Ali Zafar stars in Bollywood’s Teray bin Ladin
Zafar
So you know how all these people from Pakistan’s entertainment industry (film, music, what not) get picked for Bollywood projects and then milk it for all its worth? Well, just some of them, and we shall not name names.
Atif Aslam
Atif Aslam has been rated as the best playback singer of India on the biggest bollywood website, bollywoodhungama.com, based on users’ votes. Interestingly the second position again belongs to Atif Aslam for another song.
Best Playback Singer (Male)
We now move on to the next category, which is, ‘Best Playback Singer (Male)’ in the Bollywood Hungama Surfers Choice Music Awards 2009.
The janta-janardan has voted for Atif Aslam in full josh and he is not only the winner this year but also the first runner-up!
When Atif was contacted by Bollywood Hungama and asked about how he feels to be voted in as the favorite by the people themselves, he said, “Feels great because I think fans are the real awards and love the aam junta as ever.” On his combination with Pritam, he adds,”I think it has been very successful and working with Pritam is amazing as the music speaks for itself!”
Peace with Pak: Breaking the sound barrier in Bollywood
Maheen Sabeeh
Pakistan, if the ‘50s were all about the queen of melody Nur Jehan, in the ‘60s and ‘70s a newer sound came into our filmi music with names like Ahmed Rushdi, Bangladeshi singing sensation Runa Laila and Sohail Rana ruling the soundboard. The turn for modern pop arrived in the ‘80s when Alamgir first introduced electric synthesizers to Pakistani pop and dekha na tha became an anthem for a new generation and heralded a whole new sound. The wave of disco pop gained steam with Mohammad Ali Shyhaki and reached its zenith with the magic of Nazia and Zoheb Hasan. We were all Disco deewane, so what if it was the Zia era and prohibition was heavily enforced?
All this while, as trends came and went, Ghazal maestro Mehdi Hasan remained extremely popular across the subcontinent.
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New Delhi: With a career spanning almost three decades and many awards to his credit, as Anu Malik turned 47th today, the music composer expressed concern over the present state of Bollywood music rueing blatant copying of foreign tunes by today`s musicians.
Malik, who is known for his music in blockbusters like, `Main Hoon Na`, `Border`, `Refugee` to name a few is sad over the present state of music in Indian cinema.
“Melody is lacking in today`s music and I am trying my level best to get that back. The songs which we hear today do not have any life. We still love to listen to the old classics because they had soul,” Malik told reporters.
“It is the age of laptops and Internet where people are lifting foreign songs especially from Pakistani music. With such blatant copying the composers are killing Indian music,” he added.
By Usman Ghafoor
It wasn’t John Abraham of Bollywood. Quite interestingly, Shaan became the first mainstream film actor in the subcontinent to strip before the camera — remember the detention sequences in Khuda Kay Liye? New York’s John and the upcoming Jail’s Neil Nitin Mukesh in a nude shot have all followed much later.
Bait him with that and Shaan near blushes. “Hey, it wasn’t me,” he chortles. “It was Mansoor Khan. By the way, I don’t carry my characters home.” He doesn’t. For someone who jumps from set to set and juggles a slew of films, it wouldn’t be humanly possible.
ZUJ, a Solo Rock Artist from Islamabad started his mainstream musical career in 2006 with the song Phook lay, which later in 2007 became part of Zibhakhan as an Official Sound Track of the movie. He released another song “Bayrukhi” just to project his image as a musician and to dismiss the perception of him being a playback singer. Now Zuj another song is featured in Bollywood Movie “#7 – Welcome to London” Right now we are presenting the official Promo of the Movie
Copy Rights: Iconic Production
Pakistani singer Atif Aslam, who crooned his way into the hearts of Indians with Bollywood songs, has revealed he has acting offers from the industry and is open to them. “Artists don’t belong to any nation,” he says.
“I would like to act in a Bollywood film. It’s not my forte, but I want to give it a try,” Aslam told IANS on telephone from Lahore. He is appreciated not just for his singing abilities but also for his suave looks and style statement.
“I have various offers from Bollywood but nothing has been finalised. I am reading scripts at the moment. Once something is finalised, I will make an official announcement,” he added.
Aslam gained popularity in Pakistan with his band “Jal”. He made his presence felt in India with the song “Aadat” in the film “Kalyug”. He became a name to reckon with, delivering hit songs like “Woh lamhe” from the film “Woh Lamhe”, “Pehli nazar mein” from “Race” and “Bakhuda” from “Kismat Konnection”.
