A Music Fairy
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A Music Fairy is a 44-minute documentary about Nazia Hassan
Nazia Hassan
Nazia Hassan was an iconic Pakistani pop singer. Her song "Aap Jaisa Koi" from the Indian film Qurbani made her a legend and pop icon in Pakistan and all of South Asia in the 1980s, where she is admired and loved even today, years after her death...

 directed and produced by Ahmad Haseeb
Ahmad Haseeb
Ahmad Haseeb is a young director and producer who won the Best Documentary award for his 44-minute documentary "A Music Fairy: A Tribute to Nazia Hassan" on pop icon Nazia Hassan in 2007. The film was screened at the Kara Film Festival. Haseeb also directed rock group Junoon's music video Rooh Ki...

. The dcoumentary was screened at the Kara Film Festival
Kara Film Festival
The KaraFilm Festival - Karachi International Film Festival is an internationally recognized film festival of Pakistan annually held in Karachi....

 in 2009.

The documentary starts with the Anwar Maqsood
Anwar Maqsood
Anwar Maqsood Hameedi commonly known as Anwar Maqsood Urdu: انور مقصود) is a Pakistani playwright, poet, television host, satirist, humorist, infrequent actor and painter. He has worked in the entertainment industry for over 35 years.-Life and career:Anwar Maqsood studied at the Gulbarga trust...

's tribute poem on Nazia Hassan
Nazia Hassan
Nazia Hassan was an iconic Pakistani pop singer. Her song "Aap Jaisa Koi" from the Indian film Qurbani made her a legend and pop icon in Pakistan and all of South Asia in the 1980s, where she is admired and loved even today, years after her death...

 and then talks about Nazia's childhood. Ahmad Haseeb
Ahmad Haseeb
Ahmad Haseeb is a young director and producer who won the Best Documentary award for his 44-minute documentary "A Music Fairy: A Tribute to Nazia Hassan" on pop icon Nazia Hassan in 2007. The film was screened at the Kara Film Festival. Haseeb also directed rock group Junoon's music video Rooh Ki...

 uses rare music videos of Nazia and Zoheb
Nazia and Zoheb
Nazia bakhsi and Zoheb were a Pakistani pop group from Karachi, Sindh formed in 1980. The group consisted of two siblings, Nazia Hassan and Zoheb Hassan, who were a singing sensation and pop icons in Pakistan and all of South Asia. They are also regarded as pioneers of the Pakistani pop music scene...

 like Disco Deewane
Disco Deewane
Disco Deewane is a Pakistani pop album, performed by Pakistani singer Nazia Hassan and produced by the famous Indian producer Biddu, that was released in 1981. It charted in fourteen countries worldwide and became the best-selling Asian pop record up until that time...

, Boom Boom, Mujhay Chahie, Telephone Pyar & Hulla Gulla Karien Hum. The Documentary explains the death of Nazia Hassan
Nazia Hassan
Nazia Hassan was an iconic Pakistani pop singer. Her song "Aap Jaisa Koi" from the Indian film Qurbani made her a legend and pop icon in Pakistan and all of South Asia in the 1980s, where she is admired and loved even today, years after her death...

, and ends with her funeral.

A Music Fairy is a non-commercial documentary. In an interview Ahmad Haseeb
Ahmad Haseeb
Ahmad Haseeb is a young director and producer who won the Best Documentary award for his 44-minute documentary "A Music Fairy: A Tribute to Nazia Hassan" on pop icon Nazia Hassan in 2007. The film was screened at the Kara Film Festival. Haseeb also directed rock group Junoon's music video Rooh Ki...

reveals that he has no plan to release it commercially, because it was his school thesis and too personal.

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