Birth
name Muhammad
Atif Aslam Born Wazirabad,
Pakistan Origin
Lahore,
Pakistan Genre(s)
Pop Rock Occupation(s) Singer Musician Instrument(s) guitar Years active 2005 - Present Associated
acts Jal Website http://www.aadeez.com/
Atif Aslam (Urdu: ???? ????) is a Pakistani musician. He was
Born in
Wazirabad,
Gujranwala on
March 12, 1983 and was educated in
Lahore and
Rawalpindi.
Albums 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. The song was also played on such Pakistani
radio stations as
FM100 and
FM105. The
music video for
Aadat was shot
one day in a warehouse in
Karachi. 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 verbal 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. As both the
Jal, “Aadat”, and
Atif’s album,
Jalpari, shared certain
tracks (such as “Aadat”, “Bheegi Raatein”, “Wo Lamhey”, “Ankhon se”) an unofficial
war over rights began which resulted in both sides claiming to possess
hard proof to support their respective claims (that, they alone owned the concerned songs). The hype this feud gave to both
Atif and the new
Jal was extraordinary and
split the musical
nation with the fans of each side backing their respective favourite.
He recorded a song for the movie
Kalyug (2005), entitled
Juda Hokey Bhi - a slight variation of the
ever famous Aadat song. Like with “Wo Lamhey / Bheegi Yaadein”, a slow version became the theme for the movie and part of the official
soundtrack, whilst a remixed version was released to
hit the
radio stations and
desi clubs worldwide.
Atif visited various countries in
Asia,
Europe & The
Americas which include
Pakistan,Bangladesh,
India,
UAE,
UK,
Canada & America—taking his sound to the “pardesi” (expatriates of the subcontinent) worldwide.
Atif’s new album has been entitled
Doorie and has released on December 2006. The songs include maula, doorie, Kuch is tarah, and Hum Kis
Gali.
[1] Atif’s kindergarden 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 grade 1 where he performed as
Imran Khan, the former captain of
Pakistan's
national cricket team. Since then
cricket was like a
passion to him. He was never tired of playing cricket for
hours in his car
porch whether it is scorching
sun outside or even raining. At that
time he was not
used to
listen any kind of songs. At the age of 9 in 1991 he was shifted to
Rawalpindi/
Islamabad where he continued his studies in
Saint Paul's School. He started playing Basketball and he use to
lead his school team for various matches.
Atif came back to
Lahore in 1995 where he continued his studies in Divisional Public School Model Town. For his immense
passion for cricket he was selected in his school team as a
fast bowler.
Atif 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. Atif started his HSc in PAF
College Lahore. He was in his
college team as well where he presented his
College in other cities. Beside his studies he was putting his maximum
time in practicing for the professional cricket. During his
college life he come across with some interest in
music. Aslam's eldest brother owned a
collection of more than 8,000 songs of almost all
Music genres, from which Atif absorbed a wide range of
music at home. As a good learner he
quickly grasped the control of
voice, though at that time he was not interested in singing. Aslam's passion was still to enter the Pakistani cricket team as a
fast bowler and he was
right on track while practicing at the net at the
Shapes Club Lahore where
Imran Khan used to come and
give tips to him for bowling. The
twist in the
story comes when
one day he was singing with his
friends at the college
canteen. His
friends insisted him to participate in the singing on
Independence Day celebrations at PAF College Lahore and
Sargodha in 1998. He performed there and won the
competition. After HSc, Atif Joined
Punjab Institute of Computer Science Gulberg
Campus. This time studies were much more demanding as compared to the previous ones. He was forced to
sacrifice his time playing cricket in order to do well in school. However, his hobby of singing continued when he entered in the singing
competition of his college, where there were a
total of 8 participants.
The media team entered Atif’s
name in the competition at the eleventh hour and he won the competition singing a
hit number of Pakistani
band Strings'
Duur.
Aslam kept winning these competitions every semester until he announced that he would not participate in
future competitions so that someone else could also win. He
found Goher
Mumtaz, a talented guitarist, at this
time. Together, they started doing mini concerts for their
friends.
Atif used to primarily sing songs from
Junoon and
Strings song at these concerts. The size of the audiences kept on increasing. They performed concerts for their
College,
McDonalds and some other restaurants as well.
Atif recorded the legendary song
Aadat at Mekal Hassan’s Studio. Mekal injected his professionalism in the song to make it
worth listening
time after time.
Atif formed
the band and named
the band as
Jal, which means
water, the
essence of life. The song got popularity on the different musical websites on
Pakistan. The song was also being on aired on major
radio channels of
Pakistan like FMr within
just 5 months of the
sale and its still continuing.
Atif’s song
Woh Lamhey, which he sang for the
Bollywood movie
Zeher in 2005, is being considered among the
ten best evergreen songs of the
Bollywood industry doing a business of
one million
Dollars plus,
just in
India alone in terms of
sales. This song opened
the doors of
Bollywood for
Atif and he is
now one of the few singers of the
nation who are doing
play back singing for
Bollywood . His 2nd song in
bollywood “Aadat”
made people addicted to his
voice in the biggest
nation of
the world. Third song “Teray
Bin” is also being considered as
one of the most touching and
heart melting
numbers of the year 2006. His song Woh Lamhay
fetch him the nomination as
best singer for 2005 in almost all the film awards of
Bollywood including Film
Fare Awards, Zee
Cine Awards, and IIFA
Awards etc. He
just got nominated for
Best Playback Singer (
Male) for his song
Tere Bin from movie "Bas Ek
Pal" for
Filmfare Awards 2007.
Atif is also working on a "
Hollywood" project.
; "Atif Aslam")
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