Dominating female singer from the 1960s
Mala was a top female singer and only the second best to Madam Noorjehan as playback singer in the 1960s. She sang super hit songs in many Pakistani Urdu and Punjabi movies. Prominent musician G.A. Chishti introduced her in a Punjabi film Aabroo in 1961. Her first Urdu film was Suraj Mukhi but she got breakthrough from film Mehboob in 1962 with this super hit song:

Sapno mein urri urri jaun..

Mala was on top of her singing career from 1965-71. She was born on November 9, 1939 in Faisalabad. Her real name was Naseem Begum and she was younger sister of Pakistan's first female music director Shamim Nazli. She died on March 6, 1990 at Lahore.

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