This presentation provides an overview of Pakistani singer Atif Aslam's career and accomplishments. It discusses his early life and education in Pakistan, the formation of his band Jal, his successful solo career launching in 2004 with his debut album Jal Pari, his numerous hit Bollywood songs, acting debut planned for 2011, and discography highlighting six albums released between 2004-2013. The presentation concludes with a list of some of Atif Aslam's major awards recognizing his success and contributions to the music industry in Pakistan and India.
4. Main Points
Early Life
Education
Music Career
Solo Career
Bollywood Singer
Acting Career
Controversy – Jal Band
Albums & Honors
Awards.
5. Early Life & Education
On 12th March 1983, Atif Aslam was born inWazirabad,
Pakistan.
He studied at PAF College, Lahore where he completed
his F.Sc (Pre-engineering) with the class of 2001.
He used to be the main attack bowler of his college
cricket team and represented his college in various other
cities and ultimately got selected in under 19 National
cricket team of Pakistan.
7. Music Career
He used to sing at the college canteen when his friends
urged him to participate in the singing competition on
Independence Day celebrations at PAF College Lahore in
1998. He performed there and won the competition.
Thereafter, he also won several other college
competitions.
He met Goher- a guitarist who became his future Jal
band- mate, at his college.Together they practiced and
started doing mini-concerts for their friends. Atif used to
perform on the songs of Junoon and Strings at these
concerts.They started performing in their college,
McDonalds, Uncle Bubbas Rabba Dabba and other
restaurants.Thus began the original line up of Jal.
8. Music Career
Jal recorded their first song Aadat at Mekal Hassans
Studio.The song became popular on different musical
websites in Pakistan and was also aired on major radio
stations of Pakistan like City FM 89, FM 100, Mast FM
103, FM 105 etc.The video for this song was released on
ARY Digital andThe Musik and then it was played on
almost all the channels.
10. Solo Career
After leaving JalThe Band due to personal differences, Atif released
his first solo album, Jal Pari on 19 July 2004, under Sound Master and
IC records. Its promoters declared it to be the best selling album of
that year within just 5 months of its release. Besides his native
country, he also became popular in India and his career took off to
fame in both the countries. In the meantime, he also cleared his
Bachelors in Computer Science (Honors) from the University of
Central Punjab. His second album, Doorie was released on 22
December 2006.
His first major concert was at Al Hamra Hall, Mall Road Lahore where
he performed during the break of a stage drama Moulin Rouge. On
14 April 2007,Atif performed in Royal Albert Hall.
Aslam began work on his fourth album Shabnam in January 2009
which was completed on early 2010.
11. Solo Career
Atif mentioned in a press conference held in Karachi that
he will be working on an international project titledThe
DreamerAwakes, alongside American rock band -
Guns n Roses.
13. Bollywood
Atif has also sung many songs for Bollywood films, like
Pehli Nazar Mein in Race,Tere Bin in Bas Ek Pal, Bakuda
Tum Hi Ho in Kismat Konnection,Tera Hone Laga Hoon
andTu Jaane Na in Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, etc all of
which have been very well-received by the Indian
audience.
14. Acting Career
Atif is expected to make his acting debut in the second
film of well acclaimed Pakistani director Shoaib Mansoor.
The film titled Bol is set to release in 2011. The film will
also star famous PakistaniTV anchor Mahira Khan. Atif
plays the role of a doctor in the film. The film has
completed shooting and is now proceeding with its post
production works. According to reports, Atif will play a
supporting role of a doctor, whilst another newcomer will
play the lead role in the film
16. Controversy – Jal Band
After the release of the song Aadat by Jal, there were
disputes within the band about Atif’s brother being the
bands manager. At this point Atif broke off from the band
to do his own solo album. His solo album was released a
few weeks before the release of the Jal’s album, Aadat.
As both the albums shared certain tracks, such as Aadat,
Wo Lamhey, Rangon Mein and Dil Harey, an unofficial
war over rights began between both the groups. Goher
Mumtaz sued Atif for using the name Jal in his album title
cunningly (Jal Pari, meaning mermaid).
18. Albums
Album Release
1 Jal Pari 2004
2 Doorie 2006
3 Meri Kahani 2008
4 Dreamer Awakes 2011
5 Atif Rocks 2012
6With Love - Atif 2013
19. Awards & Honors
2005: Best Lyrics, Best Song & Best CompositionAwards for the
song “Aadat” at Indus MusicAwards.
2005: Best Playback Singer & Best Debut Singer at Sahara Sangeet
Awards.
2007: Most Stylish Person (Music) at Lycra MTV Style Awards.
2008: “Tamgha-e-Imtiaz” (Medal of Distinction) from the Govt. of
Pakistan.
2013: Music Icon of the year at Lux Style Awards.
2015: Most Popular MaleArtist (International) at Big Apple Music
Awards.
2017: Best Playback Singer (Male) for “Dil Dancer” from the movie,
“Actor In Law”.
And many more awards.