Umair Jaswal is a Pakistani actor, singer-songwriter and music producer from

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. He was also lead vocalist of the rock band ''

Qayaas Qayaas ( ) was a progressive rock band from Islamabad, Pakistan, founded in 2008 by lead guitarist and songwriter, Khurram Waqar, who was soon joined by vocalists Umair Jaswal and Mohammad Hashir Ibrahim, guitarist Sarmad Abdul Ghafoor, bassis ...

''. Umair is the brother of singers

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Personal life

Jaswal, whose father is "one of the best scientists in Pakistan", initially studied dentistry before switching to

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, but always kept an interest in the arts during all these academic years, in music by joining a band and in acting by doing theater plays. He completed his schooling from IMCB F-10/3 Islamabad. On October 20, 2020 it was announced that he has married Pakistani actress

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Career

Music

Jaswal started his career in 2008 by joining the rock band ''

'' and gained popularity in 2009 with the song ''Tanha'' and ''Umeed''. He joined Coke Studio season 5 with his band in 2012 and performed the song ''Charkha Nolakha'' with

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'' released their debut album ''

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'' 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''. In 2013 Umair was nominated as Pakistan's

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Commission. In Coke Studio season 8 Umair performed the song ''Sammi Meri Waar'' with QB which received more than two million views in two weeks. In an interview to ''

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'' 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. The main idea behind doing this song was to penetrate a bigger market and fortunately that is exactly what happened".

Acting

Umair made his acting debut on television by appearing in the serial ''

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'' (2016), playing the lead role of a

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alongside

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debut in the war epic film ''

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'' as Captain Umair.

Discography

Coke Studio songs Being one of the promising artist of Coke Studio, Umair has performed below songs with the grate platform. * ''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 *''Chal Raha Hoon'' – Coke Studio Season 12 *''Har Funn Maula'' - Coke Studio Season 13 First solo album * ''Na Rahoon'' – New single released from most waited solo album of Umair Jaswal, featuring

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on lead guitar. The music video was directed by his brother and director Yasir Jaswal. The full album was scheduled to release in 2018.

Filmography

Television Film

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jaswal, Umair Living people Pakistani male singers Pakistani songwriters People from Islamabad Pakistani rock musicians Pakistani pop singers Pakistani heavy metal singers Pakistani television actors Pakistani film actors 1986 births