Atif Aslam

Atif Aslam

Atif Aslam (Urdu: عاطف اسلم, born Mohammad Atif Aslam; 11 March 1983) is a Pakistani pop singer. He was born in Wazirabad and educated in Lahore and Rawalpindi. He is widely recognized in South Asia and has several hit songs such as Aadat, Woh Lamhe, Tere Bin, Pehli Nazar Mein, Tera hone Laga Hoon, Tu Jaane Na and Meri Kahani. He is known for his powerful vocal belting technique.

Biography

Early life

Ma ich wazeer wari. Tu bara gandu hai chuttu.gashti ka gana ata nhi marwata hai Aslam was born in Wazirabad, Pakistan. His kindergarten started in Model town, Lahore at Kimberley Hall School. His first stage manifestation was in a fancy dress show at his school when he was in 1st grade, where he performed as Imran Khan (captain of the Pakistani Cricket Team). Since then cricket was a passion for him. At that time he did not listen to any particular kind of songs.

At the age of 9, he moved to Rawalpindi where he studied at Saint Paul's Cambridge School. He came back to Lahore in 1995 where he continued his studies in Divisional Public School (DPS), Model Town, Lahore. He was selected in his school cricket team as a bowler. He cleared his 10th grade in 14 years of age with a distinctive edge that he has always been the youngest boy in the class because of his double promotions while he was in Kimberley Hall. During this period he was putting his best efforts into becoming a professional cricketer. He passed out of DPS after completing his school ending matriculation exams. He also played Table Tennis. He further continued his education at PAF College, Lahore where he completed his F.Sc with the class of 2001. He then did his Bachelors of Computer Science from PCBA/PICS (University of Central Punjab).

Academics

• Initial Schools

• • Grade 1 to 3: Kimberley Hall Model Town Lahore ho;;o
  • Grade 4 to 8: Saint Paul School Satellite Town Rawalpindi
  • Grade 9 to 10: Division Public School Model Town Lahore

• School Distinctions

1. Always being the younger kid in the class because of Double Promotions.
2. Main Attack Bowler of School Cricket Team

• College

• • F.Sc. Pre-Engg: PAF Intermediate College, Lahore Cantt

• College Distinctions

1. Main Attack Bowler of College Cricket Team representing college in various other cities and ultimately got selected in under 19 National cricket team of Pakistan.
2. Won his First Singing Competition on independence day celebrations in college.

• University

• • BCS (Hons): University of the Central Punjab

• University Distinctions

1. Won a lot of singing competitions in college
2. he won the award of world biggest gando

Music career

Jal

He used to sing at the college canteen when his friends urged him to participate in the singing competition on Independence Day celebrations at PAF College Lahore in 1998. He performed there and won the competition. Thereafter, he also won several other college competitions.

He met Goher, a guitarist and future Jal. bandmate, at his college. Together they practiced and started doing mini-concerts for their friends whether they wanted to hear them play or not. Atif used to perform Junoon and Strings songs at these concerts. They started performing in their college, McDonalds, Uncle Bubba's Rabba Dabba and other restaurants. Thus began the original line up of Jal.

Jal recorded the song Aadat at Mekal Hassan's Studio. The song became popular on different musical websites in Pakistan. The song was also being on aired on major Radio stations of Pakistan like City FM 89, FM 100, Mast FM 103, FM 105 etc. The video for this song was released on ARY Digital and The Musik and then it was played on almost all the channels.

Controversy

After the release of the song Aadat by Jal, there were disputes within the band about Atif's brother being the band's manager. At this point Atif broke off from the band to do his own solo album. His solo album was released a few weeks before the release of the new Jal's (Goher Mumtaz, Farhan Saeed, Shazi) Aadat. As both Jal's Aadat, and Atif’s album, Jalpari, shared certain tracks (such as Aadat, Wo Lamhey, Rangon Mein and Dil Harey), an unofficial war over rights began between both the groups.

Goher Mumtaz sued Atif Aslam for using the name Jal in his album title cunningly (Jal pari, meaning mermaid). As the copyright law in Pakistan is quite ambiguous (people can change the name of the content and use the content labeling it as their own property). This suit ended in favor of Goher Mumtaz who legally owned all the material that Atif used for gaining fame.

Solo career

Atif released his first album Jal Pari on 19 July 2004 under Sound Master and IC records. Its promoters declared it to be the best selling album of the year within just 5 months of the release.. In the meantime Atif also cleared his Bachelors in Computer Science (Hons.) from University of Central Punjab. On 14 April 2007 Atif Aslam performed in Royal Albert Hall. His second album, Doorie was released on 22 December 2006.

Recently, Atif sang two songs for a Bollywood film Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani called Tera Hone Laga Hoon and Tu Jaane Na, both of which have been well-received by the Indian audience. Atif also sang many more songs for Bollywood like in Race Pehle Nazar mein, & in Kismat Konnection Bakuda Tum Hi Ho.

Career highlights

• Debut Song Recorded: Aadat by Jal (Mekal Hassan Studio) December 2002

• Debut Video Shot: Aadat ( Directed by Umer Anwar in Karachi)

• Initial Concert Venues: College Canteen, Restaurants, Friends Place etc

• First Major Concert: Al Hamra Hall, Mall Road Lahore; performed during the break of a stage drama Moulin Rouge.

• Music Genre: Pop, Rock, Playback Singing in Bollywood Movies

• Solo Albums

• • 1st Album: Jal Pari
  • Album Launched in Pakistan: 17 July 2004
  • Label: Sound Master, IC Records
  • Album Sales since Release: Three Million plus copies
  • 1st Album Videos: Aadat, Mahi Ve, Rangon Men, Bheeghi Yaaden, Yaqeen

• • 2nd Album: Doorie
  • Album Launched worldwide: 20 December 2006
  • It was a mediocre effort with poetry by street poets and none by Atif himself.
  • Label: TIPS, ARY
  • 2nd Album Videos: Doorie and Remix, Hum Kiss Gali Ja Rahay Hen, Ehsaas

• • Album Distinctions

1. “Doorie” was released worldwide simultaneously in December 2006
2. Best selling pop album in Pakistan, India and UAE among all the new pop albums.

• • 3rd Album: Meri Kahani
  • Album Launched worldwide: 18 January 2008
  • Label: TIPS, Fire Records
  • Album Sales since Release: 800,000 Copies worldwide
  • 3rd Album Videos: Hungami Halaat, Meri Kahani, Rabba Sachiya, Q Chor Gay, Kinara

• • Album Distinctions

1. Meri Kahani is among the best selling albums of the world today since its release and has 800,000 sales on the record.

• • 4th Album:There were rumers that he would be releasing a 4th album called pyass, but atif denied this and said he is working on a video about environment.

Bollywood singles

Year	Song	Movie
2005	Woh Lamhe	Zeher
	Aadat	Kalyug
2006	Tere Bin	Bas Ek Pal
2008	Pehli Nazar Mein	Race
	Bakhuda Tumhi Ho	Kismat Konnection
2009	Tera Hone Laga Hoon	Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani
	Tu Jane Na	Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani
2010	Tere Liye (coming soon)	Prince - It's Showtime
	Aa Bhi Ja Sanam (coming soon)	Prince - It's Showtime
	Kaun Hoon Main (coming soon)	Prince - It's Showtime
	O Mere Khuda (coming soon)	Prince - It's Showtime

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Awards

Year	Group	Award	Result
2005	Indus Music Awards	Best Lyrics Aadat	Won
	Indus Music Awards	Best Song Aadat	Won
	Indus Music Awards	Best Composition Aadat	Won
	Sahara Sangeet Awards	Best Playback Singer	Won
	Sahara Sangeet Awards	Best Debut Singer	Won
2006	The Music Awards	Most Wanted Male	Won
	Lux Style Awards	Best Album Doorie	Won
	Filmfare Awards	Best Playback Singer (Male) Woh Lamhe - Zeher	Nominated
2007	Lycra MTV Style Awards	Most Stylish Person in Music	Won
	Filmfare Awards	Best Playback Singer (Male) Tere Bin - Bas Ek Pal	Nominated
2008	Lux Style Awards	Most Well Dressed Celebrity - Police Dress	Won
	The Music Awards	Most Wanted Male	Won
	Government of Pakistan	Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Medal of Distinction)	Awarded
2009	International Indian Film Academy Awards	Best Playback Singer (Male) Pehli Nazar Mein - Race	Nominated
	Star Screen Awards	Best Playback Singer (Male) Pehli Nazar Main - Race	Nominated

External links

• Atif Aslam at IMDb
• Atif Aslam's Official Website