Roxen (band)

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Roxen
Origin Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Genres
Years active2004 - present
Labels
Members
Past members
  • Jawad (Jodi)
  • Omar Halim
Website facebook.com/officialmustafazahid

Roxen (Urdu : روزنtransl.Hope) is a Pakistani rock band from Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. The band had a debut studio album Rozen-e-Deewar , released in 2006. Following this, the band had singles "Toh Phir Aao" and "Tera Mera Rishta" which featured as soundtracks for the Bollywood movie Awarapan in 2007.

Contents

Music

Roxen was formed back in September 2002 with initial line up of Mustafa "Musti" Zahid, Jawad, known onstage as Jodi, and Omar. Their debut song was "Yaadein". After a couple of months they came out with web release of the demo song, "Toh Phir Aao". The song registered over 65000 downloads in one month. [1]

Roxen's debut album, Rozen-E-Deewar, was released on 31 August 2006, on Fire Records in Pakistan, Hom Records in India and on Sangeet Records in the United States, Canada, and the Middle East.

The release date for Roxen's second album Bhoola Samundar, has not been announced. The album is scheduled to be released by Universal Music. [2]

In 2015, Roxen released their single "Anjanay Raaston" for the drama series Mere Khwaab Lauta Do.

Discography

Albums

YearTitleLabel
2006 Rozen-e-Deewar Fire Records
CancelledBhoola Samundar

Bollywood

YearSongFilm
2007"Toh Phir Aao" Awarapan
"Tera Mera Rishta"
2009"Khuda Kay Liye" Runway
2012"Gunaah" Blood Money
"Teri Yaadon Se"
"Jo Tere Sang"
2013"Hum Jee Lenge" Murder 3
"Yeh Junoon Mera" Shootout at Wadala
"Bhula Dena" Aashiqui 2
2014"Mainay Khudko" Ragini MMS 2
"Teray Bina" Heropanti
"Zaroorat" Ek Villain
"Maula Mere" Dr. Cabbie
"Teri Adaaon Mein" 3 A.M.

Pakistani drama soundtrack

YearSongDrama SerialTV Channel
2010"Tere Liye"Tere Liye ARY Digital
2015"Anjaane Raaston Mein"Mere Khwaab Lauta Do ARY Zindagi

Singles

Band members

Current members

As of 2018, the band has 3 members:

Bassist & Drummer are session player

See also

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References

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