Umair Jaswal

Umair Jaswal
Native name عمير جسوال
Born (1986-12-20) 20 December 1986
Islamabad, Pakistan
Nationality Pakistani
Occupation
Relatives
Musical career
Genres
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2008–present
Labels Coke Studio
Associated acts
Website http://www.umairjaswal.com/

Umair Jaswal (born 20 December 1986) is a Pakistani film, television actor, singer-songwriter and music producer from Islamabad. He is also lead vocalist of the rock band Qayaas. Umair is the brother of singers Yasir Jaswal and Uzair Jaswal.[1]

Life and career

Umair fayyaz was born on 20 December 1986 in Multan, Pakistan. He started his career in 2008 by joining the rock band Qayas. Umair gained popularity in 2009 with the song ‘Tanha’. He joined Coke Studio season 5 with his band in 2012 and performed the song Charkha Nolakha with Atif Aslam. Qayaas released their debut album Uss Paar in 2011 with Umair as a lead vocalist. the songs ‘Halaak’ and ‘Inquilaab’ from the album were featured in the film Waar. In Coke Studio season 6, Umair decided to go solo. He performed the song ‘Khayal’ on the first episode of Coke Studio season 6 which was also featured in film Waar.[2] In 2013 Umair was nominated as Pakistan’s Youth Ambassador by the International Human Rights Commission.[3] In Coke Studio season 8 Umair performed the song "Sammi Meri Waar" with QB which received more than two million views in two weeks.[4] In an interview to The Express Tribune he told that he also received hate mails after release of the song. Umair said: "Man! I’ve received audio messages from places like Iraq," exclaimed Jaswal. "The main idea behind doing this song was to penetrate a bigger market and fortunately that is exactly what happened".[5] Umair will make his Lollywood debut in upcoming war epic film Yalghaar as Capt. Umair.[6] He will also make his television debut by appearing in the serial Mor Mahal (2016), playing the lead role of a nawab alongside Meesha Shafi. In an interview Jaswal said, "I'm honored to be a part of the biggest Pakistani television production to date. I’m sharing the screen with some of the best actors in the industry. Sarmad is a phenomenal storyteller and Sarmad Sehbai a wordsmith second to none. I can’t wait to share the project with the viewers."[7]

Discography

Filmography

No.FilmRoleYearNotes
1.YalghaarCaptain Umair2016Lollywood debut

Television OSTs

No.SerialRoleChannelYearNotes
1.Mor MahalNawab Asif JahanGeo TV2016debut

Coke Studio songs

Being one of the promising artist of Coke Studio, Umair has performed below songs with the grate platform.[8]

  • Charkla Nolaka - Coke Studio Season 5
  • Khayaal - Coke Studio Season 6
  • Sammi Meri Waar - Coke Studio Season 8
  • Khaki Banda - Coke Studio Season 9
  • Sasu Mangay - Coke Studio Season 9
  • Dam Mast Qalandar - Coke Studio Season 10

First Solo Album

  • Na Rahoon - New single released from most waited solo album of Umair Jaswal,[9] featuring Faraz Anwar on lead guitar. The music video was directed by his brother and a very famous director Yasir Jaswal. Full album is schedule to release in this 2018.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hottie of the week: Umair Jaswal". The Express Tribune. 3 March 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Mariam Shafiq. "Umair Jaswal – The Man Who Mesmerized Us All!". Reviewit.pk. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Maha Mussadaq (23 October 2013). "Meet Umair Jaswal, the youth ambassador". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  4. ↑ Maheen Shah (30 August 2015). "A place among the stars". TNS - The News on Sunday. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  5. ↑ Hassa Ansari (8 September 2015). "Sammi Meri Waar: 'I received hate mail after the song'". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  6. ↑ Huda (17 April 2013). "The Jaswal Brothers: Taking Pakistani Music Industry Forward". Blush.com.pk. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  7. ↑ Satish Umair (21 January 2016). "Mor Mahal: Umair Jaswal's upcoming attraction!". IBEX. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  8. ↑ "10 years' heritage of Coke Studio". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  9. ↑ https://blogs.dunyanews.tv/22140/
  10. ↑ https://tribune.com.pk/story/1740773/4-umair-jaswal-talks-recently-released-debut-album-negativity-pakistani-youth/
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