Amanat Ali (

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. Amanat was featured as a playback singer in a few Indian and Pakistani films. such as '' Tamannah'', ''

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'', '' Dostana'' and ''

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Early years

Amanat Ali was born and raised in

Faisalabad Faisalabad (; Punjabi/ ur, , ; ), formerly known as Lyallpur ( Punjabi, Urdu: لائل پور), named after the founder of the city, but was renamed in 1977 in honour of late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. It is the 3rd largest city of Pak ...

. He started his career in 2006 as a lead singer with Mekaal Hassan band, Amanat's debut album was ''Kohraam'' which was released in 2009 In collaboration with

Fire Records Fire Records was an American independent record label, set up in 1959 by Bobby Robinson. Amongst others, it released records by Lightnin' Hopkins, Elmore James, Buster Brown and Arthur Crudup. At one point it was thought Fire had issued the las ...

. He also gave his voice as a playback singer in Bollywood movies, including '' Dostana'' for the songs "Khabar Nahin" and K C Boakdia's "Junoon". Amanat Ali is the son of singer Nazakat Ali.

Career

Amanat won the 3rd

Mirchi Music Awards ''Mirchi Music Awards'' are presented annually by ''Radio Mirchi'' to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film music industry of India. The awards, given in seventeen different categories, were in ...

2010 for best music album as his song "Thumri" from his debut album ''Kohram'' was nominated for the Best Indipop Song at

in 2011. Amanat performs ''on songs ‘Ae Wattan Kay Sajeelay Jawanon’, ‘Haq Maujood’ and ‘Aisha’'' in Coke Studio Season 3. He then sang ‘''Chaa Rahi Kaali Ghata’'' in Coke Studio Season 10 with Hina Nasrullah. Amanat has performed in various concerts and festivals. Amanat was the winner of the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Middle East Pakistan Challenge in 2007. He was a finalist and 2nd runner-up with 3,43,14,257 votes in the Indian reality show '' Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge'' in 2007.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ali, Amanat Pakistani pop singers Pakistani male singers Pakistani classical singers Living people 1987 births