Shahzad Hasan (also known as Shahi Hasan), is a Pakistani musician, record producer, Actor, occasional actor, bass guitarist, backing vocalist and music industry executive.
Co-founding the Pakistani pop music, pop and Pakistani rock, rock band, Vital Signs (band), Vital Signs, with Electronic keyboard, keyboardist Rohail Hyatt in 1986, he earned recognition of playing bass guitar and as an original member of Vital Signs.
In addition to his role as the band's Bass guitar, bass player and backing vocalist, he has undertaken many other roles for the band, such as Music producer, producing and Music producer, co-producing their Vital Signs discography, albums, producing backstage music for the popular television series, ''Coke Studio Pakistan (season 5), Coke Studio''.
In Pakistan, he has been cited as one of the greatest bassist in the country as well as earned much respect in the country for producing the music.
In 2003, he composed the song ''Mann Ki Lagan'' for the movie ''Paap'', the lyrics being penned by Amjad Islam Amjad, the song that launched the Hindi cinema, Bollywood career of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.
In 2013, he came recently came in the limelight after collaborating with various musicians to compose the ''Naya Pakistan''and currently hosting the music competitive show, ''Cornetto Youth Icon'' on MTV Pakistan.
In April 2013, Hasan joined Meesha Shafi, Strings (band), String, Ali Azmat and Alamgir (pop singer), Alamgir as a judge on the immensely popular singing talent show ''Cornetto Music Icons'' aired on ARY Digital.
Recently in 2017, he appeared as one of the judges in Pepsi Battle of the Bands season 2,
he was the only judge retained from the earlier ''BoB'' edition back in 2002.
References
External links
Shahi Hassan twitter page
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Living people
Pakistani male singers
Pakistani bass guitarists
Coke Studio (Pakistani TV program)
Musicians from Karachi
Pakistani record producers
1967 births
Male bass guitarists