Nighat Seema Explained

Nighat Seema
Birth Date:18 July 1946
Nationality:Pakistani
Death Place:Karachi, Pakistan
Years Active:1964 - 2006
Spouse:Taj Multani (husband)
Children:Ahsan Ali Taj (son)
Sana Ali (daughter)

Nighat Seema was a Pakistani radio and film singer during the era of 60s and 70s. She is known for singing semi-classical songs, ghazals, and playback singing.[1] [2] She was the mother of music composer Ahsan Ali Taj.

Early life and family

Seema was born in Ajmer. She belonged to a Bengali family that had settled in Karachi.[3] [4]

Singing career

Seema was a radio singer who used to sing at different radio stations of East and West Pakistan.[3] [5] [6] She got her musical training from the classical singer Tufail Niazi.[7] Her career as a playback singer started with film Chhoti Behan that was released in 1964.[3] [8] She sang solo songs and also duets with Irene Perveen, Ahmed Rushdi,and Masood Rana for 37 Urdu and Punjabi movies.[9]

Seema recorded many semi-classical songs, ghazals, patriotic songs, and Kalam-e-Iqbal for Radio Pakistan and Pakistan Television.[10] [11] Besides Urdu and Punjabi songs, she also vocalized songs in Bengali, Sindhi and Pashto languages.[3] [12]

Personal life

Seema was married to the folk singer Taj Multani who died in 2018.[3] They both had a daughter named Sana Ali and a son named Ahsan Ali Taj who also adopted the singing career.[13]

Death

Seema died on 4 April 2006 in Karachi.[14] She was laid to rest in Wadi e Hussain Cemetery in Karachi.[14]

Popular songs

Film

Radio

Television

Notes and References

  1. Book: Illustrated Weekly of Pakistan, Volume 19, Issues 36-52. Pakistan Herald Publications. 36.
  2. Book: Accessions List, South Asia, Volume 2. New Delhi, India : Library of Congress Office. 979.
  3. Web site: ریڈیو اور فلمی دنیا کی معروف گلوکارہ نگہت سیما کی برسی . ARY News . 28 November 2021.
  4. Book: Who's Who: Music in Pakistan. Xlibris Corporation. 196.
  5. Book: Illustrated Weekly of Pakistan. Pakistan Herald Publications. 36.
  6. Book: Illustrated Weekly of Pakistan, Volume 15. Pakistan Herald Publications. 10.
  7. Book: The Pakistan Review. Lahore, Ferozsons. 45.
  8. Book: Orient, Volume 1. Karachi Magazine. 7.
  9. Book: Teenager, Volume 4. M.M. Ahmed. 24.
  10. Book: Illustrated Weekly of Pakistan, Volume 15, Issues 23-33. Pakistan Herald Publications. 14.
  11. Book: Illustrated Weekly of Pakistan. Pakistan Herald Publications. 35.
  12. Book: Karachi, Megacity of Our Times. Karachi : Oxford Univ. Press. 402.
  13. Web site: Humdam . Younas . جنگ کھیڈ نیں ہوندی زنانیاں دی . Express News . 28 November 2021.
  14. Web site: Nighat Seema, Singer . Tareekh-e-Pakistan . 28 November 2021 . 28 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211128074730/http://www.tareekhepakistan.com/detail?title_id=539&dtd_id=668 . dead .