Shafqat Amanat Ali

Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan
Born	26 February 1965 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Genres	Rock music, Sufi, playback singing, Classical Music
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2000-present
Associated acts	Fuzön, The Dewarists, MTV Unplugged (India), Coke StudioBasit Ali SHah Banoori

Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan (Urdu: شفقت امانت علی‎; born 26 February 1965) is a Pakistani classical singer^[1] belonging to Patiala Gharana lineage.^[2] He was the lead vocalist of the Pakistani rock band Fuzön. He was awarded the President's Pride of Performance civil award on 23 March 2008.^[3]

Early life and background

Shafqat Amanat Ali was born into a Muslim family in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan to Ustad Amanat Ali Khan and his wife Almas Amanat Ali Khan, on 26 February 1965 making him the ninth generation of Patiala Gharana. He is the youngest brother of the late Asad Amanat Ali Khan. He received his bachelor's degree from Government College University, Lahore (now known as GC University). He received the roll of honour from the Music Society of Government College University, Lahore, which is led by Tariq Farani.^[4]

Career

"Aankhon Ke Saagar," "Khamaj," "Ankhiyan" and "Mitwa" are some of his most popular works. He also sang the songs "Phir Wohi Raastey" and "Allah Megh De" for a Pakistani film named Ramchand Pakistani.^[5]

Shafqat was introduced to Bollywood by Shankar Mahadevan. One morning while driving to his studio, he heard Shafqat's hit song "Aankhon Ke Saagar" on the radio. He immediately called the radio jockey who was his friend and got Shafqat's contact number. Shafqat sang "Mitwa" composed by Shankar Ehsaan Loy for the movie Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna.^[6] The song was listed in the top charts in India, helping propel Shafqat into stardom.^[7] He was the voice behind the critically acclaimed song "Yeh Honsla" [sic] in the Bollywood film Dor. He sang background for the films Hello and Mumbai Cutting.^[8][9] His songs "Mora Saiyaan" and "Tere Bina" were featured in Nagesh Kukunoor's Hyderabad Blues 2.

After leaving the band Fuzon in 2006, Shafqat concentrated on his solo career.^[10] Based on folk and Sufi works, the album Tabeer was commissioned and released by Music Today in mid-September 2008.^[11][12][13]

The album was released by Fire Records in Pakistan in September 2008 as their mega Eid release. The entire album has been produced, arranged, recorded, mixed and mastered in Pakistan by Shani Haider (Zeeshan Haider) at "Couple of Good Studios". All songs except "Naina" and "Tu hi tu hai" were composed by Shafqat. Naina was composed by Shani Haider.

The first video of the premier song of the album, "Khairheyan De Naal", was aired on all channels in India and Pakistan.^[14] He has fondly been nicknamed the "Rock star Ustad" by Saleem Merchant of the Saleem-Suleman duo.^[15] He also appeared on the Rubaroo episode of Indian Idol 4.^[16] He released his second solo album Kyun Dooriyan in 2010. It included a couple of songs — "Kaga Ja" and "Naal Naal" — which he had written during his time with Fuzon.^[17]

His vocals in the song "Dildaara" from the movie Ra.One fetched him a nomination for Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer for 2012. Recently he sang "Raske Bhare Tore Naina" for the 2013 movie Satyagraha starring Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor, Arjun Rampal and Manoj Bajpai in lead role. He was also featured on MTV Unplugged Season 2.

National Anthem - Controversy

Shafqat Amanat Ali was assigned to sing his country's national anthem before the Pakistan-India's Twenty20 match at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. But he alleged to have forgotten the lyrics of the national anthem during his performance on 19 March 2016.^[18] People retaliated over his mistake on social media.^[19] However, he apologized to the nation over his unintentional blunder.^[20][21]

Discography

Albums

• Tabeer (2008)
• Kyun Dooriyaan (2010)^[22]
• Muh Dikhai (2015)^[23]

Collaborations

• Imtehan Hai Imtehan (2010) ^[24]
• Tu Hi Tu Hai (2006)^[25]

Coke Studio (India)

Season 1

• Ankhian (2011)^[26]
• Kyan Haal Sunavaan (2011)^[27]
• Aye Hari (2011)^[28]

MTV Unplugged (India)^[29]

Season 2

• Aankhon Ke Saagar
• Yeh Hausla
• Aavo Saiyon
• Manmaaniyan
• Mora Saiyyan
• Kyun main jagun

Basit Ali SHah Banoori

The Dewarists^[30]

Season 2

• Let Go (2012)

Hindi film songs

Year	Song	Film	Co-Singer	Music Director
2015	Main Nai Jaana Pardes[31]	Tevar[32]	Solo	Sajid-Wajid
2014	Bhugol	Filmistaan	Shabab Shabri	Arijit Datta
	Bol		Arijit Datta
	Jeenay Chalay	Dukhtar	Solo	Sahir Ali Bagga,Peter Nashel
	Manchala	Hasee Toh Phasee	Nupur Pant	Vishal-Shekhar
	Allah Waariyan	Yaariyan	Solo	Arko Pravo Mukherjee
2013	Raske Bhare Tore Naina	Satyagraha	Arpita	Aadesh Shrivastava
	Jera Vi	Main Hoon Shahid Afridi	Solo	Shani & Kami
	Teri Jhuki Nazar	Murder 3		Pritam
	Tera Mera Naam	Akaash Vani		Hi-tech Sonik
2012	Phir Le Aya Dil (Redux)	Barfi!		Pritam Chakraborty
	Zindagi Se	Raaz 3D		Jeet Ganguly
	Ya Maula	Maximum		Amjad Nadeem Vikram
	Tu Hi Mera	Jannat 2		Pritam
	Party Nights		KK, Nikhil D'Souza, Javed Ali & Anupam Amod
	Darmiyaan	Jodi Breakers	Clinton Cerejo	Salim-Sulaiman
2011	Dildaara	Ra.One	Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani, Clinton Cerejo	Vishal-Shekhar
	Chahi Hai Tanhaein	Love Breakups Zindagi	Shruti Pathak	Salim-Sulaiman
	Jaane Kyun(Sufi version)	Always Kabhi Kabhi	Solo	Pritam Chakraborty
	Kyun Mein Jagoon	Patiala House		Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
	Kyun Mein Jagoon (Remix)
	Kyun Mein Jagoon (Reprise)
2010	Bin Tere	I Hate Luv Storys	Sunidhi Chauhan	Vishal Shekhar
	Bin Tere(Remix)
	Shukriya Zindagi	Aashayein	Solo	Pritam
	Tere Naina	My Name Is Khan		Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
2009	Tum Mile(Rock)	Tum Mile		Pritam
2008	Carvaan	Hello		Sajid-Wajid
	Allah Megh De	Ramchand Pakistani	Shubha Mudgal	Debojyoti Mishra
	Phir Wahi Raaste		None
	Tarrin Paunda		None
	Tishna Tishna Dil	Zindagi Tere Naam	Sunidhi Chauhan	Sajid-Wajid
2006	Yeh Honsla	Dor	Salim Merchant	Salim-Sulaiman
	Mitwa	Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna	Shankar Mahadevan, Caralisa Monteiro	Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
	Mitwa(Revisited)

Awards and honours

Following are the awards and nominations for Shafqat Amanat Ali.

Filmfare Awards[33]
2012	Best Playback Singer – Male	"Dildaara"	Ra.One	Nominated
2012	Best Playback Singer – Male	"Bin Tere"	I Hate Luv Storys
International Indian Film Academy Awards[34][35]
2012	Best Playback Singer – Male	"Bin Tere"	I Hate Luv Storys	Nominated
GIMA[36]
2012	Best Playback Singer – Male	"Bin Tere"	I Hate Luv Storys	Nominated
BIG Star Entertainment Awards
2012	BIG Star Most Entertaining Singer (Male)	"Tere Naina"	My Name Is Khan	Nominated
GIFA Awards [37]
2006	Best Playback Singer – Male	" Mitwa (Revisited)"	Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna	Won
Zee Cine Awards[38][39]
2012	Best Playback Singer – Male	"Dildaara"	Ra.One	Nominated
2013	Best Playback Singer – Male	"Tu Hi Mera"	Jannat 2
Pakistan Media Award
2011	Best Playback Singer – Male			Nominated
The Musik Awards
2008	Most Wanted Male			Won

References

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20. "I had by no means 'forgotten' our beloved national anthem: Shafqat Amanat Ali". Express Tribune. March 20, 2016.
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31. "Is Shafqat Amanat Ali's 'Main Nai Jaana Pardes' the best track in 'Tevar'?". DailyTimes. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
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34. "Nominations".
35. "I'm thrilled to be nominated for the IIFA Awards".
36. "GIMA Awards 2011 announced".
37. "Annual Global Indian Film Awards Nominations and Winners :". Bollywoodhungama.com. Retrieved 2011-06-28.
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External links

• Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan at the Internet Movie Database