Nahid Akhtar

Nahid Akhtar (or Naheed Akhtar) is a Pakistani playback singer. She was discovered by veteran musician M. Ashraf as a teenage sensation in the mid-1970s. Naheed Akhtar was a successful replacement for Runa Laila, who left Pakistan the same year. Her debut film was "Nanha Farishta" in 1974 and that year she climbed to the top with super hit songs in the film "Shama". Her songs have been featured in 393 films (207 Urdu, 183 Punjabi, 3 Pashto) released between 1974 and 1992. Read more on Last.fm

Nahid Akhtar was featured in the movie West Is West.

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