Musarrat Nazir
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Musarrat Nazir
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| Background information | |
| Born |
13 October 1937 Lahore, Punjab Province, British India |
| Genres | Pop –Punjabi folk music |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, film director, film actress |
| Instruments | Vocalist |
| Years active | 1955 – Present |
 Musarrat Nazir singing Mera Laung Gawacha at the PTV Awards 1985–86 on YouTube
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Musarrat Nazir (Urdu: مسرت نذیر) (born 13 October 1937) is a Pakistani singer and film actress, who sang and acted in many Urdu and Punjabi films. She also sang solo, mostly wedding and folk songs.
Her parents were middle-class, of Punjabi Kashmiri origin from Lahore. Her father Nazir Ahmed, worked as a registered contractor in Lahore Municipal corporation. Early in her life, her parents wanted her to be a doctor, and provided her with the best possible education they could afford. Musarrat passed the matriculation examination (10th grade) with distinction. Two years later, she passed the intermediate examination (12th grade) from Kinnaird College in Lahore.
She had keen interest in music and began singing for Radio Pakistan in the early 1950s. However, insufficient money from the radio took her to the film director, Anwar Kamal Pasha in 1955. She explained to Pasha about her strong desire to sing for the movies. Instead, Pasha suggested to her to become an actress. Musarrat needed her parents' approval. Pasha himself met Musarrat's father and convinced him to allow his daughter to work in the movie industry as a singer and actress.
Pasha changed Musarrat's name to Chandani and signed her for a side role in his movie. Hence, Chandani made her debut with Sabiha Khanum and Nayyar Sultana in Pasha's film Qatil in 1955. Her role was secondary but effective.
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