Faakhir Mehmood ( ur, ) is a Pakistani actor, singer, keyboradist, composer and music producer. He started out his career with the Pakistani musical group
Awaz
Awaz ( ur, آواز ) was a Pakistani pop band that formed in Islamabad in 1992. The group was formed by Haroon Rashid, lead vocalist, who was soon joined by keyboardist Faakhir Mehmood and lead guitarist Asad Ahmed. Awaz were one of the pio ...
. However, due to conflicts of interest, the band split in 2000 and they all went to become solo artists. The band Awaz also consisted of well known musician
Haroon
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Haroon
Harun, also transliterated as Haroon or Haroun ( ar, هارون, ) is a common male given name of Arabic origin, related to the Hebrew name of the Prophet Aaron. Both are most likely of Ancient Egyptian origin, from ''aha rw'', meaning "warrior li ...
. Together, they formed the band Awaz in 1992. Faakhir joined the band as a keyboardist and Asad Ahmed as a guitarist.
After the band split in 2000, Faakhir embarked on a solo career. Faakhir started working on his album ''Aatish'' in July 2000 by releasing his first single in August, a national song "Dil Na Lagay, Pakistan". After deciding to go solo, Faakhir started work on his debut album, ''Aatish'', which was released in 2002. He followed it up with ''Sub Tun Sohniyeh'' in 2003, and Mantra in 2005.
In ''Mantra'', there is a song called "Jiya Na Jaye", in which Faakhir shares a duet with Indian singer
Sunidhi Chauhan
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. Another song in that album called "Mahi Ve" won two awards at India's
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
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s. He also performed at that event.
Faakhir's live shows have taken his music to many countries in the world including the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, in addition to all parts of Pakistan.
Faakhir has performed alongside several international contemporaries from Europe including Sukhbir and
Stereo Nation
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to name a few.
In 2015, he was one of the producers who worked on the soundtrack for the Pakistani movie '' Ho Mann Jahaan''.
In 2016, Faakhir served as one of the six music directors for season 9 of ''
Coke Studio Pakistan
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''. His first appearance was in an unplugged version of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's " Afreen Afreen". Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Momina Mustehsan rendered their voices for the song. His second appearance at ''Coke Studio'' was in "Dilruba Na Raazi" a Pashto traditional folk song, which he sang along with
Zeb Bangash
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. He appeared with
Natasha Khan
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and performed "Dil Kamla".
In 2017, Faakhir Mehmood made some comments on social issues that were newsworthy and were given news coverage by a major newspaper of Pakistan. In the past, Faakhir has served as the UN Goodwill Ambassador for the World Health Organization.
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*
Hum Awards
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: Best Music Video ("Baliya") Won
* 2015:
3rd Hum Awards
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* ''Aatish'' (2002)
* ''Sub Tun Sohniyeh'' (2003)
* ''Mantra'' (2005)
* ''Jee Chaahey'' (2011–12) – Memhood's fourth album, it was composed and produced by the singer. The album was recorded at Shani's studio with lyrics by
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and Indian poet Prashant Vasal, and was released through Fire Records.
:*Track listing
::*"Allah Karay" (with Mahnoor Baloch Featuring Mikaal Zulfiqar)
::* "Atom Bomb"
::* "Baylia"
::* "Jee Chahay"
::* "Kho Jaon" featuring Meera (Veet Miss Super Model Contest Season 3)
::* "Maula"
::* "Mitti Pao"
::* "O Sheeday"
::* "Parwah"
::* "
Shikva
"Shikva" ( ur, ; lit. ''Querulousness'' or ''Complain'' ) is a song by Pakistani recording artist Faakhir Mehmood from his fourth studio album '' Jee Chahay'' (2011). It was released in the Pakistan as a digital download in 2011 and revised add ...
::* ''Ek Wari''
::* ''Tum Meri Ho''
::* '' Dolly Darling''
::* ''Salam Zindagi''
:*Critical reception: S. Rasool of Reviewit.pk said: "Jee Chahay has a number of excellent and heart-touching songs. One among the rest, which is closest to Fakhir's heart, is 'Baylia'. It is a-must-listen song. If you have not heard it yet, do give it a go." Ali Ather of Views Craze wrote, "Although not better than Faakhir's previous works ''Jee chahay'' the album composed and produced by Faakhir himself comes out to be a pretty decent effort." Rafay Mehmood of
Express Tribune
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said, "Even though ''Jee Chahay'', which comprises 10 songs, might not come close to his previous offering Mantra, which was released in 2005, it still manages to give the listener some tunes worth humming."
See also
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Awaz
Awaz ( ur, آواز ) was a Pakistani pop band that formed in Islamabad in 1992. The group was formed by Haroon Rashid, lead vocalist, who was soon joined by keyboardist Faakhir Mehmood and lead guitarist Asad Ahmed. Awaz were one of the pio ...