Yasir M Jaswal is a Pakistani singer, writer, filmmaker, and award-winning music director. He was the lead singer for his band Irtaash. He was also the lead vocalist for the band Call. He directed several award-winning music videos and in 2015 he made his feature film debut with ''

Jalaibee ''Jalaibee'' ( ur, ; meaning ''twist'') is a 2015 Pakistani caper action thriller film directed and written by Yasir Jaswal, produced by Eman Syed. Jalaibee is a joint production of ARY Films & Redrum Films in association with Sermad Films and ...

''. His younger brothers Umair and

Uzair Jaswal Uzair Jaswal is a Pakistani singer-songwriter and actor. Career Uzair started his career at the age of 14. At 16, he wrote his first song and was the lead singer of a band called Scar which performed alternative-rock covers. Some of his p ...

are also singers and actors. He won

Lux Style Award The Lux Style Awards is an award ceremony held annually in Pakistan since 2002. The awards celebrate "style" in the Pakistani entertainment industry, and it is the oldest event dedicated to cinema, television, fashion, music and film industry ...

in 2014 for directing music video of Uzair's single ''Bolay''. He has also won best music video director at the

Hum Award Hum Awards are annual Pakistani accolades bestowed by the Hum Network Limited in recognition of excellence in programming of television, fashion and music industry of Pakistan. Winners are awarded the Hum Award of Merit. The awards were first ...

in 2016 for the song Sajna by his brother Uzair Jaswal. His most recent venture has been a burger joint in Islamabad by the name of Jessie's which he has opened along with his brothers and friend.

Early life

Yasir Jaswal was born on 11 March 1983 in

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to a Punjabi

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family, and currently lives in

Islamabad Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital T ...

Career

Music career

Yasir Jaswal started his career as a musician in around 2003, later he joined the Islamabad-based rock band ''Irtaash''. The band was founded in November 2001 and released its first album ''Kala Safaid Aasman'' consisting of eleven rock songs in May 2011, produced by

Sarmad Abdul Ghafoor Sarmad Ghafoor (born November 5, 1975 in London, United Kingdom) is a Pakistani record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. He has released two albums, one with Rungg (his former band), and one with Qayaas (his current band). He has ...

at the SnM Studios. He left the band in October 2011. In August 2012, Yasir released his first solo song ''Khizaan'', which he produced along with Ghafoor and recorded at the SnM Studios in Islamabad. After leaving Irtaash, he joined Zulfiqar Jabbar Khan's band ''

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'' as a lead vocalist in June 2013, a year after the former lead vocalist

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left the band. Before that, Jaswal and Zulfiqar, known as Xulfi had already worked together once in the band

Entity Paradigm Entity Paradigm (Punjabi, , in English sometimes shortened as EP) was a Pakistani rock band from Lahore, Punjab, formed in 2000. The band was founded by songwriter and guitarist Xulfi, vocalist, songwriter Fawad Khan and keyboardist and vocalist ...

. In 2013, he wrote and composed his younger brother

's single ''Bolay''.

Directing career

Jaswal founded a music and film production company, Jaswal Films, and has directed several music videos, especially for Uzair. In May 2010, Jaswal directed Uzair Jaswal's Mother's Day special song ''Maa'', produced by

Khurram Waqar Khurram Waqar (Urdu:خرّم وقار) is a multi-award-winning guitarist/producer from Pakistan who also directs and produces his own music videos. He has been part of various rock outfits for the last 2 decades with varying degree of commerc ...

at MindWorks Media. In November 2010, he directed Uzair's song ''Tere Bin''. In December 2011, Jaswal directed Shaheryar Mirza's ''Aakhri Baar'' for which he was nominated for the

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for Best Music Video Director. In June 2012, Yasir directed a music video of Zoraiz Riaz's song ''Janay Anjanay (Chupke Se Aye)''. In August 2012, he directed a music video of Omer Nadeem's single ''Kin Raaston Pe''. In 2013, Yasir directed Uzair's single ''Bolay'', for which he won 2014 Lux Style Award for Best Music Video Director. He was also nominated for the

for

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. In June 2014,

Farhan Saeed Farhan Saeed Butt is a Pakistani singer-songwriter, actor, music video director, and entrepreneur. Saeed is the former lead vocalist of the Pakistani band Jal and owns the restaurant ''Cafe Rock'' in Lahore. He sings in Urdu and Punjabi. Pers ...

's single ''

Roiyaan "Roiyaan" (; ; ) is a 2014 single by Pakistani recording artist Farhan Saeed. It was released on June 6, 2014 in the Pakistan as a digital download. "Roiyaan" is a love-inspired balled that details the protagonist is mourning over her deceased l ...

'' was released, and the video was directed by Jaswal, for which he was nominated for the 2015 Hum Award for Best Music Video. He is also nominated for the upcoming 2015 Lux Style Award for Best Music Video Director. Jaswal made his feature film directorial debut with the action crime ''

'' based on his own script, starring Danish Taimoor,

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, Uzair Jaswal, and Wiqar Ali Khan. He shot the film with

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HD, marking it the first Pakistani film shot with the camera. The film was released domestically and in a few other countries on 20 March 2015 by

ARY Films ARY Films ( ur, ) is a film distribution and production company in Pakistan, part of ARY Digital Network. 35 films including 11 Urdu, six Punjabi and 17 Pashto films have been released by ARY Films since 2013. Among them, '' Waar'', ''Jawani P ...

. It grossed ₨10.5 crore with a budget of ₨10 crore. In 2015, Yasir directed Uzair's music video of song ''Sajna'', which featured Uzair,

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, and

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. The video was set in the 1980s.

Personal life

Yasir Jaswal is the elder brother of

Umair Jaswal Umair Jaswal is a Pakistani actor, singer-songwriter and music producer from Islamabad. He was also lead vocalist of the rock band ''Qayaas''. Umair is the brother of singers Yasir Jaswal and Uzair Jaswal. Personal life Jaswal, whose fa ...

, who is also a singer, actor and lead vocalist of the 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 ...

, and

, also a singer, music composer and actor. Yasir is married, his wife is Saba Yasir Jaswal and he has 2 sons. Yasir owns a classic 1973 Ford Mustang. They live in Islamabad and Lahore.

Discography

Albums

* ''Kala Safaid Aasman'' (2011)

Singles

* ''Khizaan'' (2012)

As writer or composer

* ''Bolay'' (2013)

Filmography

Film

* ''

'' (2015) – Director, writer

Music videos as director

* ''Maa'' (2010) * ''Tere Bin'' (2010) * ''Aakhri Baar'' (2011) * ''Janay Anjanay (Chupke Se Aye)'' (2012) * ''Kin Raaston Pe'' (2012) * ''Bolay'' (2013) * ''

'' (2014) * ''Sajna'' (2015) *Sajni - Strings (2018) *Na Rahoon - Umair Jaswal (2018) *

Jo Tu Na Mila "Jo Tu Na Mila" ( ) is a 2018 Pakistani song. It was composed and recorded by Asim Azhar with lyrics written by Kunaal Verma. Release and success The song was released by VYRL Originals on YouTube on 20 November, 2018. The song crossed 1 ...

Asim Azhar Asim Azhar (; born 29 October 1996) is a Pakistani singer, songwriter, musician and an actor. He started his career as a singer on YouTube, covering contemporary Western songs before he became a public figure. Career Asim Azhar was born o ...

(2018) *Raat Shabnami - Strings (2019)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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