Sanwal Esakhelvi | |
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Born | Sanwal Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi |
Alma mater | City, University of London |
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Years active | 2010-present |
Parent(s) | Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi Bazgha |
Family | Laraib Atta Bilawal Atta |
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Sanwal Khan Esakhelvi is a British-Pakistani visual effects supervisor, sound designer, singer, musician and songwriter. Before establishing himself as a singer, Esakhelvi was a professional cricketer until 2006 and has worked in British film industry as a VFX artist and sound engineer. He released his first album Teray Khayal Mein (2017) and debuted as a featured artist in the tenth-season of Coke Studio along with his father. [1]
Esakhelvi was born to veteran Saraiki singer Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi, [2] while his mother Bazgha was a renowned actress and his sister Laraib Atta is a professional VFX artist who has worked for several Oscar winning Hollywood films. [3] [4] He also has one brother, Bilawal, who is an actor and director based in London, [5] as well as also being a musician. [6] Esakhelvi graduated from City, University of London in sound engineering when an injury made him quit his professional cricket career, "I was always into sports but then an injury forced music to take over." [7]
Year | Album |
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2016 | Teray Khayal Mein |
Year | Title | Song | Lyrics | Music | Co-singer(s) |
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2017 | Ishq Tamasha - OST | Ishq Tamasha | Sanam Marvi | ||
2018 | Bisaat e Dil - OST | Bisaat e Dil | Sabir Zafar | Shuja Hyder |
Year | Season | Song | Lyrics | Music | Co-singer(s) |
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2017 | 10 | Qaumi Taranah | Hafeez Jullundhri | Strings | Season's ft. artists |
Sab Maya Hai | Strings | Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi | |||
2018 | 11 | Hum Dekhenge | Faiz Ahmed Faiz | Ali Hamza, Zohaib Kazi | Season's ft. artists |
Allah Karesi | Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi |
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