Mustafa Zahid
Background information
Birth nameMustafa Zahid
Born (1984-12-18) 18 December 1984 (age 39)
OriginLahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • playback singer
  • musician
  • cricketer


Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Years active2004 – Present
LabelsFire Records, Saregama HMV, Sony Music, T-Series
Member ofRoxen[1]

Mustafa Zahid (born 18 December 1984) is a music composer[2] who achieved success with his 2007 singles "Toh Phir Aao" and "Tera Mera Rishta". He sang several hit songs for Bollywood movies. He is also the band leader and the lead vocalist of Roxen, a rock band which was formed in 2004.[3]

Early life

Mustafa was born in Lahore. He is the cousin of Ali Azmat,[4] who was the lead vocalist of the famous rock band Junoon, and is also related to the late Sufi kalam singer, actor, director and producer Inayat Hussain Bhatti.[5] From childhood he never thought that he would become a singer. He was daring from his young age and done anchoring for the college function. During that he was asked to sing some song by the professors. He hesitatingly sang bheegi bheegi raton me song for about 2 lines. From this he got lot of motivation to become a singer.[6]

Mainstream and Bollywood

In mid-2007, two of his songs were used in the Bollywood movie Awarapan Mustafa Zahid has sung over a dozen Bollywood songs including massive hits in movies like Aashiqui 2 and Ek Villain[7] Mustafa is also top 3 most followed artist of Pakistan on Spotify with over 5.5 million followers.

Roxen

Main article: Roxen (band)

Their debut album titled Roxen-E-Dewaar was released in late 2006 and remained on top of all charts in South Asia for almost six weeks. The Indian release of the album was in mid December 2008. Universal Music has signed Mustafa Zahid and Roxen (band) for a worldwide release of their Upcoming Album.[8][9]

Discography

Albums

Year Song Note
2006 Rozen-e-Deewar Fire Records

Singles

Year Song Note
2008 Bujh Hai Gaya Official Music Video
2010 Karam Ker Day Various Artist Song
2011 Dil Mein Tum Revised with Bunny
2012 Na Ker Deewana Official Music Video
2013 Diye Se Diya Jalao Various Artist Song (Music Video)
2015 Yeh Banday Mitti Kay Banday Tribute
2016 Yeh Meri Zindagi Hay Single
2018 Meray Saathiya Official Music Video
2020 Ranjhna Ve In The Box by Saad Sultan
2021 Kaisay Jiyein Official Music Video (Song from Roxen's Unreleased Album Bhoola Samundar)
TBA Chupana Bhi Coming Soon
TBA Piya Coming Soon
TBA Roxen Roxen Coming Soon (Song from Roxen's Unreleased Album Bhoola Samundar)

Bollywood

Year Song Film Music Director(s)
2007 "Toh Phir Aao" Awarapan Pritam
"Tera Mera Rishta"
2009 "Khuda Ke Liye" Runway Shamir Tandon
2012 "Gunaah" Blood Money Jeet Gannguli
"Jo Tere Sang"[10]
"Teri Yadoon Se" Pranay Rijia
2013 "Hum Jee Lenge"[11] Murder 3 Roxen
"Yeh Junoon Mera" Shootout at Wadala Mustafa Zahid
"Bhula Dena" Aashiqui 2 Jeet Gannguli
2014 "Maine Khud Ko" Ragini MMS 2 Pranay Rijia
"Tere Binaa" Heropanti[12] Mustafa Zahid
"Zaroorat" Ek Villain Mithoon
"Maula Mere" Dr. Cabbie Yann Simhon, Igor Vraba, and Ken Worth
"Teri Adaaon Mein" 3 A.M. Mannan, Raeth, Bruno and Pranay Rijia

Replaced Bollywood Songs

Year Song Film Music Director(s) Replaced Singer(s)
2019 "Intezaari" Article 15 Anurag Saikia Armaan Malik
"Ki Honda Pyar" Jabariya Jodi Vishal Mishra Arijit Singh
"Ek Mulaqat" Dream Girl Meet Bros Altamash Faridi
"Main Janta Hoon" The Body Shamir Tandon Jubin Nautiyal
TBA "Mujhse Door" N/A DJ AKS and DJ Suketu N/A

Lollywood

Year Song Film Music Director(s)
2016 "Udasiyaan"[13] Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hay[14] Soch, Udan Khatola, and Sohail Haider
"Udasiyan" (Slow Version)

Drama Soundtrack

Year Song Drama Serial TV Channel
2010 "Tere Liye" Tere Liye ARY Digital
2015 "Anjaane Raaston Mein" Mere Khwaab Lauta Do[15]
2019 "Dil Kiya Karay" Dil Kiya Karay GEO Entertainment

International

Year Single Artists Record Label
2013 Turn the Night Up (DJ AKS Remix) Enrique Iglesias, DJ AKS, Mustafa Zahid Universal Music India

References

  1. ^ "Turn the Night up - DJ AKS Remix Featuring Mustafa Zahid (Full Song) - Enrique Iglesias - Download or Listen Free - JioSaavn".
  2. ^ "Roxen shining through". sameenamer.blogspot. 20 May 2006. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Roxen all set for another Bollywood chartbuster". Archived from the original on 2 December 2008. Retrieved 18 March 2009.
  4. ^ ""The family connection"". The Express Tribune.
  5. ^ "Lord of the Roxen – Mustafa Zahid", Runaway Pakistan.
  6. ^ "Bollywood is a lot of hard work". The Friday Times. 31 July 2014.
  7. ^ "Pakistani rock band ROXEN petrified! - bollywood news : glamsham.com".
  8. ^ "Universal Music signs Roxen and Mustafa". 7 August 2013.
  9. ^ "Roxen's second album to come out in India". The Express Tribune. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  10. ^ "'Jo Tere Sang': Roxen returns with Blood Money". The Express Tribune. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  11. ^ "Hum Jee Lenge was initially a break-up song: Mustafa Zahid". The Express Tribune. 14 February 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  12. ^ "Mustafa Zahid sings for Tiger Shroff in HEROPANTI". Bollyspice.com. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  13. ^ "Udaasiyan making it to the top on Indian You Tube". The Nation. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  14. ^ "Mustafa Zahid to sing for 'Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hai'". The Express Tribune. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  15. ^ "People think I don't want to work in Pakistan: Mustafa Zahid - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2017.

External links


Authority control databases: Artists
Categories