Najma akhtar biography meaning

Born Najma Akhtar in in Chelmsford, England. Education: Bachelor's and master's degrees in chemical engineering from Aston University in Birmingham, England. Najma Akhtar, whose stage name is simply Najma, began her music career in her early twenties with the release of Qareeb. Her success continued with the subsequent release of four additional albums, an appearance on MTV Unplugged with Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, and her work on the film Bollywood Queen , for which she wrote and recorded the song soundtrack.

Najma began acting in the late s, with roles in four theater productions and one television series, all in the United Kingdom. Najma was born in in Chelmsford, England, and was raised primarily in London. She had a fairly typical childhood, participating in netball and choir while in school.

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She comes from a family of engineers; her father is a mechanical engineer, her sister is a civil engineer, and her brother is a chemical engineer. Najma followed this family tradition and earned her master's degree in chemical engineering from Aston University in Birmingham, England. Najma's family is of Pakistani and Indian Muslim descent, and it was her affinity for Asian music that started her career.

Her father worked as an Indian film distributor and Najma grew up listening to Indian film music. Her parents bought her a harmonium when she was young and she began to imitate her favorite film songs.