Sanam Marvi

Early life and career Sanam Marvi's childhood was full of hardships and poverty. Marvi started music training at the age of 7. She is from a Sindhi Family. Her father, Faqeer Khan Muhammad, was also a Sindhi folk musician/harmonium player who gave Marvi classical music training for 2 years. Later she learnt classical singing and raags from Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan from Sindh in the Gwalior gharana tradition. She says that she has also learned a lot from folk singer Abida Parveen. < She made her debut in a solo performance on the Indian soil at 2010's Jahan-e-Khusrau, the Sufi music festival arranged by the famous film producer Muzaffar Ali of 1981 film Umrao Jaan fame. In February 2011, she performed with Indian playback singer Rekha Bhardwaj at Times of India's Aman ki Asha event at Chowmahalla Palace, Hyderabad, India.

Marvi made her live concert singing debut in 2012 with concerts held at London, Paris, New York, singing alongside Hadiqa Kiyani and Ali Zafar.

Personal life Sanam Marvi is currently happily married with her 3rd Husband, Muhammad Khubaib Nawaz who originally belongs to the city of Khushab. They have a son named Muhammad Qaim Din, who was born on 1 December 2023. Prior to this marital commitment, Sanam Marvi was married to Hamid Ali (her cousin) with whom she had three children. While her first husband, Aftab Ahmed Pharero, also known as Aftab Ahmed Kalhoro, was murdered in Karachi in 2009. They had married in 2006 but had been estranged for two years prior to his death. Marvi was Aftab's second wife. Latif Award (2011) Best Singer – Sufism University Best Singer Light Music – Virsa at 17th PTV National Awards held in 2012