14 Facts About Ali Azmat

Ali Azmat Pacha was born on 20 April 1966 and is a Pakistani singer-songwriter, musician and actor.

Ali Azmat is best known as the lead singer for the influential Sufi rock band Junoon and for his subsequent solo career later followed by a career as an actor as well.

Ali Azmat Pacha was born in Havelian, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, into a family of ethnic Kashmiri descent, where his grandfather was posted as station master of Havelian railway station.

Ali Azmat grew up in Garhi Shahu, Lahore and speaks Punjabi as his native language.

Ali Azmat's father Nazir Ahmed Butt was a middle-class businessman who died in 2013.

Ali Azmat started out his career with Jupiters in 1986, based in his hometown of Lahore.

Ali Azmat later sang and recorded "Dosti" with Junoon, after which the song gained national fame.

Ali Azmat released his first album Junoon with the band.

Ali Azmat's vocals featured on all the songs except for Khwaab, Jiyain and Jogiya.

Ali Azmat gained further success after release of the Sufi rock hit single "Sayonee" from their fourth album Azadi.

Ali Azmat released further four albums Klashinkfolk in 2008, Josh-e-Junoon whose title track "Josh-e-Junoon" became the anthem for the Pakistan cricket team during the 2011 Cricket World Cup, Bum Phatta and Chalta Main Jaun.

Ali Azmat stepped into Bollywood in 2003, when his single "Garaj Baras" from Junoon's album Azadi was used for the movie Paap.

In 2012, Ali Azmat recorded two songs "Yeh Jism Hai Toh Kya" and "Maula" for Bollywood erotic thriller Jism 2.

Ali Azmat launched his acting career in the 1990s with Talaash, a telefilm featuring the group Junoon, and later in cinema with notable roles in box-office hits such as Waar and The Legend of Maula Jatt.