Ali Zafar

Ali Zafar

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Ali Zafar


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Origin = Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Instrument = Vocals, Multiple instruments
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Genre = Pop, Electronic
Occupation = Singer-songwriter, musician, composer, actor, model, painter
Years_active = 2003–Present
Label = Fire Records
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URL = [http://alizafar.net www.alizafar.net]
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Ali Zafar (Urdu: علی ظفر) also known as "Prince of Pop", is a Pakistani musician, actor, painter and model probably most noted around South Asia for his music, including his hit songs like Channo, Rangeen, Chal Dil Merey, Dekha, Masty and Sajania. He started his singing career with his hit song "Jugnuon se bhar le aanchal" in the film Shararat directed by Pakistani actress and director Samina Peerzada.

Zafar recently won the "Youth Icon" award from the Lux Style Awards 2007, in Malaysia.

Early life

Ali Zafar was born in Lahore, Pakistan to two professors who taught at Punjab University. He initially attended the C.A.A. Public School and later moved to the Beaconhouse School System from where he topped in his matric examinations. He later graduated from the National College of Arts as an artist in 2002 with honours.

Early career

Before entering the Pakistani musical scence, Ali Zafar worked as a model for several commercial advertisement besides acting in television. He worked in the Pakistani television serial "Lunda-Bazar" and in the teenage sitcom "College Jeans". He was also in the music video of "Preeto" sung by Abrar-ul-Haq.Ali Zafar is now enagaged to Ayesha Fazli a girl from BNU .

Music career

Ali Zafar made his debut as a musician with the album "Huqa Pani", released in Pakistan in 2003 and worldwide in 2005. The album was an instant hit, selling over 600,000 worldwide and winning several major awards and nominations. It also put Ali into the league of the most popular artists ever to have come out of Pakistan with a massive fan following locally and internationally. It was described by "The Hindu" as "take a Kishore Kumar-like voice , club it with yuppie Ibiza-ish electronic beats, and add a bit of nostalgic lyrics". [cite news
title=Chords & Notes
publisher=The Hindi
date=September 27, 2005
first=K
last=Bhumika
]

His comparison to Kishore Kumar has been frequently made; in one interview Zafar, asked about the vocal resemblance, remarked "you're the lucky hundredth person to tell me that". [ [http://www.muziq.net/showpage.php?page=articles.php?page=page&artid=041-3 http://www.muziq.net/] ]

Ali won award for "Best Album" category at the Lux Style Awards in 2004 for his massive hit album Huqa Pani [cite web
url=http://www.setasia.tv/pdf/luxawards_2004.pdf
title=Lux Style Awards 2004 exclusively on Sony Entertainment Television Asia (official press release) (PDF)
date=June 25, 2004
] In addition to the album's popularity being reflected in the shops and by critics, it has been widely claimed that Himesh Reshammiya plagiarised one of the most well-known tracks from the album, "Rangeen", for the song "Dillagi Mein Jo ". [cite web
url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/musicreview/7695.html
title=Aashiq Banaya Aapne - When Himesh meets Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
first=Aelina
date=August 4, 2005
publisher=IndiaGlitz
accessdate=2006-05-29
] Soon Pritam too copied his track "Chhano" as "Choreen ki Baatein"(Fightclub).

Ali Zafar launched his second album "Masty" nationwide in Pakistan in November 2006. He has since released four tracks from the album called "Masty", "Sajania", "Dekha" and "Aasman". A press conference for the release of the album was held in Lahore. The album has been released by Fire Records.

Ali Zafar released his second album "Masty" in India in February 2007. The album contains two additional remix tracks and has been launched by "FrankFinn Records".

Ali recently released his third and long awaited single, "Dekha", off his second album, which was the most expensive music video of Pakistan costing more than seven million rupees but song was a failure on charts, video was shot in Malaysia, produced by the Lux Company, and has the famous Pakistani actresses/models, Reema Khan, Meera, and Amina Haq, starring in it.

Ali has a multitalented personality besides a singer, painter, model and an actor, he proved himself as a good music director and producer by directing and producing his music video "Ek Pal" from his first album Huqa Pani which was a big hit nationwide.


=Engagement= : Ali Zafar is engaged to a daughter of a trillionaire Neelam Agha Shujah Uddin .

Discography:

Albums

* "Masty" (Released on December 1, 2006)

* "Huqa Pani" (Released on November 21, 2003)

Famous Songs

** "Dekha"
** "Sajania"
** "Asman"
** "Masty"

From his second album Masty

Famous Songs

**"Channo"
**"Huqa pani"
**"Chal dil mere"
**"Rangeen"

From his first album Huqa Pani

ingle(s)

*"Those For Truth"

Awards

*Indus Music Awards 2005 - Best Pop Artist.
*Asian Bollywood Music Awards 2005 - Best Pop Music Album in Pakistan Huqa Pani.
*Indus Music Awards 2004 - The Best Album Huqa Pani.
*Indus Music Awards 2004 - The Best Debut Artist.
*Lux Style Awards 2004 - Best Music Album Huqa Pani.
*Lux Style Awards 2007 - The Youth Icon Award.

ee also

*Music of Pakistan
*History of Pakistani pop music
*Association of Music Professionals of Pakistan
*Lux Style Awards
*Indus Media Group

References

External links

* [http://www.alizafar.net/ AliZafar.net - Official Website]
* [http://www.telepk.com/pakistan/pakistani-singers/ali-zafar/ Ali Zafar] - Interview
* [http://www.raw.com.pk/interviews/ali_zafar/ Ali Zafar's Raw Magazine Interview]


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