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18 MAY 1980 ALI ZAFAR

Ali Zafar

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Ali Zafar
Ali Zafar at Indian Film Festival 2011.jpg
Zafar at the Indian Film Festival, 2011
Born18 May 1980 (age 36)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
Alma materNational College of Arts
OccupationActor, singer-songwriter, musician
Years active2003–present
Spouse(s)Ayesha Fazli (m. 2009)
RelativesKanwal Ameen (mother)
Musical career
GenresPop, Electronic, Folk, Classical,Sufi
InstrumentsVocals, Guitar, Keyboard
LabelsUniversal Records, Coke Studio,Sony Music, Alif Records, Frank Finn, Fire Records
WebsiteAliZafar.net
Ali Mohammad Zafar (Urdu: علی ظفر‎; 18 May 1980) is a Pakistani actor, singer-songwriter, musician and painter.[1] Zafar was the first Pakistani to establish a career in the Hindi cinema and his success led many Pakistani actors to venture into Bollywood films. Through his successful attempts in Indian Film Industry, he has received four Lux Style Awards and a Filmfare Award nomination and has become one of the most famous Indo-Pakcelebrity.[2][3]
Zafar started his career as a music composer and gained popularity by his single Channo from his debut album Huqa Pani which sold over five million copies worldwide.[4] Channo turned out to be a huge success topping many music charts and earned him the Lux Style Award for Best Music Album.[5][6]
Zafar made his acting debut with a leading role in the 2010 Bollywood satire film Tere Bin Laden, a moderate box-office success. His performance in the film garnered critical appreciation and earned him several nominations in the Best Male Debut category, including Filmfare.[7] The following year, Zafar made a special appearance in the romantic comedy Luv Ka The End and played the lead in the romantic comedy Mere Brother Ki Dulhan. Zafar was widely praised for his performance and received Best Actor nomination at several award ceremonies. Zafar received further praise for portraying leading roles in the critically and commercially successful films, the romantic comedy London, Paris, New York (2012) and the comedy Chashme Baddoor (2013).[2][8][9]
Alongside his acting and singing career, Zafar participates in tours, concerts and stage shows, is active in humanitarian work and has a number of endorsement deals. Zafar was voted as the "Sexiest Asian Man on the Planet" based on a worldwide poll by the British newspaper Eastern Eye in 2013 and 2014.,[3][10][11][12]

Life and career[edit]

2003-2009: Early life and success[edit]

Zafar at the premiere ofTere Bin Laden
Ali Zafar was born in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan[13] in a Punjabi family. His parents Mohammad Zafarullah and Kanwal Ameen were professors at the University of Punjab. He has two brothers: Zain and Danyal, the later of these is a commercial model. Zafar received his early education from C.A.A. Public School. He completed his graduation from the Government College of Lahore and the National College of Arts.
Zafar started his career as a sketch artist at Pearl Continental Hotel in Lahore and then began acting in television serials. Zafar made his debut as a musician in 2003 with the album Huqa Pani which was a success. The album sold over 600,000 copies worldwide and winning several awards and nominations including 2004 Lux Style Award for "Best Album" and 2008 "Best Male Artist" award at the MTV awards.[14] making Zafar one of the most popular pop singers in Pakistan. It was also claimed that Himesh Reshammiya copied one of the track "Rangeen" from Zafar's album in his song "Dillagi Mein Jo". Zafar joined Coke Studio Pakistan in 2008 and performed the songs "Allah Hu", "Yaar Dhadhi Ishq", "Nahin Ray Nahin" and "Daastan-e-Ishq", in season one and two.[15][16]
Zafar with Salman Khan at the audio release of the song "Ullu Da Patha" in Dubai, 2010.
Zafar released his second album "Masty" in November 2006. He has released four videos from the album, titled "Masty", "Sajania", "Dekha" and "Aasmaan".[2][9] The music video of the single "Dekha", was the named as the most expensive music video of Pakistan, costing more than rupees ten million. The video was produced by Lux and was shot in Malaysia featuring Reema Khan,Meera, and Amina Haq. The song was also made part of the Hollywood film Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, which was released on 24 September 2010. He is currently the fourth Pakistani artist after Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Strings and Atif Aslam to have a songs featured in Hollywood films. He also won the "Youth Icon" award in the Lux Style Awards 2007, in Malaysia. On 14 February 2011, Zafar released his third album "Jhoom" which won 2012 Lux Style Award for "Best Music Album".[17][18] His fourth album is staked to release this year.

2010-present: Acting career, Bollywood and Coke Studio[edit]

Zafar with Siddharth Narayan,Taapsee Pannu and Divyendu Sharmain Mumbai.
Zafar started his acting career as a television actor. He acted in drama serials Kanch Ke Par and Kollege Jeans. He also offered a role in 2007 Khuda Kay Liye but was unable to sign due to some personal reasons. The role was then performed by Fawad Afzal Khan.
In 2010, He made his debut as a leading actor with the Bollywood film Tere Bin Laden which was directed by Abhishek Sharma.[19] Tere Bin Laden was partially based on Osama Bin Laden and Zafar played a Pakistani journalist from Karachi who makes fake video of Osama Bin Laden, so that he could go to America. The film released on 16 July 2010, proved to be a major commercial success in India but was banned in Pakistan. Zafar's performance in the film garnered critical appreciation and earned him Best Male Debut nominations at several award ceremonies, including IIFA Awards, Screen Awards, Zee Cine Awards and Filmfare Awards. He was also named as the first Pakistani to be called to Indian Film Festival at Australia in March 2011 for his movie screening. In 2011, he appeared in another Bollywood film Luv Ka The End in which he made special appearance as "Freddy Kapoor". Zafar also acted in the film Mere Brother Ki Dulhan (2011) with Imran Khan and Katrina Kaif. The film was released on 9 September 2011.[20] Zafar starred in the film London, Paris, New York with Aditi Rao Hydari, directed by Anuradha Menon. Zafar also composed the soundtrack for the film. He then received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for Best New Talent Male and the Stardust Award for Superstar of Tomorrow – Male for his performances in London, Paris, New York andMere Brother Ki Dulhan.[21][22] In 2013, Zafar acted in a romantic adult-comedy film Chashme Baddoor, directed by David Dhawan. The film was released on April 5, 2013 and was declared a box office super hit.[23]
Zafar with Naz Choudhury, Shahid Kapoor and Jacqueline Fernandez at the Bollywood Showstopper show, 2014.
Zafar then did another two films in 2014, Total Siyappa which was a romantic comedy film released on 7 March 2014 and Kill Dil which was released on 14 November 2014.[24] He also released a single "Urain Ge" as tribute to victims of 2014 Peshawar school massacre in 2014.[25][26] He joined Coke Studio Pakistan in 2015 after six years in the eight season where he performed three songs. The first song 'Rockstar' became popular worldwide. It received more than 2 million views on YouTube. The song was also appreciated by Imran Khan, Mahira Khan,Sonu Nigam, Hrithik Roshan and Adnan Sami through tweets and Facebook posts. Zafar then performed the second song "Ae Dil" with Sara Haider and the third song "Ajj Din Vehre Vich". In 2016, Zafar performed an item number "Six Pack Abs" in the sequel of his 2010 film Tere Bin Laden, entitled Tere Bin Laden: Dead or Alive.
As of late 2015, Zafar has various commitments. He has completed filming for Ahsan Rahim's untitled project, that will mark his debut in Pakistani cinema. He is also producing a film Deosai, which will be release in the end of 2016. In addition, he has also signed Gauri Shinde's untitled project.[27]

Tours[edit]

Ali Zafar in his concert entitled Dil Jhoom Jhoom on 2014's Valentine,
In 2012, Zafar performed at Lux Style Awards with Humaima Malick and also paid tribute to musician Mehdi Hassan by singing his ghazal 'Mujhe Tum Nazar Say'.[28] [29][30] He also performed at the Pantaloons Femina Miss India 2012 contest held at Bhavans Ground in Mumbai on March 30, 2012 and GiMA Awards 2012. In 2013 he performed along with Shahrukh Khan, Katrina Kaif and Preity Zinta at Temptations Reloaded concert in Muscat in 2013.
Zafar also performed at Lifestyle Pakistan Expo where he walked the ramp for designer brand ChenOne and also performed with a dhol. Zafar was also invited to perform in 2013 Cannes Film Festival held at Cannes, France.[31]In 2014 Ali Zafar performed in Naz Choudhury's Bollywood Showstoppers at The O2 Arena along with Sonakshi Sinha, Jacqueline Fernandez, Mika Singh and Shahid Kapoor[32]

Personal life[edit]

Zafar married his long-time fiancee Ayesha Fazli who is also distant relative of Indian actor Aamir Khan[33][34][35] on 28 July 2009 in Lahore, Pakistan. On 6 March 2010, his first child was born. He named the baby boy Azaan Zafar.[36] On 23 February 2015, Alyza Zafar, his second child was born in Lahore. The baby girl was named Alyza Zafar, suggested by Azaan Zafar.[37]

Television[edit]

YearSerialRoleChannel
1999Kollege Jeans[38]AliPTV Home
2000Kanch Ke ParTemurPTV Home
2002Landa BazarRamisPTV Home

Filmography[edit]

Key
Films that have not yet been releasedDenotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmRoleNotes
2010Tere Bin LadenAli HassanNominated—Filmfare Best Male Debut Award
2011Luv Ka The EndFreddy KapoorSpecial appearance in song "Fun Fun Funaa"
2011Mere Brother Ki DulhanLuv Agnihotri
2012London, Paris, New YorkNikhil Chopra
2013Chashme BaddoorSiddharth Kashyap
2014Total SiyapaaAman Ali
2014Kill DilTutu
2016Tere Bin Laden 2Ali HassanSpecial appearance in song "Six Pack Abs"
2017Deosai Films that have not yet been releasedTBAFilming[39]
2016Gauri Shinde's Films that have not yet been releasedTBAFilming[40]

Discography[edit]

Albums[edit]

Release DateAlbum
21 November 2003Huqa Pani
1 December 2006Masty
14 February 2011Jhoom

Film soundtrack[edit]

YearFilmSongMusic Director(s)Co-Singer(s)
2003ShararatJugnuon Se Bhar Le AanchalWajahat AttraySolo
2010Tere Bin LadenBas Ek Soch
I Love Amreeka
Ullu Da Pattha
Welcome To Amreeka		Shankar-Ehsaan-LoySolo
Akriti Kakkar
Shankar Mahadevan
Solo
2011Luv Ka The EndF.U.N Fun FunnaRam SampathSolo
2011Love Mein GhumLove Mein GhumWaqar AliWaqar Ali
2011Mere Brother Ki DulhanMadhubalaSohail SenShweta Pandit
2012London, Paris, New YorkLondon Paris New York
Voh Dekhnay Mein
Ting Rang
Thehree Si Zindagi
Aaja		Ali ZafarSunidhi Chauhan
Solo
Solo
Aditi Rao Hydari
Solo
2013Chashme BaddoorEarly Morning (Remix)
Dhichkyaaon Doom Doom
Andha Ghoda Race Mein Dauda		Sajid-WajidSolo
Shreya Ghoshal
Wajid
2014Total SiyapaaTotal Siyapaa
Palat Meri Jaan
Nahi Maloom
Asha
Chal Buleya		Ali ZafarSolo
Solo
Fariha Pervez
Solo
Solo
2014Kill DilNakhrileyShankar-Ehsaan-LoyShankar Mahadevan, Mahalakshmi Iyer, Gulzar
2015Hey BroDJNitz 'N' SonySunidhi Chauhan
2016"Tere Bin Laden dead or alive"Six Pack AbsAli ZafarSolo

Coke Studio (Pakistan)[edit]

YearSong
2008Allah Hu
2008Janay Na Koi
2008Chal Dil Meray
2008Channo
2008Rangeen
2009Yaar Daddi
2009Nahin Ray Nahin
2015Sohni Dharti
2015Rockstar
2015Ae Dil Kissi Ke Yaad Mein
2015Ajj Din Vehre Vich

Single(s)[edit]

Those For Truth
Ain't No Sunshine (Cover)
Rise For Jazba (Official Pakistan Cricket World Cup 2011 song)
Dunia Hai Dil Walon Ki (Pepsi World Cup 2011 song)
Zindagi Gulzar Hai
Facebook Pe Chalta Hai
Youn Challay Ke Ballay Ballay
Mobilink Har Dil Har Din
Pakistan Idol Anthem
Burka Avenger
Urain Ge (Tribute for APS students)
Hanstay Hanstay (Pakistan's Defense Day)
Ab Khel Ke Dikha (PSL's official anthem)
Chaka Chauka (Islamabad United's anthem)

Awards and nominations[edit]

YearCategoryTitleResult
Indus Music Awards
2004Best Debut ArtistHuqa PaniWon
2004Best AlbumHuqa PaniWon
2005Best Pop ArtistHuqa PaniWon
Lux Style Awards
2004Best Music AlbumHuqa PaniWon
2007Best Music AlbumMastyNominated
2007Youth Icon AwardWon
2012Best AlbumJhoomWon
Song of the YearJhoomNominated
2013Best Original SoundtrackZindagi Gulzar HaiWon
Asian Bollywood Music Awards
2005Best Pop Music Album in PakistanHuqa PaniWon
MTV Style Awards
2008Best Male ArtistMastyWon
2008Most Stylish ArtistWon
2009Best Male SingerZindagi Gulzar HaiWon
Zee Cine Awards
2011Best Male DebutTere Bin LadenNominated
ARY Film Awards
2014International IconWon
Filmfare Awards
2011Best Male DebutTere Bin LadenNominated
International Indian Film Academy Awards(IIFA)
2011Star Debut of the Year-MaleTere Bin LadenNominated
Star Screen Awards
2011Most Promising Newcomer-MaleTere Bin LadenNominated
Style Awards
2011Song of the YearJhoomWon
2011Personality of the YearNominated
Stardust Awards
2011Superstar of Tomorrow-MaleTere Bin LadenNominated
2012Musical Sensations-MaleMere Brother Ki DulhanNominated
2012Superstar of Tomorrow-MaleMere Brother Ki DulhanWon
Dadasaheb Phalke Awards
2012Best New Talent-MaleMere Brother Ki DulhanWon
Pakistan Media Awards
2012Best Singer Male[41]JhoomNominated
2012Best Playback SingerLove Mein GhumNominated
2014Best Drama Original SoundtrackZindagi Gulzar HaiNominated
2014Best Singer MaleZindagi Gulzar HaiNominated
Hum Awards
2014Best Original SoundtrackZindagi Gulzar HaiNominated
Karawood Film Festival
2015Most Versatile ArtistWon

Other awards and honours[edit]

  • Sexiest Asian Man On The Planet (Eastern Eye - 2013)[42][43]

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