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Umair Jaswal
Pakistani singer and actor (born 1986) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Umair Jaswal (Urdu: عمیر جسوال) 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.[1]
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Early and personal life
The son of a scientist father, Jaswal initially studied dentistry before switching to geology, 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.[1]
Born and raised in Islamabad, he has five brothers, including fellow artists Yasir Jaswal and Uzair Jaswal, and one sister.[2]
He completed his schooling from IMCB F-10/3 Islamabad.[3]
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Music
Jaswal started his career in 2008 by joining the rock band Qayaas and gained popularity in 2009 with the song Tanha and Umeed.[4]
He joined Coke Studio season 5 with his band in 2012 and performed the song Charkha Nolakha with Atif Aslam. Qayaas released their debut album Uss Paar in 2011 with Umair as a lead vocalist.[5] The songs Halaak and Inquilaab from the album were featured in the film Waar.[6] In Coke Studio season 6, Umair decided to go solo.[7] 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 youth ambassador by the International Human Rights Commission.[8]
In Coke Studio season 8 Umair performed the song Sammi Meri Waar with QB which received more than two million views in two weeks.[9] In an interview to The Express Tribune 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".[10]
Acting
Umair made his acting debut on television by appearing in the serial Mor Mahal (2016), playing the lead role of a nawab alongside Meesha Shafi.[11]
A year later, in 2017, Umair made his Lollywood debut in the war epic film Yalghaar as Captain Umair.[12][13]
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Discography
Coke Studio songs
Being one of the promising artist of Coke Studio, Umair has performed below songs with the grate platform.[14]
- 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,[15] featuring Faraz Anwar on lead guitar. The music video was directed by his brother and director Yasir Jaswal. The full album was scheduled to release in 2018.[16]
Personal life
On 20 October 2020 it was announced that he has married Pakistani actress Sana Javed.[17] Beginning in 2023, the marriage was rumoured to have ended, rising to new height after both of them removed all pictures of each other from their Instagram profiles.[18] The rumour was eventually confirmed with the marriage of Sana with Shoaib Malik, with both posting pictures from their wedding on their respective Instagram pages.[19] Umair remarried in October 2023.[20]
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Filmography
Television
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