Bilal Khan (, born Bilal Ahmed Khan, 4 October 1986) is a Pakistani musician, actor, and

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. He released his debut album ''Umeed'' in 2009. Singles released included "Bachana", "Tou Kia Hua", "Larho Mujhey", "Kabhi Gham Na Aey", and ''

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''. In 2012, he has been nominated for Best Album at the 11th

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for the album "Umeed". Khan holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Politics and Economics from Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and later studied from

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Early life and education

Bilal Khan was born on 4 October 1986. He had love for music from early days, buying guitars and playing music in his very room. He learned to play guitar through various articles on internet. He then moved to

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for a degree in Economics and Political Sciences.

Career

Early career

While still studying at

, Bilal Khan released a song called "Bachana" that was released on YouTube. The song was later played on different music video channels in Pakistan in particular

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. This earned him Best Singer of 2010 and Best Song of 2010 voted by the Pakistan FM 103. His first international concert was held in

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and he has performed in the United Kingdom, US, Canada and United Arab Emirates. Khan, from an introvert individual, was starting to become a popular for every university and school to have him sing.

Coke Studio (2011–2018)

Shortly after his musical career started he was called upon to sing for Coke Studio Season 4, marking his debut in Coke Studio. He performed two songs from his album "Umeed" on

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, "To Kia Hua" and "Lamha". He returned again on

, in season five, to sing songs from his second album "Maktoob" including "Larho Mujhey" and "Taaray". In 2012, he left for the United States to pursue studies which led to a brief hiatus from singing. He returned to Pakistan in 2016 and restarted his musical career, while also venturing into acting. In addition, he makes

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s on his YouTube channel. Khan has also performed his own song "Apna Gham" on Coke Studio (season 11) alongside Mishal Khawaja.

Playback singing

Bilal Khan has sung the official soundtracks of three

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drama's including "Mata-e-Jaan" for ''

'', "Roshan Sitara" along with QB for ''Roshan Sitara'' and "Khamoshi" for ''

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''. He was also nominated for Best singer at the 12th Lux Style Awards for "Mata e Jaan". Khamoshi was also nominated for Best Original Soundtrack Popular

Sponsorships

Bilal Khan recorded a song for

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's called ''Anjaane'', along with Zoe Vicajee, to pay tribute to "

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". He also modeled for the Go Forth campaign by Levi's. In 2011 Khan released a tribute to Alamgir by recording the song called "Dekha Na Tha".

Acting career

Khan acted in a telefilm called ''Tamanna ki Tamanna'' (2012) as Jazib Khan, that aired on

. The script was written by Bushra Ansari. It also stars

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and

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. It was directed by Siraj-ul-Haq and produced by

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. Khan also acted in the Hum TV drama ''Sammi'' (2017) in which he played the role of Aliyaan, Sammi was also his debut drama. He has acted in Hum TV's hit drama serial '' Khamoshi'' (2017–2018) as Shahram in the main lead alongside Zara Noor Abbas, Affan Waheed and Iqra Aziz.

Television

Discography

UMEED

Singles

Coke Studio (Pakistan)

OST

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Bilal 1986 births Living people Male actors from Lahore Lahore University of Management Sciences alumni Pakistani expatriates in the United States Pakistani pop singers Pakistani male singer-songwriters Singers from Lahore Urdu-language singers Pakistani video bloggers Pakistani male bloggers Pakistani YouTubers 21st-century Pakistani male singers 21st-century Pakistani singers Musicians from Lahore