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Mehnaz passed away in Bahrain enroute to the Us for treatment.
Geo News said the singer was suffering from respiratory problems and died during a short stay in Bahrain.
Mehnaz was the daughter of popular sub-continental singer Kajjan Begum.
She sang over 2,500 songs for radio, television and films in a variety of genres like ghazal, thumri, dadra, khayal and drupad.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf have condoled her death.
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There are multiple artists that have recorded under the name Mehnaz.
1. Mehnaz Begum (1950 – 19 January 2013), or simply Mehnaz, was a Pakistani singer, well known for her film appearances. Mehnaz was the daughter of a superstar, Kajjan Begum a ghazal singer and early pioneer of film music, who in her lifetime was beloved all across the Indian sub-continent. It was inevitable that Mehnaz would follow in her mother’s footsteps and take up a career as a singer.
2. Mehnaz Hoosein trained under Pandit Bhavdeep Jaipurwale. Here she found the true power that lay in her vocal abilities and that prowess spanned the range of musical styles like Jazz, Soul, Pop and Classical-all of which were second nature to her. But all that talent lay dormant during the period in which she worked with Shiamak Davar, from who she learned to dance. She attributes her superb and powerful dancing skills to training with him for six years. That was when she recorded her first demo and sent it to the A&R executives in BMG who signed her on after a failed first attempt at capturing the artist. Then we saw
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Mehnaz Begum
Pakistani singer
Mehnaz Begum (Urdu: مہناز بیگم, 1958 – 19 January 2013) was a Pakistani TV, radio, and film singer. She was well known as a filmplayback singer in the 1970s and 1980s. She was the recipient of several Nigar Awards.[1][2]
Early life
Mehnaz was born at Mahmudabad, Uttar Pradesh, India in 1958. Her family migrated to Pakistan in the late 1950s. She received her initial training in music from her mother Kajjan Begum who was also a singer.[1][3]
Career
Mehnaz started her career as a playback singer in the early 1970s. Saleem Gilani, the director general of Radio Pakistan, Karachi first spotted her doing a concert at her college and helped her. Mehdi Hassan and his elder brother Pandit Ghulam Qadir trained her at this radio station for about a month. Her melodious voice, musical training and control over her voice made her popular among the Pakistani film music directors.[4]
She sang a variety of genres but specialized in ghazal, thumri, dadra, khayal, drupad and reciting sal
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