Pakistan's Benjamin Sisters: A Christian Singing Group of Three Girls

The Benjamin Sisters were a Pakistani singing group of three sisters, Nerissa, Beena and Shabana Benjamin. Commonly this group gave its appearances on Pakistan Television in the late 1970s and early 1980s. They achieved huge admiration in both Pakistan and neighboring regions of North India in what began to be referred to as the Benjamin Sisters Phenomenon.

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Benjamin sisters were born to Pakistani Christian Family. When they first started performing on TV, Nerissa was 21 years old and Beena and Shabana were 16 and 15 years old, respectively. Their mother encouraged the younger sisters but was a bit cautious about eldest one to appear on TV.

The Benjamin Sisters first took part in numerous music learning programs aired on Pakistan Television from 1968 to 1987. These programs were conducted by Sohail Rana; a prominent music director of Pakistan, and they were intended to educate children about music. The sisters typically sang Punjabi and Urdu songs, and inclined to originally provide new versions of songs sung by other artists contrasting to developing their own material. This was partially because the sisters in the beginning appeared in the TV talk show Silver Jubilee (1983), where old artistes were frequently the invited guests whose songs the sisters would sang as a mark of honor. The three sang in a synchronized way, in a “single voice.” The sisters later attained more fame after the release of the nationalistic songs of Pakistan, such as the Is parcham kay saye tale, hum ek hai, Ay roohe quaid aaj ke din ham tujhe sey wada kartey hain, Khayal rakhna khayal rakhna etc. which they sang during 1980s.

The express Tribune report says, “now they all got married and well settled in their lives. Nerissa continues to teach at St. Patrick’s High School, and Beena works as a voiceover artist and a VJ. Shabana Kenneth, meanwhile, is a housewife. Nerissa and Shabana have a daughter and two sons each, whereas Beena has been blessed with a daughter.” - See more at: http://www.christiansinpakistan.com/benjamin-sisters-a-christian-singing-group-of-three-girls/#sthash.jvhHeeKe.dpuf