19 Facts About Farhan Saeed

Farhan Saeed Butt was born on 14 September 1984 and is a Pakistani singer-songwriter, actor and entrepreneur.

Farhan Saeed made his acting debut with the drama De Ijazat Jo Tu.

Farhan Saeed had his breakthrough with Udaari, for which he received the Hum Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination.

Farhan Saeed earned wider recognition with his portrayals in Suno Chanda, Suno Chanda 2 and Mere Humsafar.

Farhan Saeed pursued a solo career and became regular to feature in Bollywood.

Farhan Saeed first rose to prominence when he joined the Lahore-based pop rock band Jal, at the age of 17, as a vocalist.

Farhan Saeed replaced Atif Aslam in 2003, who quit because of musical differences with Jal's founding member Goher Mumtaz.

In September 2011, in an exclusive interview with The Express Tribune, Farhan Saeed shocked the fans claiming that he had left Jal to pursue a solo career despite Goher Mumtaz offering him to continue his solo career while being a part of Jal.

On 8 September 2011, Farhan Saeed's departure was confirmed by Jal's guitarist Goher Mumtaz who wished him luck for his solo career.

Farhan Saeed did a collaboration with Aima Baig, Adnan Qazi and Bilal Saeed for his super hit song "Na cher malangaan nu".

Farhan Saeed made his Bollywood-singing breakthrough in 2014, by contributing a song to Vikram Bhatt's Creature 3D.

Farhan Saeed started his acting career by debuting in a leading role in the 2014 Hum TV drama serial De Ijazat Jo Tu alongside Sohai Ali Abro, Saba Hameed and Javaid Sheikh.

Farhan Saeed then played the lead role as Mohid Shuja in ARY Digital's Mere Ajnabi alongside Urwa Hocane who was the female lead.

Farhan Saeed has played the lead role of Arsh in the drama Udaari as a lawyer along with female lead Urwa.

Apart from acting in the drama, Farhan Saeed has collaborated with Hadiqa Kiani for the OST that has topped music charts all over Pakistan.

Farhan Saeed reprised his role as Arsal Jamshed Ali in the second installment of Suno Chanda alongside Iqra Aziz in 2019.

Farhan Saeed had the leading role in Karachi Se Lahore 3 with Kubra Khan as co-star, the third installment of Wajahat Rauf's successful series including the box-office hits Karachi Se Lahore and Lahore Se Aagey which would have been his feature film debut, but he had to quit the project because of music tours and concerts he was already committed to.

Farhan Saeed turned to direction with the 2018 music video of O Jaana from the singer-songwriter Hamza Malik, starring actress Iqra Aziz and featuring musicians Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Sahir Ali Bagga.

Farhan Saeed married Urwa Hocane on 16 December 2016, in Lahore, Pakistan.