Zebunisa Bangash (), better known as Zeb Bangash (), is a Pakistani singer-songwriter from Lahore, Punjab. Her family originally comes from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Apart from her solo career, she was a member of the music group Zeb and Haniya along with Haniya Aslam, her first cousin.
She has been active since 2008 and is the first Pakistani artist to work as a music director for a Bollywood movie, the 2016 movie Lipstick Under My Burkha, which received 18 film awards. Bangash has recorded songs in Urdu, Pashto, Punjabi, Turkish, Persian, Saraiki, Hindko and Kashmiri. She has often been seen on the Pakistani television shows Coke Studio, Pakistan Idol, and Pepsi Battle of the Bands.
Career Zebunisa Bangash began her career with her cousin Haniya Aslam as Zeb and Haniya. They released their debut album Chup! in 2008. In 2013, Zeb did a song for the film Madras Cafe, making her debut in Bollywood. She continued her solo career after Haniya left to study 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). She also sang the title track of television series Diyar-e-Dil which won Lux Style Award for Best Original Soundtrack and the Hum Award for Best Original Soundtrack in 2016.
She has sung several songs for Coke Studio, including Paimona, Chup, Chal Diyay, Bibi Sanam Janem, and Tann Dolay. She then also performed a single in the second season of Pepsi Battle of the Bands. In 2019, she performed "Roshe", a Kashmiri ode to loss in CokeStudio12.
Zeb Bangash is the first Pakistani artist to serve as music director of an award-winning Bollywood film.
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.
Personal life She got married on 5 November 2017.
Discography
Soundtracks Year Name Song Co-singer NotesFilms2013Madras Cafe"Ajnabi"Bollywood debut2014Highway"Sooha Saaha"Alia Bhatt2015Bin Roye"Maula Maula"Abida ParveenManto"Kya Hoga"Ali Sethi2016Ho Mann Jahaan"Mann Ke Jahan""Dil Pagla""Dosti"Zoheb HassanFitoor"Haminastu""Hone Do Batiyaan"Nandini Srikar2017Verna"Sambhal Sambhal Kay"Richie Robinson"Khushi Ki Baat"Haroon Shahid2018Parwaaz Hai Junoon"Naache Re"Jabar Abbas2019Baaji"Shaam Nasheeli"Saad Sultan"Ik Tu"Saad Sultan"Khilti Kali"Taha Malik"Badlaan"Saad SultanParey Hut Love"Morey Saiyan"Superstar"Bekaraan"Ali Sethi2024Rautu Ka Raaz"Tere Bina Batiya"Shafqat Amanat AliTelevision2015Tum Mere Paas Raho"Tum Mere Paas Raho"Hum TVDiyar-e-Dil"Yaar-e-Mann"Momim DurraniHum TV2016Ek Thi Marium"Pankh Laga Ke"telefilm title trackKösem Sultan"Kösem Sultan"Urdu 1Kösem Sultan OST. Retrieved 2 December 2016.2017Sammi"Sammi"Zaheer AbbasHum TV2018Noor ul Ain"Noor ul Ain"Ali SethiAry DigitalKaisa Hai Naseeban"Kaisa Hai Naseeban"Ary Digital2020Dulhan"Kya O Mein Dulhan"Hum TV2021Sinf-e-Aahan"Sinf-e-Aahan"Asim AzharAry Digital
Singles Year Title Song Notes2016CokeStudio9"Aja Re Moray Saiyaan"with Noori"Dilruba Na Raazi"with Faakhir2017Pepsi Battle of the Bands"Sureela Samundar"2019CokeStudio12"Roshe"
Awards and nominations
! style="background:#bfd7ff" colspan="4"|Lux Style Awards |- |rowspan="2"|2016 |"Kya Hoga" – Manto |Best Female Playback
|"Yar-e-Mann" – Diyar-e-Dil |Best OST
! style="background:#bfd7ff" colspan="4"|Hum Awards |- |2016 |"Yar-e-Mann" – Diyar-e-Dil |Hum Award for Best Original Soundtrack
References
External links