Atif Aslam
Atif Aslam is a
Pakistani
musician. He was born in
Wazirabad,
Gujranwala and educated in
Lahore and
Rawalpindi.
Aslam started his High School in PAF College
Lahore, where he played
cricket and became interested in music. He paired with a
guitarist named
Gohar Mumtaz, and the two performed for their college and at restaurants, later calling themselves "
Jal" which means
Water.
Working together, the pair recorded the song
Aadat. It became popular on different musical
websites in Pakistan. 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. Due to personal problems between them, band broke up, and Atif started a solo career.
Atif Aslam, after leaving
Jal, released a new solo album,
Jal Pari which was a big hit. The Songs
Woh Lamhey,
Dil Haarey and few others were a smash hit that were played on Pakistani radio stations all around. Atif Aslam's soulful voice crossed the Pakistani border and reached India when
Bollywood director
Mahesh Bhatt called Atif Aslam 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 period of 6-8 months.
There was initially some controversy as some of the songs in Atif Aslam's solo album were songs that had been composed when Atif was still a member of Jal. This has led to widespread controversy and has led to a debate between Atif's fans and fans of the new Jal (which comprises of Gohar Mumtaz, Farhan Saeed, and Shazi), with Atif's fans claiming that he is entitled to these songs as he was also involved in recording them, while Jal fans claim that Atif has stolen the songs from Jal. One fact which is not known to many people is that Atif and Gohar (when they were together) openly said in an interview on a music web site that
Aadat was made with the involvement of both Atif and Gohar, in terms of composition as well as lyrics. The group also said in that interview that they thought of the name
Jal together.
Now that the band has split up, both the parties claim that the compositions along with the lyrics were owned by each of them, Gohar being more vocal in this claim.
Despite these claims, many people feel that it was Atif Aslam's magical voice that was the reason
Jal became so popular. Atif has continued to grow as he has recently been successful in getting further deals from Bollywood. He recently recorded a song for the movie
Kalyug. The title of the song is 'Juda Hokey Bhi' which is a slight variation of the ever famous
Aadat song. Along with this song, he has also recorded three songs for a
Hollywood movie titled 'Man Push Cart'.
Atif is currently working on a new album entitled 'Hangami Halaat' with his new band mates, Mahmood Rehman on guitars and Sameer Shami on bass. The album is due to be released in the summer of
2006.
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Raw Magazine InterviewBold textAtif Aslam is a Pop Rokin Dashin Log jis par martay hain wo insan hai who is very popular famous intelligent talented a spirited guy a person with skill a person who is born with such voice talent......4 centuries people were lukin 4 a guy like him and when it was a tym than he is there....and during this editing i am lissening his songz......iknw there would b kia there are so many fanz of him who LOVE him So much BUT i Think No1 can be That craZy abt him tht much i amI LOVE U ATIFMahum ur number 1 Fan..........And LOVeR
