including the Vital Signs and the Jupiters got a platform on “Music '89”. Nazia also had a seismic impact in India. She has contributed to the development of the present isomorphism of Bollywood music and pop: “She set - well ahead of its time - the personal album trend in India”, spawning the likes of Alisha Chinai, Lucky Ali and Shweta Shetty.

Besides music, Nazia has the honour of starting a noble trend of working for the under privileged and poor. All their money earned from music was spent for charity. Nazia supported the “Inner Wheel Club” of India to help with funds for them. In Pakistan, an organization “BAN” for fighting against the curse of narcotics was established. She belonged to many charity organizations and worked with her mother Muniza Basir in the low income areas of Karachi to help the needy and sick. Nazia worked with Javed Jabbar, former Information Minister, to raise funds for children in Rajasthan. She went to a very large number of schools to collect toys for the poor children and gave talks on the subject of social awareness for the under privileged. Nazia never forgot the love and support of all the schools and always spoke with great affection for them. The worthy staff and the students of St Joseph’s Convent, Mama Parsi School and many others had gone out of their way to help the cause.
Surprisingly, music was only a hobby for Nazia and though her achievements in this field were any one’s dream come true, she lived away from the glitzy world and led a secluded and simple life. She completed her education in the UK, got a law degree and then worked in the United Nations in the Security Council. Nazia continued her social work even in New York and worked for children from the UN platform.

She is known to be the “Sweetheart of Pakistan”. Nazia Hassan is still the symbol of grace, sacred beauty and innocence and is frequently compared to Princess Diana as she was known to possess a heart of gold. Nazia spent her teenage between Karachi and London.citation needed]. Nazia was married on March 30, 1995 to Mirza Ishtiaq Baig. This marriage was a complete failure and Nazia Hassan got divorced just before her demise.

HER DEATH
Nazia Hassan died on August 13, 2000 in London of lung cancer at the age of 35.[1]](Nazia Hassan - Wikipedia) She was admitted to North Finchley Hospice three days earlier when her condition deteriorated. She showed signs of mild recovery on Saturday and it was thought that doctors would allow her to go home. But early Sunday morning, her mother, Muneeza Hasan, was called to the hospital where her daughter had started coughing heavily at around 9:15am. She died within minutes.

HER FAMILY
Nazia Hassan’s son Arez, who was born on April 7 1997 and was only three when his mother succumbed to cancer, was taken into the care of Nazia’s parents. He is continuing the charitable work that his mother initiated via the Nazia Hassan Charitable Foundation.

The Government of Pakistan has conferred upon Nazia Hassan the highest civilian award Pride of Performance. The award was presented to Mrs. Muniza Basir, mother of Nazia Hassan, by the President of PakistanPervez Musharraf in an official ceremony held at Islamabad on 23 March 2002.
Nazia’s father Mr. Basir Hassan is a wellknown businessman and her mother Mrs. Muneezeh Basir was an active social worker in her youth. Nazia’s grandfather and Basir Hassan’s father, Nawab Syed Saghiruddin Hassan was the President & Vice President of Muslim League, Delhi and owners of the 1st Ginning Mill in Multan, Pakistan. Some of their friends included Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan, the first Prime Minister of Pakistan and Justice Wajihuddin.
Nazia’s great grandfather, Khan Bahadur Syed Basiruddin Hassan was very active in social work. He was the founder of Anjuman-e-Himayat-e-Islam, Governor of Lady Dufferin Hospital, and Trustee of Fateh Puri Mosque and built seven primary schools in Delhi.

“MADE IN INDIA” CONTROVERSY
In early-1990s, Indian composer Biddu, with whom Nazia had collaborated on numerous projects, composed a song titled “Made in India” and wanted Nazia to provide lead vocals for it. However, Nazia turned the offer down. She told song-writer and music director Biddu that she could not bring herself to sing something that may insult some Pakistanis. Despite Nazia being a Pakistani, she was able to gain immense popularity in India too and was also a recipient of the prestigious Filmfare Award.
The song was eventually offered to Indian singer Alisha Chinai. The song was a huge success and is considered to mark the beginning of the era of Indipop.

NAZIA HASSAN FOUNDATION
The Nazia Hassan Foundation has been established by Nazia’s family, her parents Basir & Muniza and sister Zahra, in continuation of her life long charitable and social efforts to make the world a better place to live in for all irrespective of colour, creed or religion.

ALBUMS

FILMS (as a playback singer)

TV APPEARANCES

  • Kaliyon Ke Mala (1975) – Appearance as a child artist - Nazia Hassan sung Dosti Asa Naata
  • Sang Sang Chalien (1977) – Appearance as a child artist
  • Disco Deewane (BBC Show 1981)
  • Disco Deewane (DD 1 1981)
  • BBC News (1981)
  • Zia Moh-u-Din Show (Channel 4 1981)
  • David Sole (1981)
  • David Essex (1981)
  • Young Tarang Show (DD 1 1984)
  • Aap Ke Liye (PTV 1985)
  • PTV Election Transmission (1985)
  • Show Time (PTV 1986)
  • Yes Sir No Sir (PTV 1987)
  • TV Hits (1987)
  • BBC Show (1987)
  • PTV Awards (1988)
  • Then He Kissed ME (1988)
  • Music '89 (1989); Hosted by Nazia Hassan & Zoheb Hassan
  • Dhanak (1989); Hosted by Nazia Hassan
  • PTV 25 (1990)
  • Mehman-i-Khasosi (1990)
  • Studio 2 (1990)
  • Eid Show (1992)
  • Eye Witness (1993)
  • Kaliyan (1990 - 1991)
  • Pro Audio Show (1995)
  • Nawrang (1995); Hosted by Nazia Hassan and Dr. Farooq Baig
  • Sawaire Sawaire (PTV 1997)
  • PTV World (1998)
  • Zee TV (1999, Nazia Hassan’s last TV appearance)

TV COMMERCIALS

  • Sitara Sapna Lawn
  • Pepsi
  • Lipton (1990)
  • Lipton (1991)
  • Lipton (1992)
3

Re: .oOo. Nazia Hassan Thread .oOo.

SOME PICS OF HER

4

Re: .oOo. Nazia Hassan Thread .oOo.

i loved her song…the one which was so famous … i dont remember right now
:konfused:

5

OOh man I totally love Nazia Hassan. Her voice was so mesmerizing. :wub: Too bad she’s no more. Would have been awesome If she’d have done some more projects with other people than that stupid Biddu dude who let other “artists” bästardize her songs.

I think she’s the only Desi pop artist to be famous in South America and especially Brazil. Could have been soo much more…

One of the very few women who could look so simple and yet soo FOINE at the same time. Like in this Video for instance.

6

aap jaisa koi???

boom boom???

7

**Heyy is it me or Anushka Sharma looks a bit like Nazia Hassan ? Especially the smile !

**

8

haan yaad aya sahi btaya ap nay

ap jaisa koi mere zindagi mein aye to baat ban jaye :xeno:

9

Re: .oOo. Nazia Hassan Thread .oOo.

anushka luks like nazia a lot...the smile, the face shape everything is sooo strikingly similar..anushka ko agar nazia ki koi bichri hui behn kaha jaye tou bilkul bhi ghalat nahi hoga.

10

Re: .oOo. Nazia Hassan Thread .oOo.

was nazia married???

11

Re: .oOo. Nazia Hassan Thread .oOo.

^oh yes she was…She got married on March 30, 1995 to Mirza Ishtiaq Baig. But got divorced later on. She has a son called Arez who is now 13.

12

Re: .oOo. Nazia Hassan Thread .oOo.

hmm oh i see never heard of her son though

13

Re: .oOo. Nazia Hassan Thread .oOo.

one of pakistan's biggest losses....Allah unki maqfirat kaare....

classic song 'dum dum dee dee'

14

Re: .oOo. Nazia Hassan Thread .oOo.

Nazia was an icon.

She proved that Pakistani film makers were again jackasses who failed to capitalize on her phenomenal talent. Bollywood got her and went places with the kind of music she helped popularize in the 80s. It's happening now again with Atif Aslam, Ali Zafar, Adnan Sami etc. Sad really.

15

This is amazing…

16

Good thread---must continue!

17

Re: .oOo. Nazia Hassan Thread .oOo.

Can anyone share more abt her life, i know she died from cancer but I am fan of her FB page & there ppl were saying abt her death controversy & were blaming her hubby, so is he behind her death

18

Re: .oOo. Nazia Hassan Thread .oOo.

yeah she died from lung cancer.

as far as i know she was having problems in her married life but her husband didnot kill her.

here is an interview of ishtiaq

http://www.guitarsite.com/database/Tablature/rec/3972/wwwboard/messages/318.shtml

rest allah knows better.

19

Re: .oOo. Nazia Hassan Thread .oOo.

Both are my fav songs of her.

20

Re: .oOo. Nazia Hassan Thread .oOo.

“Aap Jaisa Koi” and ‘Disco Deewane’

“Her song “Aap Jaisa Koi” from the Indian film Qurbani made her a legend and pop icon in Pakistan and all of South Asia in the 1980s, where she is admired and loved even today, several years after her death.”