Shani Arshad
Shani Arshad is a Pakistani film music director, song writer, TV jingle composer, playback singer and record producer. He has composed music for various television serials and films including Actor In Law, Na Maloom Afraad, Load Wedding, Teefa in Trouble and The Donkey King and nowadays Shani arshad is the only music composer of Pakistan to make 13 super hit films background score and directed 11 time music in Coke Studio and Shani Arshad is the only music director of Pakistan to make orchestral music with Hungarian orchestra “Budapest Film Orchestra” for the film Donkey King for the first time in the history of Pakistani music.[1]
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Birth name | Shani Arshad |
Born | Karachi, Pakistan |
Origin | Karachi, Pakistan |
Occupation(s) | Film Music Composer, Record producer,
lyricst, singer, Arranger, Jingle composer |
Instruments | Keyboards, Bass, Drums, Tabla |
Years active | 1995–present |
Career
Shani Arshad was born to Ustad Arshad Ali. He started his career as a keyboard player at an early age 15. He joined Eagle Record Company as a remix producer in 1998, where he was asked to make Vital Signs band's remix album, and that album was Shani's introduction to the pop industry. He has worked with well-known Pakistani musicians including Junaid Jamshed,[2] Atif Aslam, Abida Parveen, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Ali Zafar, Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan, Zeb Bangash, Meesha Shafi, QB, Hadiqa Kiyani, Shehzad Roy,[3] Fakhir, Strings, Haroon, Jimmy Attre, Raheem Shah, Najam Sheraz, Fakhar-e-Alam, Aamir Zaki, Sajjad Ali. Two times ARY Films Awards winner for best music and Two times winner for best ost and best jingle at Hum Tv Awards and SEPMA. Shani also has been nominated thrice for Lux Style Awards and also twice for The Muzik Awards.[4][5][6] He also appeared in Coke Studio Season 9 & 10 as singer and music producer.
Filmography
- Main Hoon Shahid Afridi (2013)
- Na Maloom Afraad (2014)
- Jawani Phir Nahi Ani (2015)
- Bin Roye (2015)
- Actor in Law (2016)
- Na Maloom Afraad 2 (2017)
- Punjab Nahi Jaungi (2017)
- 7 Din Mohabbat In (2018)
- Teefa in Trouble (2018)
- Load Wedding (2018)
- Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2 (2018)
- The Donkey King (2018)
- Sherdil (2019)
- Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad (2020)
- Fatman (2020)
- London Nahi Jaunga (2020)
- Money Back Guarantee (2020)
- Dum Mustam (2020)
Studio
HM studios Karachi
As Television Composer
- Geo News Music ID
- Tv One News Music ID
- Duniya News Music ID
- Har Pal Geo Music ID
- Geo Sports T2O Theme Song (Jiyo Tou Aisay) (also singer)
Coke Studio Composer
- Nimma nimma (also singer)
- Julie Ali Zafar
- Meri meri (Rizwan Butt and Sara Haider)
- Bholay bhalay saiyan (Meesha Shafi)
- Maula_e_kull (Abida Parveen)
- Lathay di chadar QB and Farhan Saeed
- Luddi ha jamalo (Humaira Arshad and Ali Sethi)
- Saddaa (Rahet Fateh Ali Khan)
- Maula Tera noor (Shafqat Amanat Ali)
- Bol (Shafqat Amanat Ali)
- Rung Amjad Sabri Rahet Fateh Ali Khan
Film Songs as Singer
Year | Song | Film |
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2016 | Actor In Law | Actor In Law |
2017 | Chal Hug Lay | Na Maloom Afraad 2 |
2018 | Faqeeran | Load Wedding |
Ishq Larra | 7 Din Mohabbat In |
As Theme Song Composer
- Tum Mere Kya Ho
- Dayar-e-Dil
- Khwab Saraye
- Zindagi Gulzar Hai
- Mohabbat Subh Ka Sitara
- Neelum Kinarey
- Jaye Kahan Yeh Dil
- Muqabil
- Ek Thi Marium
- Meri Guriya
- Khudparast
- Koi Chand Rakh
- Ramz E Ishq
- Dil ruba
- Raaze ulfat
- Noore azal
References
- Hasan Ansari (1 May 2015). "Shani's musical talent shines through". The Express Tribune newspaper., Retrieved 8 September 2016
- http://www.paklinks.com/gs/showbiz-pakistan/48740-junaid-jamshed-dil-ki-baat.html, Shani Arshad's interview about working with musician Junaid Jamshed on paklinks.com website, Retrieved 8 September 2016
- "Owning Apnay Ullo". Dawn. 15 January 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
- "lux style music nominees".
- "lux style music nominees 2009".
- "TMA nominees 2008".