Sanwal Esakhelvi

Sanwal "Atta" Esakhelvi is a British-Pakistani visual effects supervisor, sound designer, singer, musician and songwriter. Before establishing himself as a singer, Esakhelvi was a professional cricketer until 2006 and has worked in British film industry as a VFX artist and sound engineer. He released his first album Teray Khayal Mein (2017) and debuted as a featured artist in the tenth-season of Coke Studio alongside with his father.[1]

Sanwal Esakhelvi
Born
Sanwal Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi

Alma materCity, University of London
Occupation
Years active2010-present
Parent(s)Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi
Bazigha Atta
FamilyLaraib Atta
Bilawal Atta
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • piano
  • harmonium
Associated actsCoke Studio, Strings, Zohaib Kazi, Hamza Ali

Personal life

Esakhelvi was born to veteran Saraiki singer Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi,[2] while his mother Bazgha Atta was a renowned actress and his sister Laraib Atta is a professional VFX artist who has worked for several Oscar winning Hollywood films.[3][4] He also has one brother, Bilawal, who is an actor and director based in London,[5] as well as also being a musician.[6] Esakhelvi graduated from City, University of London in sound engineering when an injury made him quit his professional cricket career, "I was always into sports but then an injury forced music to take over."[7]

Discography

Album

Year Album
2016 Teray Khayal Mein

Soundtracks

Year Title Song Lyrics Music Co-singer(s)
2017 Ishq Tamasha - OST Ishq Tamasha Sanam Marvi
2018 Bisaat e Dil - OST Bisaat e Dil Sabir Zafar Shuja Hyder

Coke Studio Pakistan

Year Season Song Lyrics Music Co-singer(s)
2017 10 Qaumi Taranah Hafeez Jullundhri Strings Season's ft. artists
Sab Maya Hai Strings Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi
2018 11 Hum Dekhenge Faiz Ahmed Faiz Ali Hamza, Zohaib Kazi Season's ft. artists
Allah Karesi Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi

References

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