{{BLP sources|date=May 2017}} {{Use Pakistani English|date=September 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Zeb-un-Nisa Bangash | image = | caption = | birth_name = Zebunisa Bangash | birth_date = | birth_place = [[Kohat]], [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], Pakistan | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Singer-songwriter | education = [[Smith College]]<br />[[Mount Holyoke College]] | relatives = [[Haniya Aslam]] (cousin) | module = {{infobox musical artist | embed = yes | genre = Pop, [[Sufi music|Sufi]] | label = [[Fire Records (Pakistan)|Fire Records]], ''[[Coke Studio Pakistan|Coke Studio]]'' | years_active = 2007–present | associated_acts = {{flatlist| *[[A.R.Rehman]] *[[Amit Trivedi]] *[[Rohail Hyatt]] *[[Shani Arshad]] *[[Noori]] *[[Atif Aslam]] *[[Abida Parveen]]}} }} }} '''Zebunisa Bangash''' ({{Langx|ur|{{nq|زیب النسا}}}}), better known as '''Zeb Bangash''' ({{Langx|ur|{{nq|زیب بنگش}}}}), 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.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rehman|first1=Maliha|title=FirstPerson: "Music is not a competitive sport" – Zeb Bangash|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1280322|website=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]|access-date=3 September 2016|date=28 August 2016}}</ref>
She has been active since 2008 and is the first Pakistani artist who served as a music director of the Bollywood movie [[Lipstick Under My Burkha]], which received 18 film awards.<ref>{{cite news |title=Zeb Bangash, 'Lipstick Under My Burkha' director to reunite in Japan {{!}} Pakistan Today |url=https://archive.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/02/12/zeb-bangash-lipstick-under-my-burkha-director-to-reunite-in-japan/ |access-date=21 October 2021 |work=[[Pakistan Today]] |date=12 February 2018 |archive-date=24 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024073209/https://archive.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/02/12/zeb-bangash-lipstick-under-my-burkha-director-to-reunite-in-japan/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=instepinterview! Music matters with Zeb Bangash {{!}} Instep {{!}} thenews.com.pk |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/565166-instepinterview-music-matters-zeb-bangash |access-date=21 October 2021 |work=[[The News International]] |language=en}}</ref> During her career, Bangash has recorded songs in [[Urdu]], [[Pashto]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Turkish language|Turkish]], [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Saraiki language|Saraiki]] and [[Hindko]]. She has been often seen on the Pakistani television shows [[Coke Studio (Pakistani TV program)|Coke Studio]], [[Pakistan Idol]], and [[Pepsi Battle of the Bands]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Zeb Bangash performs on Pepsi Battle of the Bands stage |url=https://nation.com.pk/27-Aug-2017/zeb-bangash-performs-on-pepsi-battle-of-the-bands-stage |access-date=21 October 2021 |work=The Nation |date=26 August 2017 |language=en}}</ref>
==Career== Zebunisa Bangash began her career with her cousin [[Haniya Aslam]] as [[Zeb and Haniya]].<ref name="website">{{cite web|url=http://www.zebandhaniya.com/theband.html|title=Zeb and Haniya- The Band|website=Zebandhaniya.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080101032137/http://www.zebandhaniya.com/theband.html|archive-date=1 January 2008|url-status=usurped|access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref> They released their debut album ''[[Chup!]]'' in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.muziq.net/songs/Zeb-and-Haniya/Chup/ |title=Pakistani Music Channel review |access-date=8 November 2020 |archive-date=23 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223072832/http://www.muziq.net/songs/Zeb-and-Haniya/Chup/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2013, Zeb did a song for the film ''[[Madras Cafe]]'' and made her debut in Bollywood. She continued her solo career after Haniya left to study in Canada. She sang for the soundtrack of ''[[Highway (2014 Hindi film)|Highway]]'' (2014), ''[[Bin Roye]]'' (2015), ''[[Manto (2015 film)|Manto]]'' (2015), ''[[Ho Mann Jahan]]'' (2016), ''[[Fitoor]]'' (2016), ''[[Lala Begum]]'' (2016), ''[[Verna (film)|Verna]]'' (2017), ''[[Parwaaz Hai Junoon]]'' (2018), ''[[Baaji (2019 film)|Baaji]]'' (2019), ''[[Parey Hut Love]]'' (2019) and ''[[Superstar (2019 film)|Superstar]]'' (2019).<ref>{{cite web|last1=Faisal|first1=Sabeen|title=In conversation with Zeb Bangash, the voice of 'Ho Mann Jahaan'|url=http://www.hipinpakistan.com/news/1148154|website=HIP|access-date=3 September 2016|date=22 October 2016|archive-date=23 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423235736/https://www.hipinpakistan.com/news/1148154|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title='Fitoor' experience was special for me: Zeb Bangash|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1034616/fitoor-experience-was-special-for-me-zeb-bangash/|website=[[The Express Tribune]]|access-date=3 September 2016|date=26 January 2016}}</ref> She also sung the title track of television series ''[[Diyar-e-Dil]]'' which won [[15th Lux Style Awards|Lux Style Award]] for Best Original Soundtrack and [[Hum Award for Best Original Soundtrack]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sabeeh|first1=Maheen|title=Haniya is my sister. I have to support every decision she makes...|url=http://tns.thenews.com.pk/zeb-of-zeb-and-haniya-interview/#.V8qQeTTXfCQ|website=[[The News International]]|access-date=3 September 2016|date=23 February 2016}}</ref>
She has sung several songs for ''[[Coke Studio (Pakistan)|Coke Studio]]''.,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Salahuddin|first1=Zahra|title=Coke Studio review: Episode 1 saved by Zeb Bangash's lovely ballad|url=https://images.dawn.com/news/1176047|website=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Images]]|access-date=3 September 2016|date=14 August 2016}}</ref> including Paimona, Chup, Chal Diyay, Bibi Sanam Janem, Tann Dolay and more. She then also performed a single in the second season of ''[[Pepsi Battle of the Bands]]''.<ref>{{cite news|author=Ahmed Sarym|date=28 August 2017|access-date=17 September 2017|work=DAWN Images|url=https://images.dawn.com/news/1178267|title=The exploitation in Pakistan's music industry is really appalling: Zeb Bangash}}</ref> In 2019, she performed "Roshe", a Kashmiri ode to loss in [[CokeStudio12]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/magazine/instep-today/545831-|title=Coke Studio second episode to drop tomorrow |date=24 October 2019 |author=Maheen Sabeeh |work=The News}}</ref>
Zeb Bangash is the first Pakistani artist to serve as music director of an award-winning Bollywood film;<ref>{{Cite web|title=Zeb Bangash in Concert at Yale {{!}} Yale MacMillan Center South Asian Studies|url=https://southasia.macmillan.yale.edu/event/zeb-bangash-concert-yale|access-date=2020-11-06|website=southasia.macmillan.yale.edu}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Zeb Bangash on band culture and Sandaraa's upcoming music |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/magazine/instep-today/331507-zeb-bangash-on-band-culture-and-sandaraas-upcoming-music |access-date=21 October 2021 |work=[[The News International]] |language=en}}</ref>
==Personal life== She married on 5 November 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://images.dawn.com/news/1178776/|title=It's official: Zeb Bangash ties the knot!|date=7 November 2017|access-date=7 November 2017|work=DAWN Images}}</ref>
==Discography==
===Soundtracks=== {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Name ! Song ! Co-singer ! Notes |- ! style="background:#bfd7ff" colspan="5"|Films |- |2013 |''[[Madras Cafe]]'' |"Ajnabi" | |Bollywood debut |- |2014 |''[[Highway (2014 Hindi film)|Highway]]'' |"Sooha Saaha" |[[Alia Bhatt]] | |- |rowspan="2"|2015 |''[[Bin Roye]]'' |"Maula Maula" |[[Abida Parveen]] | |- |''[[Manto (2015 film)|Manto]]'' |"Kya Hoga" |[[Ali Sethi]] | |- |rowspan="5"|2016 |rowspan="3"|''[[Ho Mann Jahaan]]'' |"Mann Ke Jahan" | | |- |"Dil Pagla" | | |- |"Dosti" |[[Zoheb Hassan]] | |- |rowspan="2"|''[[Fitoor]]'' |"Haminastu" | | |- |"Hone Do Batiyaan" |[[Nandini Srikar]] | |- |rowspan="2"|2017 |rowspan="2"|''[[Verna (film)|Verna]]'' |"Sambhal Sambhal Kay" |Richie Robinson | |- |"Khushi Ki Baat" |Haroon Shahid | |- |rowspan="1"|2018 |rowspan="1"|''[[Parwaaz Hai Junoon]]'' |"Naache Re" |[[Jabar Abbas]] | |- |rowspan="6"|2019 |rowspan="4"|''[[Baaji (2019 film)|Baaji]]'' |"Shaam Nasheeli" |Saad Sultan | |- |"Ik Tu" |Saad Sultan | |- |"Khilti Kali" |Taha Malik | |- |"Badlaan" |Saad Sultan | |- |rowspan="1"|''[[Parey Hut Love]]'' |"Morey Saiyan" | | |- |rowspan="1"|''[[Superstar (2019 film)|Superstar]]'' |"Bekaraan" |[[Ali Sethi]] | |- |rowspan="1"|2024 |rowspan="1"|''[[Rautu Ka Raaz]]'' |"Tere Bina Batiya" |[[Shafqat Amanat Ali]] | |- ! style="background:#bfd7ff" colspan="5"|Television |- |rowspan="2"|2015 |''[[Tum Mere Paas Raho]]'' |"Tum Mere Paas Raho" | |[[Hum TV]] |- |''[[Diyar-e-Dil]]'' |"Yaar-e-Mann" |Momim Durrani |[[Hum TV]] |- |rowspan="2"|2016 |''[[Ek Thi Marium]]'' |"Pankh Laga Ke" | |telefilm title track |- |''[[Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem|Kösem Sultan]]'' |"Kösem Sultan" | |[[Urdu 1]]<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1231983060181426&id=351811501531924 Kösem Sultan OST]. Retrieved 2 December 2016.</ref> |- |2017 |''[[Sammi (2017 TV series)|Sammi]]'' |"Sammi" |Zaheer Abbas |Hum TV |- |rowspan="2"|2018 |''[[Noor ul Ain]]'' |"Noor ul Ain" |[[Ali Sethi]] |[[Ary Digital]] |- |''[[Kaisa Hai Naseeban]]'' |"Kaisa Hai Naseeban" | |[[Ary Digital]] |- |="1" |2020 |''[[Dulhan (TV series)|Dulhan]]'' |"Kya O Mein Dulhan" | |[[Hum TV]] |- |="1" |2021 |''[[Sinf-e-Aahan]]'' |"Sinf-e-Aahan" |[[Asim Azhar]] |[[Ary Digital]] |}
===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Song ! Notes |- |rowspan="2"|2016 |rowspan="2"|''[[CokeStudio9]]'' |"Aja Re Moray Saiyaan" |with [[Noori]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Coke Studio|date=13 August 2016|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq29w9MJKTQ|title=Aaja Re Moray Saiyaan, Zeb Bangash, Episode 1, Coke Studio Season 9|access-date=17 September 2017|via=YouTube}}</ref> |- |"Dilruba Na Raazi" |with [[Faakhir]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Coke Studio|date=26 August 2016|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReY3YSltJek|title=Dilruba Na Raazi, Zeb Bangash & Faakhir Mehmood, Episode 3, Coke Studio Season 9|access-date=17 September 2017|via=YouTube}}</ref> |- |2017 |''[[Pepsi Battle of the Bands]]'' |"Sureela Samundar" |<ref>{{cite web|last=[[Pepsi]] Pakistan|date=26 August 2017|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTbUIpFXAgs|title=Zeb Bangash – Sureela Samundar – Episode 5 – #PepsiBattleOfTheBands|access-date=17 September 2017|via=YouTube}}</ref> |- |2019 |rowspan="1"|''[[CokeStudio12]]'' |"Roshe" |<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/magazine/instep-today/545831-|title=Coke Studio second episode to drop tomorrow |date=24 October 2019 |author=Maheen Sabeeh |work=The News}}</ref> |- |}
==Awards and nominations== {{awards table}} |- ! style="background:#bfd7ff" colspan="4"|[[Lux Style Awards]] |- |rowspan="2"|[[15th Lux Style Awards|2016]] |"Kya Hoga" – ''[[Manto (2015 film)|Manto]]'' |Best Female Playback |{{nom}} |- |"Yar-e-Mann" – ''[[Diyar-e-Dil]]'' |Best OST |{{won}} |- ! style="background:#bfd7ff" colspan="4"|[[Hum Awards]] |- |[[4th Hum Awards|2016]] |"Yar-e-Mann" – ''[[Diyar-e-Dil]]'' |[[Hum Award for Best Original Soundtrack]] |{{won}} |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|5053288}} *{{Facebook|ZebBangashOfficial}}
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