The Music of Pakistan includes diverse elements ranging from music from various parts of South Asia as well as Central Asian, Middle Eastern, and modern-day Western popular music influences. With these multiple influences, a distinctive Pakistani music has emerged.
Armaghan Shahid PP, better known by his stage names Shaan Shahid or Shaan, is a Pakistani actor, producer, model, screewriter and director. Shaan has established himself as one of the most popular leading actors of Pakistan.
Mujhe Chand Chahiye is a 2000 Pakistani Urdu-language romantic film which was released in March 2000. The film was Shaan's second directorial venture and was a huge success at the box office.
Jugni is an age-old narrative device used in Punjabi folk music. It is the traditional music of the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent.
Arif Lohar is a Pakistani Punjabi folk singer. He became popular in Pakistan as well as in India after his famous song "Jugni" with Nooran Lal in 2006. He usually sings accompanied by a native musical instrument resembling tongs. His folk music is representative of the traditional folk heritage of the Punjab. He is the son of the renowned folk singer Alam Lohar.
Alam Lohar was a prominent Pakistani Punjabi folk music singer. He is credited with creating and popularising the musical term Jugni.
Majajan is a 2006 Pakistani Punjabi-language drama film directed by Syed Noor. Majajan is a love story Syed Noor says he "made most passionately". Inspired by the life of Baba Bulleh Shah and his 'Ishq' with his 'Murshad'.
Mehndi Waley Hath (2000) is a Punjabi-language Pakistani film directed by Syed Noor starring Saima, Moammar Rana and Babar Ali.
Kursi Aur Qanoon is a Pakistani Urdu language film directed by Masood Butt. Film music composer is M Ashraf and film song lyrics are by Saeed Gillani.
Qayamat is a 2003 Pakistani Urdu film directed by Sangeeta and stars Saima and Shaan.
Naag aur Nagin is a 2005 Pakistani supernatural drama film which was released on 31 December 2005. It was directed and produced by Jamshed Naqvi and written by Rukhsana Noor. The film features Saima Noor and Moammar Rana in leading characters of serpents along with Shafqat Cheema, Badar Munir, Veena Malik, Babar Ali, Irfan Khoosat and Tabinda. The plot of the film revolves around two serpents Sawak and Beena (Saima) who have disguised into the form of human beings which effects their relationship when Sawak falls for a bubbly girl Farwa who belongs to an influential family.
Channa Sachi Muchi (2010) is a Pakistani film in Punjabi language, and it was directed and produced by Ijaz Bajwa.
Bhai Log is a Pakistani Urdu film directed by Syed Faisal Bukhari, produced by Chaudhry Ijaz Kamran, with dialogues and screenplay By M. Pervaiz Kaleem. The cast includes Moammar Rana, Shamoon Abbasi, Saima Noor, Nadeem Baig, Javed Sheikh, Noor, Babrik Shah, Meera, Nayyar Ejaz, Babar Ali, and Shafqat Cheema in lead roles. The music is composed by M. Arshad. The film was released on Eid-ul-Fitr 2011. It was a moderate box office hit.
Meesha Shafi is a Pakistani-born Canadian singer, actress and model.
Ishq Khuda is a 2013 Pakistani Punjabi-language romantic film directed by Shahzad Rafique and produced by Shafquat Chaudhry. It stars Shaan Shahid, Meera, Saima, Ahsan Khan, Humaima Malick, Wiam Dahmani and Shafqat Cheema. The film was released on 9 August 2013 and was declared a commercial success.
Alif Allah (Jugni) (Punjabi: الف اللہ - جگنی), also known as Alif Allah Chambe Di Booti (Punjabi: الف اللہ چمبے دی بوٹی) is a popular Punjabi Sufi song that was composed and sung by Arif Lohar and Meesha Shafi in Coke Studio Pakistan. The lyrics of the song were based on the works of 17th century Sufi poet Sultan Bahu. It is an adaptation of Punjabi folk "Jugni" in a Sufi version.
Saima Noor is a Pakistani actress who has appeared in Punjabi and Urdu films and Pakistani dramas. After making her film debut with Khatarnaak 1990, she appeared in a wide range of successful Punjabi films, mostly in which she was starred opposite action hero Sultan Rahi. She rose to prominence when director Syed Noor introduced her in Urdu feature films, and became one of the leading and highest-paid actresses of Pakistani cinema after starring in the mainstream Punjabi-language film Choorian, which ranks among the highest grossing Pakistani films of all time. Choorian also holds the record to be one of the longest running Pakistani films showcased at a single screen cinema where it ran for five years. In the same year, Saima agreed to work in female centric action film Daku Rani which opened to mixed reviews. In 2000, she acted in the successful horror film Billi, also directed by Noor. Saima was praised for playing double roles of a fearless girl and her mother in adventure film Jungle Queen. After many successful films, her career was disturbed after the decline of Lollywood in early 2000s. However, she shot to fame again due to her performance in blockbuster film Majajan and reprise the same character in the film's sequel Zill-e-Shah. Her film Majajan ran for five years in cinemas. During the shooting of Majajan, director Syed Noor married her but kept it a secret until Saima publicly revealed in a 2007's press conference that the couple married in 2005. In 2012, she starred in another film with Noor, titled Shareeka which generated negative reviews and turned out to be a disaster.
Choorian is a Pakistani franchise films. The no. of films is 2 which is released in 1963 and 1998. Both films in a Punjabi language.
Bakhshi-Wazir were a Pakistani composer duo who created music for films, television, and radio from the 1960s to the 1990s. The duo partnered two musicians Wazir Hussain and Bakhshi from Lahore. The duo is primarily known for composing a Punjabi song "Jadon Houly Jayi Laina Mera Naa" in 1970 that became an iconic track in Pakistan's Punjabi music history.
