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Atif Aslam
 Atif
Aslam in one star whose songs have seeped into the skin
of today's young generation. Let's delve deeper into
the making of this man who has given us hits like "Who
Lamhey" and "Aadat"
A product of musical fraternity of
Pakistan, Atif attended High School at PAF College
Lahore, where he played cricket and became interested in
music. It was at PICS (Punjab Institute of Computer
Science) Lahore that he met guitarist and talented, young
composer, Gohar Mumtaz.
The two became friends and started jamming together. They
first performed at their college and at various other
venues, eventually the pair decided to call themselves s
a band, which they duly named "Jal".
Working together, the pair recorded the song
Aadat (with the help
of Salman Albert, amongst other established and
accomplished Pakistani musicians). It became popular on a
host of promotional Pakistani music websites and got good
rotation on Pakistani radio stations as FM100 and FM105.
On the base of this one song, "Jal"
began their tour of Pakistan-such was the strength of "Aadat".
However, whilst on tour, personal problems led to a
bust-up resulting in an unannounced and indefinite
hiatus, during which Atif launched his solo career.
Atif Aslam, after leaving Jal, released a new solo album,
Jal Pari (meaning
"Mermaid") which was a big hit. The songs
'Woh Lamhey', 'Dil Haarey' and few others were smash hits on
both Pakistani radio stations and music channels. It was not long before Atif Aslam's
soulful voice crossed the border over into India when
Bollywood director Mahesh
Bhatt called him to seek his consent to include
"Woh Lamhey"
in the soundtrack of his new motion picture, 'Zeher'
(2005). The song (especially the remix version) became
a huge hit & dominated airplay on almost all major
FM stations throughout India for a long time. This pattern
of a slow playback song by Atif in the movie, supplemented
by a remix version released for radio airplay was to
become standard procedure with his songs on the Indian
market.
Atif has not looked back since then and has continued
to grow as a singer and a performer. He is in great
demand for playback singing in Bollywood movies even
with very few OSTs to his name. He recorded a song for
the movie Kalyug,
entitled 'Juda Hokey Bhi'
- a slight variation of the ever famous Aadat song.
As with "Wo Lamhey / Bheegi
Yaadein", a slow version became the theme
for the movie whilst a remixed version was released
to hit the radio stations and clubs worldwide.
After recording for Kalyug, a Pakistani director in
Hollywood contacted Atif and within very little time,
Atif recorded three songs for that same director's
Hollywood movie,
'Man Push Cart'.
He was also given a small role in the same movie.
After a relatively quiet summer, Atif re-emerged in
the subcontinent with a new track, "Tere
Bin" for the Bollywood Movie, 'Bas
Ek Pal'. Yet again, the song was remixed
and as expected it became popular in a very short amount
of time. Once again, Atif's voice was electrifying the
airwaves on radio stations throughout the subcontinent.
In between the copyright war and media war with his
ex band member Gohar ( Jal ) and recording Bollywood
songs, Atif had been touring the world and working on
his new album.
Atif toured various countries in Asia, Europe &
America which include Pakistan, India, UAE, UK, Canada
& America-taking his sound worldwide. Atif's
new album is titled 'Hangami
Halaat'.
Awards Won by Atif Aslam:
- Best song, Best Composition, Best
Lyrics "Aadat"- 2nd Jazz Indus Music Awards (Pakistan)
- Best playback singer, Best debut
singer - Sahara Sangeet Awards (India)
- Best Song, Best Lyricist, Best
Composition - ARY Music Awards (Pakistan)
- Most Wanted Male - The Musik
Awards (Pakistan)
- Best pop star of the year -
Filmazia awards (Pakistan)
- Best album of the year "Doorie" -
2007 LUX style awards (Pakistan)
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