# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mala
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:11:05.900Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mala"
name: "Mala"
slug: "mala"
description: "Naseem Begum, known professionally as Mala, was a Pakistani playback singer of Urdu and Punjabi films."
tagline: "Pakistani singer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c2/Mala_Begum.jpg"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1942-11-09"
deathDate: "1990-03-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.56
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.543017333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538835/"
    handle:    "nm0538835"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2792807"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mala_Begum"
    title: "Mala Begum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE_%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%AE"
    title: "ਮਾਲਾ ਬੇਗਮ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7_(%DA%AF%D9%84%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%81)"
    title: "مالا (گلوکارہ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://skr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7_(%DA%B3%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%81)"
    title: "مالا (ڳائیکہ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%BE_%E0%B0%AC%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%82"
    title: "మాలా బేగం"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%A8%DB%8C%DA%AF%D9%85"
    title: "مالا بیگم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6740674"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump