ISLAMABAD: 29th death anniversary of renowned artist and playback singer of Pakistan film industry, Mala Begum was observed across the country on Wednesday.

In the 60s and the 70s, the film industry in Pakistan had a rich pool of female singers, Mala Begum was of the top female voices in the country and along with, Madam Noor Jehan and Runa Laila and she ruled the hearts till the mid 70s.

Her real name was Naseem Nazli and she sang many super-hit songs in almost two decades of her singing career in the 1960s and 1970s.

She had been interested in singing and music from a young age and her greatest accomplishment was “Akele Na Jana”.

She sang many super hit songs in almost two decades singing career. She won the Nigar Award for best singer for the film ‘Ishq pe zor Nhi’. In 1965, she won the Nigar Award again, this time for the film Naila.

She died on March 6, 1990.

Here are some of her other super hit film songs: Dil deta hai ro ro duhai (Ishq par zor nahin 1963);Agar tum pyar se dekho to apni jan; Tujh peh qurban, dilbar jan (Sarhad 1966);Shama ka Shola bharak raha hai (Aadil 1966); Dil mein basaya pyar se ham ne (Jaag utha Insaan 1966); Kise awaz dun, tere siwa… (Sharik-e-Hayyat 1968);Tere gham se mohabbat ho geye hai (Shab bakhair 1968); Too ne bar bar kiya mujhe beqarar (Saza 1970);Chaley thandi hawa chham chham (Najma 1970).