Ali Zafar discography

Ali Zafar is a Pakistani pop and rock singer-songwriter.^[1][2] He debuted as a singer with song "Channo" in 2003, and sang his first movie song "Jugnuon Se Bhar De Aanchal" in the same year. He has released three studio albums and has composed three soundtrack albums. He has sung for Hindi cinema from 2010 to 2016. His discography also includes songs for Pakistani films and dramas. He also has recorded many singles, covers, poetries, and has sung for TV commercials and brands, notably Coke Studio Pakistan, ISPR, and Pakistan Super League.

Ali Zafar discography
Ali Zafar at 2014 India's Fly Beyond Awards.
Studio albums	3
Soundtrack albums	3
Coke Studio Pakistan	17
Pakistan Super League	5
ISPR	5

In September 2015, Zafar established a studio in his new house and named it Lightingale Studios.^[3] In February 2020, he launched Lightingale Records, a music label with an intention to mentor and highlight the talents of new artists.^[4]

Albums

Studio albums

Studio album

Year	Title	Genre	Label	Tracks
2003	Huqa Pani	Pop	Pan Rhythm, Empire	10
2006	Masty	Pop Rock	Frankfinn, Fire	9
2011	Jhoom	Sufi Pop	YRF, Alif, Coke Studio	12
TBA	Husn[5] †	Sufi	Lightingale[6]	"Maula"[7] "Husn"[8] "Main Nahi Hoon"[9]

Soundtrack albums

Soundtrack album

Year	Title	Genre	Label	Tracks
2012	London, Paris, New York	Filmi Soundtrack	Sony	7
2014	Total Siyapaa		T-Series	5
2018	Teefa in Trouble		Lightingale, Junglee	6

Extended plays

Extended play

Year	Title	Genre	Label	Tracks
2023	#IDontWannaTalk		Lightingale	"Akhiyaan"[10] "Raat Din" with Danny Zee[11] "Raati Chann" with Buggs & Ozzy[12] "Chal Dil Mere" (Lo-Fi Mix)[a][13] "Chori Chori"
TBA	To The Moon †	Hip Hop	Lightingale, FM	"Sushi // Woofer Paar De" with Danny Zee ft. Mykko Montana[14]

• Compilation album: Dhanak Kay Rang (2020)^[b]

Soundtracks

Films

Pakistani films

Year	Song	Film	Music	Lyrics	Co-singer(s)	Notes
2003	"Jugnuon Se Bhar Le Aanchal"	Shararat	Wajahat Attray	Aqeel Ruby	Shabnam Majid	Zafar's solo version was added in Huqa Pani.[15]
2011	"Love Mein Ghum"	Love Mein Ghum	Waqar Ali			[16]
2016	"Jungle Medley"	Lahore Se Aagey	Shiraz Uppal	various artists		"Channo"[a]
2022	"Ghabrana Nahi Hai"	Ghabrana Nahi Hai	Shuja Haider
	"Dil Karey"	Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad	Shani Arshad	Khawaja Danish	Nish Asher	[17]
2023	"Huey Tum Ajnabi"	Huey Tum Ajnabi	Baqir Abbas	Abass Tabish		Inspired by Faiz Ahmad Faiz's poetry "Hum Kay Thehray Ajnabi"[18][19]
	"Tooti Si Dunya"	Allahyar and the 100 Flowers of God	Himself, Hassan Badshah	Himself		[20]

Hindi films

Year	Song	Film	Music	Lyrics	Co-singer(s)	Notes
2010	"I Love Amreeka"	Tere Bin Laden	Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy	Jaideep Sahni	Akriti Kakar, Anusha Mani Also ft. Shankar Mahadevan's voice in the album
	"Ullu Da Pattha"
	"Welcome To Amreeka"
	"Bas Ek Soch"		Ali Zafar			Single from the album
2011	"F.U.N. Fun Funna"	Luv Ka The End	Ram Sampath	Amitabh Bhattacharya		[21]
	"Madhubala"	Mere Brother Ki Dulhan	Sohail Sen	Irshad Kamil	Shweta Pandit	ft. Sreerama Chandra in film version
	"Meri Pyaari Piya"					Deleted song, but a part of it was ft. in the film[22]
2013	"Early Morning" (Remix Version)	Chashme Baddoor	Sajid–Wajid	Jalees Sherwani	Rap by Limitless	Single; Sonu Nigam's voice ft. in the film
	"Dhichkyaaon Doom Doom"				Shreya Ghoshal	Wajid's version was also added in the album.[c]
	"Andha Ghoda Race Mein Dauda"			Neelesh Misra	Wajid	[d]
2014	"Nakhriley"	Kill Dil	Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy	Gulzar	Shankar Mahadevan, Mahalakshmi Iyer, Narration by Gulzar
2015	"DJ"	Hey Bro	Nitz 'N' Sony	Pranav Vatsa	Sunidhi Chauhan	[d]
2016	"Six Pack Abs"	Tere Bin Laden: Dead or Alive	Ali Zafar
	"Tu Hi Hai"	Dear Zindagi	Amit Trivedi	Kausar Munir	Arijit Singh's songs were added in the album.[c][23][24]
	"Taarefon Se"

Other films

• 2010: "Dekha" (from Masty) in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps^[25]
• 2024: "Dil Jhoom" in Crakk was recreated from Jhoom^[26]

TV series

Year	Song	Title	Lyrics	Music	Co-Singer(s)	Notes
2011	"Dastan-e-Ishq"	Mein Mer Gai Shaukat Ali (A-Plus TV)	[e]
2012	"Zindagi Gulzar Hai"	Zindagi Gulzar Hai	Ali Zafar			[27]
2013	"Channo"	Burka Avenger				[28][a]
	"Awaaz Mein Teri"	Pakistan Idol				[29]
2019	"Dil ka Dil se hua hai Ehd-e-Wafa"	Ehd-e-Wafa	Imran Raza	Sahir Ali Bagga	Bagga ft. Zafar, Asim Azhar and Aima Baig	[30][b]
2020	"Mushk"	Mushk	Aehsun Talish	Naveed Nashad		[31]
2021	"Pehli Si Muhabbat"	Pehli Si Muhabbat	Asad Shah	Goher Mumtaz		Awarded as Singer of the Year for unplugged version[32][33]
	"Pareshan Kyun Lage Tu"	Chupke Chupke	Zafar, Naveed Nashad		Nirmal Roy	[34][35]
2022	"Hum Tum"	Hum Tum	Qamar Nashad	Naveed Nashad	Damia Farooq
	"Mere Dildar Sanam"	Fraud	Zafar		Hina Nasarullah	[36]
2025	"My Dear Cinderella"	My Dear Cinderella	Bagga		Afshan Fawad
	"Dil Tera Ho Gaya"	Shirin Farhad	Qasim Dahir, Hassan Rai		Amna Rai	[37]
	"Mere Dushmano"	Humraaz	Qamar Nashad	Naveed Nashad		[38]

Singles

Patriotic songs

List of songs about Pakistan

Year	Song	Lyrics	Music	Co-singer(s)	Notes
2007	"Yeh Hum Naheen"	Ali Moeen	Shuja Haider	various	[39]
2015	"Urain Ge"	Ali Zafar			Tribute to the victims of 2014 Peshawar school massacre[40]
	"Hanstay Hanstay"				[b][f][41]
2016	"Yaarian"		Sahir Ali Bagga	Atif Aslam	[b][f][42]
	"Hum Roshan to Kal Roshan"			ft. Sanam Marvi	by Medical Department of Sindh[43]
2017	"Watan Ki Jeet"				[b][f][44]
	"Qaumi Taranah"	Hafeez Jalandhari	Ahmed Ghulam Ali Chagla ft. Zafar
2019	"Jaan De Deinge"	Ali Zafar			[45][g]
2020	"Ye Watan Tumhara Hai"	Kaleem Usmani[46]	Tribute to the medical and security staff for fighting against COVID-19 and protecting lives; rendition of Mehdi Hassan's patriotic song Co-singer Iqrar Ul Hassan in 2021[h][47]
	"Pakistani na Haarein ge"	Imran Raza	Bagga ft. Zafar, Shafqat Amanat Ali, Hadiqa Kiani, Asim Azhar, Nabeel Shaukat Ali		Awareness for COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan
	"Kaam Kaam Kaam"	re-written, composed and sung by Zafar; Muhammad Ali Jinnah's message[h] (co-released by Diamond Supreme Foam)
2021	"Aik Qaum, Aik Manzil"	Abid Hassan	Zafar along with producer Sarmad Ghafoor	Aima Baig	[b][g][48]
	"Hum Mazdoor"	Rehman Faris	Hassan Badshah		Tribute to the labourers of Pakistan on Labour Day[49]
	"You Have Stolen My Heart"	Liang Peng	Tiang Yi, Ling Shengxian	Miang Xinqi	Debut in Chinese language, released on 70th anniversary of China–Pakistan relations[50]
	"Aye Watan Pyare Watan"		Akhtar Hussain		Tribute to Amanat Ali Khan[h][47]
	"Mein Ura"	Ali Zafar			Tribute to Pakistan Air Force[f][51]
2022	"Hum Mustafavi Hain"	Jamiluddin Aali	Music recreated by Zafar and Baqir Abbas for 2022 Islamic Summit Conference,[g] anthem released by Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Information & Broadcasting; originally composed by Sohail Rana and sung by Mehdi Zaheer for 2nd Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Summit[52][53]

Coke Studio

Coke Studio Pakistan

Year	Season	Song	Co-singer(s)	Notes
2008	1	"Rangeen"		[a][54]
		"Janay Na Koi"		[i][55]
		"Channo"		[a][56]
		"Chal Dil Meray"		[a][57]
		"Allah Hu"	Saaein Tufail Ahmed	[e][58]
2009	2	"Dastaan-e-Ishq"		rehearsal version; later, completed in album[e][59]
		"Yar Daddi"		originally sung by Muhammad Juman[e][60]
		"Nahi Ray Nahi"		[e][61]
2015	8	"Sohni Dharti"	Season's ft. artists	[62]
		"Rockstar"		Song of the Year winner[63]
		"Ae Dil"	Sara Haider	cover from 1963 film Ek Tera Sahara[j][64]
		"Ajj Din Vehre Vich"		written by Shahnawaz Zaidi; composed by Asrar Hussain Chishti[65]
2017	10	"Qaumi Taranah"	Season's ft. artists	[66]
		"Jaan-e-Bahaaraan"		[j][67]
		"Julie"	ft. Danyal Zafar; guitar	[68]
		"Yo Soch"	Natasha Khan	[69]
		"Us Rah Par"	Ali Hamza ft. Strings	originally written by Shoaib Mansoor; sung by Junaid Jamshed and released for his 1999 album Us Rah Par[70]

Lux Style Awards

Lux Style Awards

Year	Ceremony	Song	Notes
2006	5th	"Kharayaan Day Naal"	[i]
2007	6th	"Sajania"
2012	11th	Medley	[71]
		"Mujhe Tum Nazar Sai"	tribute to Mehdi Hassan[71]
2015	14th	"Rockstar"	studio version[72]
2016	15th	"Dil Se Bara"	LSA anniversary special[73]
		"Mere Maula"	tribute to Amjad Sabri; co-singers Ali Sethi and Quratulain Balouch[73]
2017	16th	"Ishq"	[74]
2022	21st	Cultural Medley	ft. Urooj Fatima, Abid Brohi, Gul Panra, and Fortitude Pukhtoon Core

Sports

Sport in Pakistan

Year	Song	Notes
2011	"Rise For Jazba" (Jazz Pakistan)	Pakistan cricket team's songs for 2011 Cricket World Cup[75]
	"Duniya Hai Dil Walon Ki" (Pepsi Pakistan)
2015	"Ab Khel Ke Dikha"	2016 Pakistan Super League's official anthem
2016	"Chakka Choka"	Islamabad United official theme song[76]
	"Life is Chest of Test"	Theme song for International PACES Competition; co-singers Damia Farooq and her sister Parisa Farooq[77][78]
2017	"Ab Khel Jamay Ga"	2017 Pakistan Super League's official anthem
2018	"Dil Se Jaan Laga De"	2018 Pakistan Super League's official anthem
2020	"Mela Loot Liya"	Cricket anthem for Pakistan ft. fans
2021	"Game Bun Gayi"	Sponsored by Garena Free Fire; ft. Rap by Alistair Alvin[79]
2022	"Dabangg"	For team DHA Dabanggs, Karachi Tape Ball Premier League
2023	"Maza Aya"	Ft. Hashim Nawaz[80]
	"Bahadur"	Ft. Abid Brohi; for team Hyderabad Bahadurs, Sindh Premier League
2024	"Khul Ke Khel"	2024 Pakistan Super League's official anthem with Aima Baig
2025	"X Dekho"	2025 Pakistan Super League's official anthem with Abrar Ul Haq, Talha Anjum, and Natasha Baig

Poetries

Year	Title	Notes
2007	"Those For Truth"	Composed by Fuzz
2008	"Where do we go from Here?"	Recited in Dawn News show TalkBack with Wajahat Saeed Khan
2017	"Aks"	Recited in Dunya News show Mahaaz with Wajahat Saeed Khan
	"Kuch to Ghalat ho Raha Hai"	[81]
2018	"Aurat"	Recited in Miss Veet 2017 Grand Finale[82]
	"Khayaal"
2019	"Haqeeqatein"
	"Hamd-o-Naat"	Dua composed by Hassan Badshah; video directed by Adnan Tariq[83]
	"Imagine"	Re-written by Zafar to reflect the context of social media; originally by John Lennon
	"Happy New Year"
2020	"Ko Ko Corona"	Rendition of Ahmed Rushdi's "Ko Ko Korina"; re-written by Zafar in view of COVID-19 pandemic[84]
	"Sukoon"	[85]
	"Tum Ghalat, Mein Sahi"
	"What happened while I was gone"	Twitter voice note
2023	"Ho Tum"	Women's day
2025	"Wey Bandiya"
	"Qaseeda Burda Shareef"	Additional lyrics by Zafar[86]
	"Aurat Wo Hai"	In wake of a tragedy; killing of Sana Yousaf, a teenage social media influencer[87]

Covers and tributes

Year	Song	Notes
2008	"Neele Neele Ambar Par"	Cover from soundtrack Kalaakaar
2010	"Ain't No Sunshine"	Cover of Bill Withers's original
2011	"Are You Lonesome Tonight?"	Tribute to Elvis Presley
	"Dil Aaj Shayar"	Cover from soundtrack Gambler; tribute to Dev Anand[88]
2014	Medleys	Tribute to Raj Kapoor, in 1st Star Box Office Awards with Ayushmann Khurrana[89]
		Tribute to Amitabh Bachchan, in grand finale of Kaun Banega Crorepati[90][91][92]
2015	"Aitebar"	Tribute to Junaid Jamshed by covering his original for album Aitebar by Vital Signs[93]
2016	"Angel"	Rendition of Taher Shah's song[94]
	"Jaane Woh Kaise Log The"	Cover from soundtrack Pyaasa
2018	"Jab Tere Sheher Se"	Cover from soundtrack Waadah
2019	"Laila o Laila"	Ft. debutant Urooj Fatima; original folk song for Culture of Balochistan by Faiz Mohammad Baloch[95]
	"Lab Pe Aati Hai Dua"	Tribute to Allama Iqbal on his birthday[96]
	"Kuch To Log Kahein Ge"	Cover from soundtrack Amar Prem[97]
2020	"Bekas Pe Karam Kijiye"	Cover from soundtrack Mughal-e-Azam
	"Allay"	For Culture of Sindh ft. Urooj Fatima and Abid Brohi[98]
2021	"Paharon Ki Qasam"	Tribute to Ali Sadpara; originally sung by Kamal Masood[99]
	"Balaghal Ula Bi Kamaalihi"	Naat about Muhammad's Isra' and Mi'raj; arrangement by Baqir Abbas, video directed by Adnan Tariq; Qawwali in memory of Ghulam Farid Sabri, Maqbool Ahmed Sabri and Amjad Sabri[100][101]
	"Larsha Pekhawar"	For Pashtun culture[102] ft. Gul Panra and Fortitude Pukhtoon Core
2023	"Faslon Ko Takalluf"	Naat written by Iqbal Azeem and originally performed by Waheed Zafar Qasmi[103]
	"O Mere Dil Ke Chain"	Cover from soundtrack Mere Jeevan Saathi
2024	"Balo Batiyan"	Collaborated with Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi to recreate his Saraiki culture folk song[104]
2025	"Karay Karay"	Collaborated with Salman Parasto recreate his Shina language song for culture of Gilgit-Baltistan[105]

Others

Year	Song	Notes
2007	"Aaja Sajna"	Hunterz ft. Zafar and Hadiqa Kiani
2012	"Tere Lai"
2014	"Chal Buleya"	At Pakistan Idol S1E35; reprise from Total Siyapaa
	"Dhichkyaaon Doom Doom"	Box office reprise, in 1st Star Box Office Awards
2016	"Mein Aur Tum"	ft. in Junoon's Door
2017	"Julie"	Live & Raw; by Patari.pk[106]
2018	"Teefa-Julie-Rockstar"	Medley at 2018 PSL opening ceremony
2019	"Sajna Door"	Live acoustic (solo); from soundtrack Teefa in Trouble
2021	"Ve Mahiya"	ft. Aima Baig; written by Hassan Badshah, music video by Adnan Qazi[107]
	"Bhaee Hazir Hai" †	Rap anthem, to be shot with top 3 fans after the rap competition[108]
	"Khushboo"
2023	"BCP Mustang"	For Beaconhouse College Programme
2024	"Yaar Di Akh"	Written by Hassan Badshah; video Zafar at Sydney's beach and Aneesa Sheikh at Los Angeles' beach[109]
	"Fade"	Zafar's wife made her first appearance[110]
	"Munda on the Rise"	with Danny Zee ft. T.I.[111]

TV commercials

Year	Song	Notes
2005–2007	"Telenor Tawkshawk"	Several songs for Telenor[112][113]
2009	"Tarang Hi Tarang Hai"	Tarang Tea whitener; ft. Reema Khan
2011	"Jazz Ke Saath"	Sang in 7 genres for Jazz
2012	"Facebook Pe Chalta Hai"	Mobilink Facebook; ft. Feroze Khan
	"Youn Chalay Ke Ballay Ballay"	Mobilink Internet; ft. Nargis Fakhri
2013	"Har Dil, Har Din"	Mobilink tune and narration
	"Dil Maange Duniya Abhi"	Pepsi Pakistan song; co-singer Ali Azmat
2014	"Youn Uray Ke Ballay Ballay"	Mobilink 3G Internet; ft. Nargis Fakhri
	"Lipta Dance"	Lipton song[114]
2015	"Barhna Hai Agay"	JS Bank song
2016	"Sprite Se Bharkao"	Sprite; ft. Sidharth Malhotra[115]
2017	"Sip Positive"	Nestlé Fruta Vitals; ft. Hania Aamir
2018	"Mario's Pasta"	Mario's Pasta[116]
	"Life Needs Flavor"	Lay's Pakistan[117]
	"Choti Choti Khushiyaan"	Royal Fans; ft. Maya Ali
	"Good Goodies"	Good Goodies cupcake[118]
2021	"Jeeto Dilon Ko"	Cookania
2022	"Let's Get Digital"	Zong[119]
	"20 Years of Celebration"	Bisconni Cocomo[120]
2024	"Chaltay Jana Hai"	Innovative Digestive Biscuits[121]

See also

• Rahat Fateh Ali Khan discography
• Atif Aslam discography
• Sahir Ali Bagga discography
• List of awards and nominations received by Ali Zafar

Extra notes

Key

†	Denotes song or film that has not been released yet

1. Reprise from Huqa Pani
2. by ISPR
3. Film version
4. Zafar was not the lead singer.
5. Also added in Jhoom
6. Defence Day special
7. Pakistan Day special
8. Independence Day special
9. Reprise from Masty
10. originally composed by Inayat Hussain and sung by Saleem Raza