About Zeenat Begum
Lived 1920 – 1966 (aged 45–46). Zeenat Begum was an Indian singer and film director.
Music career Zeenat Begum was a tawaif and a renowned classical singer. Her first success as a playback singer came when she sang for Govind Ram's Punjabi film Mangti (1942) and she also made her debut as an actress in the film. The film was marked as the first Golden jubilee film produced in Lahore.
Her first Hindi film was Nishani (1942). She sang for other notable films including Panchhi (1944), Shalimar (1946), Shehar se Door (1946) and Daasi (1944).
Zeenat Begum relocated from Lahore to Bombay in 1944.
Personal life Zeenat married Abdul Jabbar in 1949. They divorced in 1955. She married Saqlain Rizvi later and they had one child together.
Death She died on 11 December 2007 in Lahore, Pakistan.
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Who was Zeenat Begum?
Indian singer
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Zeenat Begum was born in 1920 in Lahore.
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Zeenat Begum died on 12 November 1966 in Lahore.
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Zeenat Begum was a singer and film director.
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Zeenat Begum was Indian.
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