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Umair Jaswal

Pakistani singer and actor (born )

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]

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/3 Islamabad.[3]

Career

Music

Jaswal started his career in by joining the rock band Qayaas and gained popularity in with the song Tanha and Umeed.[4]

He joined Coke Studio season 5 with his band in and performed the song Charkha Nolakha with Atif Aslam. Qayaas released their debut album Uss Paar in 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 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 (), playing the lead role of a nawab alongside Meesha Shafi.[11]

A year later, in , Umair made his Lollywood debut in the war epic film Yalghaar as Captain Umair.[12][13]

Discography

Coke Studio songs

Being one of the promising artist of Coke Studio, Umair has performed below songs with the grate platform.[14]

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 [16]

Personal life

On October 20, it was announced that he has married Pakistani actress Sana Javed.[17] Beginning in , 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 [20]

Filmography

Television

SerialRoleChannelYearNotes
Mor MahalNawab Asif JahanGeo TVTV debut

Film

See also

References

  1. ^ abc"Hottie of the week: Umair Jaswal". The Express Tribune. 3 March Archived from the original on 12 January
  2. ^Isani, Aamna Haider (8 May ). "Rocking on to royalty". Archived from the original on 12 January
  3. ^"MY TEEN YEARS". . Retrieved 23 December
  4. ^"Qayas to Mor-Mehal: A success story of Umair Jaswal". The Nation. 26 August Retrieved 25 December
  5. ^InpaperMagazine, From (5 August ). "The journey continues: Coke Studio Season 5". . Retrieved 25 December
  6. ^d (10 June ). "Qayaas make their presence felt". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 25 December
  7. ^d (7 October ). "Have you heard?: Umair Jaswal goes solo for Coke Studio 6". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 25 December
  8. ^Maha Mussadaq (23 October ). "Meet Umair Jaswal, the youth ambassador". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 31 August
  9. ^Maheen Shah (30 August ). "A place among the stars". TNS – The News on Sunday. Retrieved 31 August
  10. ^Hassa Ansari (8 September ). "Sammi Meri Waar: 'I received hate mail after the song'". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 14 October
  11. ^Abid, Alveena (10 February ). "Umair Jaswal set to make acting debut in Mor Mahal". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 25 December
  12. ^d (22 June ). "Yalghaar review: bullets, bombs and bad storytelling". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 25 December
  13. ^"From Waar to Yalghaar, this war takes epic proportions | Instep | ". . Retrieved 25 December
  14. ^"10 years' heritage of Coke Studio". . August Retrieved 13 November
  15. ^"Na Rahoon – an Epic Start from Umair Jaswal". 25 June
  16. ^"Umair Jaswal talks recently released debut single, negativity of Pakistani youth". The Express Tribune. 23 June Retrieved 29 October
  17. ^"Umair Jaswal, Sana Javed tie the knot | SAMAA". Samaa TV. 20 October Retrieved 20 October
  18. ^"Social media abuzz with speculations of Sana Javed and Umair Jaswal's divorce". SAMAA TV. 29 November Retrieved 23 January
  19. ^Images Staff (20 January ). "In a shock move, Shoaib Malik and Sana Javed announce their marriage". Images. Retrieved 20 January
  20. ^"Umair Jaswal reflects on life after divorce and joy in new marriage". The Express Tribune. 3 November Retrieved 25 December

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