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Shamsa Kanwal is a Pakistani radio, television, and film singer. She started singing as a child in the TV program "Geet Suhanay". She has sung around 1000 geets, ghazals, and playback songs during the 1980s and 1990s. She is also a poet and her first poetry book has been published under the title "Dhoop Ki Zad Mein Pehla Chand". [1] [2] [3]
She was married to film director Altaf Hussain.
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| Year | Award | Category | Result | Film | Ref. |
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| 1993 | Nigar Award | Best playback female singer | Won | Zamana | [1] [4] |
| 1994 | Nigar Award | Best playback female singer | Won | Rani Beti Raj Karraygi | [4] |
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