Ali Zafar, Musician, Actor and Model

Ali Zafar, musician, actor, painter and model, popular for his music, including his hit songs like Channo, Rangeen, Chal Dil Merey, Dekha, Masty and Sajania. He started his singing career with the song Jugnuon Se Bhar Le Aanchal in the film Shararat, directed by actress and director Samina Peerzada. He has sold more than seven million copies worldwide. Zafar made his acting debut in 2010 Indian film Tere Bin Laden by director Abhishek Sharma . Now featuring in Yash Chopra's "Mere Brother Ki Dulhan" 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 copies worldwide and winning several major awards and nominations. It also put him into the league of the most popular artists ever to have come out of Pakistan with a massive fan following locally and internationally. His comparison to Kishore Kumar was frequently made initially but with time he proved to be perhaps the most versatile singer in the modern generation with a distinct vocal tone and qualities, specially during his folk and Sufi renditions in the "Coke Studio Sessions", where he surprised his audiences with live renditions of difficult notes with much ease and ranging his singing from pop to folk to semi-classical. His new songs, namely "Allah Hu", "Yaar Dhadhi Ishq" (a cover), "Nahin Ray Nahin" and "Daastan-e-Ishq" won the hearts of millions all over the world once again and earned him a new era of fan following. Zafar launched his second album "Masty" nationwide in November 2006. He has since released four videos from the album called "Masty", "Sajania", "Dekha" and "Aasmaan". He released his third and long awaited video of the single, "Dekha", from his second album, which was the most expensive music video of Pakistan, costing more than seven million rupees. The video was shot in Malaysia, produced by the Lux Company, and had the famous Pakistani actresses/models, Reema Khan, Meera, and Amina Haq, starring in it. Zafar also won the "Youth Icon" award in the Lux Style Awards 2007, in Malaysia. Besides being a singer, painter, model and an actor, Zafar has also produced and directed his music video Ek Pal from his first album Huqa Pani. His song "Dekha" of his album Masty was part of the soundtrack of American film Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps which was released on September 24, 2010. He is the fourth Pakistani artist after Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Strings and Atif Aslam to have their song(s) featured in an American film Wallstreet - Money never sleeps. Acting Career: Zafar made his debut in Indian director Abhishek Sharma's comedy film, Tere Bin Laden, which was a success both critically and commercially. The film released worldwide on July 16, 2010. According to several reports, Zafar will appear in his second Indian film, directed and written by Ali Abbas Zafar and produced by Aditya Chopra of the Yashraj Films. The film will also star Imran Khan and Katrina Kaif. The film titled Mere Brother Ki Dulhan is being filmed in Mumbai since September 2010. Awards & Nominations: 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. Indus Music Awards 2005 - Best Pop Artist. Asian Bollywood Music Awards 2005 - Best Pop Music Album in Pakistan Huqa Pani. Lux Style Awards 2007 - The Youth Icon Award. Voted As 8th Sexiest Man Of Asia (Eastern Eye - 2007) MTV Style Awards 2008 - Most Stylish Artist Voted As 4th Sexiest Man Of Asia (Eastern Eye - 2008) MTV Style Awards 2009 - Best Male Singer Voted As 5th Sexiest Man Of Asia (Eastern Eye - 2010) Zee Cine Awards 2011 - Best Debut Male January 14, 2011 - Nominated Filmfare Awards 2011 - Most Promising Newcomer January 29, 2011 - Nominated Star Screen Awards 2011 - Best Debut Male - Nominated IIFA Awards 2011- Best Debut Male - Nominated StarDust Awards 2011 - Superstar Of Tomorrow Male - Nominated Indian Poll: Face of the Year - 2010 (With More Than 400000 Votes)