Masuma Anwar

Updated on Nov 27, 2023

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Origin Azad Kashmir Pakistan Instruments Vocals Labels Fire Records, Record label Fire Records		Genres Sufi, Folk Years active 2006–present Genre World Albums Kamli

Occupation(s) Doctor, singer-songwriter, musician Associated acts Faakhir Mehmood, Pritam Chakraborty Similar Shahzad Nawaz, Javed Bashir, Sahir Ali Bagga, Anupam Amod, Nirmal Roy

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Dr. Masuma Anwar is a Pakistani pediatric doctor, singer-songwriter and musician. She rose to prominence with her cover singles of folk-songs such as "Ve Asaan Tenu Ki Akhna", "Ve main chori chori" and "Neyu La leya". After completing her bachelors of medicine and surgery from Frontier Medical College, she released her first album Dhola in 2008 and received critical appraisal. She completed her practice in 2011 and released three more albums by then that includes, Nigah-e-Karam, Apna Mukaam Paida Kar and Kamli, the latter add further acclaim in her career and she received Best Emerging Talent - Music at 15th Lux Style Awards.

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In 2012, she made her Bollywood debut in film Cocktail, and was praised for her song "Luttna". In 2016, she recorded her first song "Naina Roye", for Pakistani film Maalik, that was heavily praised. In a same year she made her Coke Studio debut as a featured artist in season 9, as a part of team Faakhir.