Farhan Saeed Butt is a Pakistani singer-songwriter, actor,

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, and entrepreneur. Saeed is the former lead vocalist of the Pakistani band

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and owns the restaurant ''Cafe Rock'' in Lahore. He sings in

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Punjabi Kashmiri family. Both his parents are practicing doctors. A music fan from the very start, he used to listen to

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and Junoon and centred his music around pop, and at times folk. In his teens, he took

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from Keynesian Institute of Management and Sciences (KIMS) and then enrolled for

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s at National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, after which he discovered his future band members in

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and

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. The band took off and became famous across Asia. In 2011, reports broke out that he had parted his ways from

, which left his fans stunned. He pursued a solo career and became regular to feature in

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. Saeed opened ''Cafe Rock'' restaurant at Hussain Chowk, situated off the M. M. Alam Road,

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. His restaurant's theme is in a similar vein to that of the ''

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s'', providing underground bands and young aspiring artists with a platform to project themselves and perform in front of an audience. He married actress

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on 16 December 2016.

Career

Jal the band

Saeed first rose to prominence when he joined the Lahore-based

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band

, at the age of 17, as a vocalist. Saeed replaced

in 2003, who quit because of musical differences with Jal's founding member

Solo music career

In September 2011, in an exclusive interview with ''

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'', Saeed shocked the fans claiming that he has left

to pursue a solo career despite

offering him to continue his solo career while being a part of

. On 8 September 2011, Saeed's departure was confirmed by

's guitarist

who wished him luck for his solo career. He did a collab with

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, Adnan Qazi and

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for his super hit song "''Na cher malangaan nu''". His recent song was with

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for Asim Jofa that was directed by Qasim Ali Mureed. He made his

-singing breakthrough in 2014, by contributing a song to

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's ''

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''. The song, ''Naam-e-Wafa'', is a romantic-duet with Indian vocalist

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as the co-singer and

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as the composer.

Acting career

Saeed started his acting career by debuting in a leading role in the 2014

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drama serial ''

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'' alongside

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, Saba Hameed and

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. He then played the lead role as Mohid Shuja in

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's ''Mere Ajnabi'' serv go alongside

who was the female lead. He has also played a lead role of Arsh in the drama ''

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'' as a lawyer along with female lead Urwa. Apart from acting in the drama, Saeed has also collaborated with

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for the OST that has topped music charts all over Pakistan. Always in 2016 he also played the lead role again in

's ''Teri Chah Mein'', alongside

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and

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, and

's '' Sila'' alongside Ainy Jaffri. In 2018 he grabbed the leading role of Arsal Jamshed Ali (Arsal) in

's critically and commercially superhit drama serial '' Suno Chanda'', with

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as the leading female role, and due to the critical success of the show, a season 2 was immediately announced by the producers. He reprised his role as Arsal Jamshed Ali in the second installment of Suno Chanda alongside

in 2019. The season was also a hit and a critical success. Saeed is recently shooting for two upcoming projects with Hania Amir: One is webseries produced and directed by Wajahat Rauf and the other is a drama, again with Amir, and directed by Qasim Ali Mureed.. Right now, He is working as male lead as "Hamza" in "

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" opposite female lead Hania Amir. He had the leading role in ''Karachi Se Lahore 3'' with Kubra Khan as co-star, the third installment of Wajahat Rauf's successful series including the box-office hits '' Karachi Se Lahore'' and ''

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'', and which would have been his feature film debut, but he had to quit the project because of music tours and concerts he was already committed to. In early 2019 it was announced that he'll get his first lead role in a movie in ''Tich Button'', a rom-com co-produced by his wife

under their joint new production company ''Shooting Star Studio''.

As a director

He turned to direction with the 2018 music video of ''O Jaana'' from the singer-songwriter Hamza Malik, starring actress

and featuring musicians

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and

Sahir Ali Bagga Sahir Ali Bagga (born 10 April 1980) is a Pakistani singer, music director and composer from Lahore, who composes music for Lollywood and other independent singers."Hamza Malik, Iqra Aziz’s mesmerizing clips from ‘O Jaana’ will melt your heart"
''Daily Pakistan''. Retrieved 6 November 2018.

Discography

Album

Songs

As director

Filmography

Television

Film

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saeed, Farhan Living people Pakistani male singers Singers from Lahore Punjabi-language singers Pakistani male television actors Pakistani restaurateurs Pakistani music video directors Kashmiri people Pakistani people of Kashmiri descent Pakistani male actors National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences alumni 1984 births