Named Muhammad Atif Aslam when he was born, he is famously known as Atif Aslam. He started off his career as a pop singer in Pakistan and has made his way into Bollywood as a playback singer. He has also made cameo appearances in Indian films along with starring in Pakistani film Bol in 2011. Born in Wazirabad, Pakistan Atif moved to Rawalpindi where he pursued his studies. He moved back to Lahore and attended Punjab College from where he obtained his Bachelor’s degree. Asif was an avid cricket fan and hoped to play cricket for the Pakistani national team but when that didn’t pan out he began singing. He formed a band, Jal, and recorded his first song “Aadat” spending his own money. The song became an ins...
Ali Zafar is a multifaceted personality, though he commenced his career as actor in serials in Pakistan, he became famous for his music skills and went on to become a leading Pop sensation in Pakistan. He is singer, musician, model, actor, composer and painter. He was born on 18 May, 1980 in Lahore, Pakistan. He did his graduation from the Government College of his city. He later toned his artist talent by joining an Arts Institute. He began his career as an artist. His first acting experience was in Pakistan television soaps. His career evoked with "Jugnuon Se Bhar". This was his first song and the song was part of the film named ‘Shararaat’. He rose to massive fame in 2003 with his super hit &ld...
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is a renowned singer worldwide. He was born on 9 December 1973 in Faisalabad, Pakistan.He is famous for his melodious voice and is nephew of Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. He is very popular in Bollywood and Lollywood and has been active from the last few years. His numerous albums have been released and loved by music lovers. He got his early training from Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan who also was his uncle, after that he joined his group at 15 years age. In 1985, he went to UK with group his uncle and sang solo qawwalis at a Birhingam concert.He debuted in Bollywood from Mann Ki Lagan song from movie Paap. He had performed at various worldwide famous venues like We...
Shafquat Amanat Ali Khan was born on February 26, 1965. He was a Muslim born in Lahore, Punjab. His parents are Ustad Amanat Ali Khan and Almas Amanat Ali Khan. He is from the ninth generation of Gharana Patiala. His elder brother is Asad Amanat Ali Khan. He completed his bachelor’s degree from Lahore’s Government University College. He then received his honor for music from the music society, from the government University College by Tariq Farani. He is known for his famous songs as a classical singer. He resides in the Lineage of Patiala Gharana. He had done several works among which some of the most important are Aankhon Ke Saagar, Mitwa, Khamaj and Ankhiyan. He had also sung several songs such as Phir Wohi Raastey which i...
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was a well-known Pakistani singer, musician, Qawwali, devotional music of the Sufis. Khan was born in Faisalabad in the year 1948 in a Punjabi Muslim family. His family has migrated to Pakistan in 1947 post partition of India from their city Jalandhar, East Punjab, British India present Punjab, India. His father, Fateh Ali Khan, was a vocalist, instrumentalist, musician and also a qawwal.
The tradition of qawwali has been followed through successive generations of Khan since six centuries. Khan was the youngest among the 5 children to his parents and the only son. Khan was married to Naheed, daughter of his uncle Salamat Ali Khan; they daughter named ...
Noor Jehan is a singer of two countries India and Pakistan. She has sung over 10,000 songs in various languages of India such as Urdu, Hindi, Punjab and Sindhi. She is known by her stage name ‘Noor Jehan’ – a name and an identity that she picked from Indian soil and left to Pakistan after the partition of Pakistan and India. Her songs in Pakistan films were better undoubtedly than she had sung in India. Before partition, she was almost a household name in India. Her songs with high-pitched range and nasal voice in Indian films Khandaan (1942), Naukar (1943), Dost (1944), Zeenat (1945), Village Girl (1945), Badi Ma (1945), Anmol Ghadi (1946) and Jugnu (1947) made her highly popular. Her quit ...
Mehdi Hassan Khan is also known as the King of Ghazals and Khan Sahab. He was a Pakistani singer, who was born in Luna in Rajasthan on July 18, 1927. He was also known for his composition skills. Hassan, noted for his deep baritone voice that could shake up the listener’s soul, had singularly managed to put ghazals on the world stage.He has been the inspiration for famous singers like Jagjit Singh and Sonu Nigam. He was born and raised in a musical family that had been singing for almost sixteen generations!
He had the opportunity to have been trained by his father and uncle, who were Dhrupad singers. He started giving performances at a very young age. During partition, Hassan had to move to Pakistan, and h...