Shamsa Kanwal

Shamsa Kanwal is a Pakistani radio, television, and film singer. She started singing as a child in the TV program "Geet Suhanay". She has sung around 1000 geets, ghazals, and playback songs during the 1980s and 1990s. She is also a poet and her first poetry book has been published under the title "Dhoop Ki Zad Mein Pehla Chand".[1][2][3]

She was married to film director Altaf Hussain.

Songography

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  • Tu Aaya Aaya Hai
  • Maan Bhi Jao
  • Muskurane Ko Ji
  • Ae Ri Gajarya
  • Main Ne Tere Khawab
  • Subah Ki Pehli Kiran
  • Mat Jao Mat Jao
  • Khuda Kare Ke Meri Arz-e-Pak
  • Aesi Ratein Bhi
  • Ranj Khenchey They Dagh
  • Chup Ho Ja Re
  • Aankhon Mein Tere Sapne
  • Tujh Pe Fida Mere

Awards

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Year Award Category Result Film Ref.
1993 Nigar Award Best playback female singer Won Zamana [1][4]
1994 Nigar Award Best playback female singer Won Rani Beti Raj Karraygi [4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "شمسہ کنول کی گلوکاری کے میدان میں واپسی". Daily Pakistan (in Urdu). 3 November 2015.
  2. ^ "گلوکارہ شمسہ کنول بطور شاعرہ اپنا غزل البم تیار کریں گی". Dunya News (in Urdu). 9 April 2014.
  3. ^ "گلوکارہ شمسہ کنول نے نوحوں کی ریکارڈنگ شروع کردی". Dunya News (in Urdu). 24 October 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Pakistan's "Oscars"; The Nigar Awards". Desi Movies Reviews. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2021.