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Abida Parveen (; ; born 20 February 1954) is a Pakistani singer, composer, musician of Sufi music, painter and an entrepreneur. Parveen is one of the highest-paid singers in Pakistan. Her singing and music have earned her many accolades, and she has been dubbed the Queen of Sufi music.
Born and raised in Larkana into a Sindhi people Sufi family, she was trained by her father, Ustad Ghulam Haider, who was a famous singer and music teacher. She plays the Pump organ, Keyboard, and Sitar. Parveen started performing in the early 1970s and came into global prominence in the 1990s. Since 1993, Parveen has toured globally, performing her first international concert at Buena Park, California. She has also performed in Churches, several times. Parveen features in Pakistan's popular musical show Coke Studio and was a judge on the pan-South Asia contest show Sur Kshetra alongside Runa Laila and Asha Bhosle, hosted by Ayesha Takia. She had appeared in various Indian and Pakistani music reality shows, including Pakistan Idol, Chhote Ustaad, and STAR Voice of India. In the last few years, she has sung in a Pepsi commercial, collaborating with Atif Aslam for this.
Parveen is regularly referred to as one of the world's greatest mystic singers. She sings mainly , thumri, khyal, qawwali, raga (raag), Sufi rock, classical and semi-classical music, and her speciality, kafi, a solo genre accompanied by percussion and harmonium, using a repertoire of songs by Sufi poets. Parveen sings in Urdu, Sindhi language, Punjabi language, Arabic, and Persian language. Abida Parveen World music: the basics, by Richard Nidel. Routledge, 2005. . p.247. Parveen notably sang a famous song in Nepali language called "Ukali Orali Haruma", originally by Nepali singer Tara Devi, in a concert in Kathmandu, Nepal, and in 2017, she was designated a 'Peace Ambassador' by SAARC.
Parveen is best known for singing in an impassioned, loud voice, especially on the songs Yaar ko Humne from the album Raqs-e-Bismil and Tere Ishq Nachaya, which is a rendition of Bulleh Shah's poetry. She was bestowed Pakistan's second highest civilian award, Hilal-e-Imtiaz, in 2012 and the highest civilian award, Nishan-e-Imtiaz, in March 2021, by the President of Pakistan.
Parveen travels internationally, often performing at sold-out venues. Her 1988 performance in Chicago was recorded by the Hazrat Amir Khusrau Society of Art and Culture, which issued an LP of her songs. Her 1989 performance in London's Wembley Conference Centre was broadcast on the BBC. Parveen cites her motivation for international travel as being to spread Sufism, peace, and the divine message. In doing so, she also promotes Pakistani culture.
In the 1990s, Parveen licensed her spiritual ghazals to Bollywood, since her "spiritual brother", Khan, recorded songs for Bollywood. Recently, Abida also performed at the grand finale of the Sindh Festival, arranged by Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in Thatta.
"This project, which Rohail Hyatt has started, is indeed great, and I would like to be a part of it for a long time. The music that comes out of this project reaches both the heart and the soul, and it always complements the lyrics without overriding the true message of the kalams. This platform builds on those messages of our Sufi elders."
She was invited back to season 7 in 2014. She sang "Mein Sufi Hoon" with Rais Khan and performed "dost" as a solo. She also performed "Chaap Tilak" (a popular Sufi poem by Sufi poet Amir Khusro) in a duet with Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.
Abida was also part of season 9. Her first song, along with other artists in the season, "Ae Rah Haq K Shaheedo", was dedicated to the war martyrs. After that, she sang a duet with Ali Sethi titled "Aaqa", then sang a solo titled "Maula-i-Kull".
She also performed in season 14, singing "Tu Jhoom" with Naseebo Lal.
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Personal life
Education
Abida got her master's degree from Sindh and also learned Urdu, Sindhi, and Persian language specifically.
Marriage and family
In 1975, Abida married Ghulam Hussain Sheikh, senior producer at Radio Pakistan, who had retired from his job in the 1980s to manage and mentor Parveen's career. After he died of a heart attack on an international flight in the early 2000s, their daughter Maryam took up that role. There is a sense that Parveen's career has taken a more commercial route as a result of it. The couple has two daughters, Pereha Ikram and Maryam Hussain, and a son, Sarang Latif, who is a music director. All three children act as her advisors. Her family understands her need for riyaz (daily vocal music practice) and the required space to do that practice.
Abida Parveen Gallery
Parveen is also interested in the arts. She owns the Abida Parveen Gallery, which features jewellery, paintings, her music CDs, an awards section, and garments and accessories. It is run by her daughters. She also has her own music recording studio there.
Clothing style
Parveen has a distinctive clothing style that she has created herself for ease and comfort. She wears long, simple frocks buttoned up to the top with loose arms with or without cuffs and covered with a coat. She is always accompanied by an Ajrak, a Sindhi shawl, which she claims comes from the dargah (mausoleum) of Sufi saint Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, and her wardrobe is full of it.
Other
Parveen has taken Bayyat and became a disciple of Najeeb Sultan, her spiritual master. Parveen suffered a heart attack during a performance in Lahore on 28 November 2010. Angiography and angioplasty were performed on her. She regained her health soon after.
Awards and recognitions
Filmography
Despite Parveen's renown, she has never sung for the cinema industry; her existing work has been repurposed and used in films, however, at the insistence of proponents such as Farooq Mengal. Parveen revealed in interviews that she has received offers from Bollywood filmmakers such as Subhash Ghai and Yash Chopra. Shah Rukh Khan requested that she sing in Ra.One, as did music director A. R. Rahman. Parveen declines these offers on account of her Sufi faith and the commitments that it requires.
Television
1980
!scope="row" Awaz-o-Andaz Performer aired on PTV 2009
!scope="row" Nara-e-Mastana Performer Concert sponsored and aired by Hum TV 2010
!scope="row" Chotte Ustad Guest Judge with Ghulam Ali Eid Celebration 2012
!scope="row" Sur Kshetra TV Show Judge Representing Pakistan in India 2012
!scope="row" Shehr-e-Zaat OST Singer for Yaar ko Humne Pre-recorded from album Raqs-e-Bismil 2012
!scope="row" Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Special appearance with Runa Laila To promote Sur Kshetra TV Show 2012
!scope="row" 1st Hum Awards Performer Sang Naraye Mastana 2014
!scope="row" Pakistan Idol TV Show Guest Judge Grand Finale 2014
!scope="row" Zee Channel TV Singer New Channel 2014
!scope="row" Sama-e-Ishq Performer Concert aired on Hum TV
Films
2005
!scope="row" Viruddh Mann Lago Yaar
Bhala Hua Meri
Saahib Mera EkFrom her album "Kabir by Abida" 2008
!scope="row" Zill-e-Shah Sajjan de Haath Pre-recorded 2013
!scope="row" Ishq Khuda Title Track Pre-recorded
Winner-1st ARY Film Awards for Best Female Playback Singer2015
!scope="row" Jaanisaar Sufiye Ba Safa Manam (female) Indian film by Muzaffar Ali 2015
!scope="row" Bin Roye Maula Maula with Zeb Bangash
Winner-15th Lux Style Awards for Best Female Playback Singer2017
!scope="row" Rangreza Phool Khil Jayein with Asrar (musician)
Discography
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