Ali Zafar Biography

Background information
Born
May 18, 1980 (1980-05-18) (age 28)
Origin
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Genre(s)
Pop, Electronic
Occupation(s)
Singer-songwriter, musician, composer, actor, model, painter
Instrument(s)
Vocals, Multiple instruments
Years active
2003–Present
Label(s)
Fire Records
Website
www.alizafar.net

Ali Zafar (Urdu: علی ظفر) also known as Prince of Pop, is a Pakistani musician, actor, painter and model probably most noted around South Asia for his music, including his hit songs like Channo, Rangeen, Chal Dil Merey, Dekha, Masty and Sajania. He started his singing career with his hit song Jugnuon se bhar le aanchal in the film Shararat directed by Pakistani actress and director Samina Peerzada.
Zafar recently won the "Youth Icon" award from the Lux Style Awards 2007, in Malaysia.
Early lifeAli Zafar was born in Lahore, Pakistan to two professors who taught at Punjab University. He initially attended the C.A.A. Public School and later moved to the Beaconhouse School System from where he topped in his matric examinations. He later graduated from the National College of Arts as an artist in 2002 with honours.

Early career
Before entering the Pakistani musical scence, Ali Zafar worked as a model for several commercial advertisement besides acting in television. He worked in the Pakistani television serial Lunda-Bazar and in the teenage sitcom College Jeans. He was also in the music video of Preeto sung by Abrar-ul-Haq. Ali Zafar is now enagaged to Ayesha Fazli a girl from BNU .

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 worldwide and winning several major awards and nominations. It also put Ali into the league of the most popular artists ever to have come out of Pakistan with a massive fan following locally and internationally. It was described by The Hindu as "take a Kishore Kumar-like voice , club it with yuppie Ibiza-ish electronic beats, and add a bit of nostalgic lyrics".[1]
His comparison to Kishore Kumar has been frequently made; in one interview Zafar, asked about the vocal resemblance, remarked "you're the lucky hundredth person to tell me that".[2]
Ali won award for "Best Album" category at the Lux Style Awards in 2004 for his massive hit album Huqa Pani[3] In addition to the album's popularity being reflected in the shops and by critics, it has been widely claimed that Himesh Reshammiya plagiarised one of the most well-known tracks from the album, Rangeen, for the song Dillagi Mein Jo .[4] Soon Pritam too copied his track "Chhano" as "Choreen ki Baatein"(Fightclub).
Ali Zafar launched his second album "Masty" nationwide in Pakistan in November 2006. He has since released four tracks from the album called "Masty", "Sajania", "Dekha" and "Aasman". A press conference for the release of the album was held in Lahore. The album has been released by Fire Records.
Ali Zafar released his second album "Masty" in India in February 2007. The album contains two additional remix tracks and has been launched by "FrankFinn Records".
Ali recently released his third and long awaited single, "Dekha", off his second album, which was the most expensive music video of Pakistan costing more than seven million rupees but song was a failure on charts, video was shot in Malaysia, produced by the Lux Company, and has the famous Pakistani actresses/models, Reema Khan, Meera, and Amina Haq, starring in it.
Ali has a multitalented personality besides a singer, painter, model and an actor, he proved himself as a good music director and producer by directing and producing his music video "Ek Pal" from his first album Huqa Pani which was a big hit nationwide.
Discography:
Albums
Masty (Released on December 1, 2006)
Huqa Pani (Released on November 21, 2003)
Famous Songs
Dekha
Sajania
Asman
Masty
From his second album Masty
Famous Songs
Channo
Huqa pani
Chal dil mere
Rangeen
From his first album Huqa Pani

Single(s)
Those For Truth