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Sadaf Fayyaz

Education and Background:

Currently studying at Bahria University Islamabad, doing Business Management, last year of graduation.

Inspiration:

Outlandish, Nas, Tupac, Biggie Smalls, Big Pun, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Junoon. Acting: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci & Edward Norton

How I got interested in music:

Well I’d been writing poems and was good at writing essays and stuff so it inspired me for writing songs and that’s how I got into songwriting. Later, I started rapping my written verses and then I figured I could sing too after I started doing some home-recordings and stuff. Then I got to meet Asad Kamal one day, I was 15 at that time and I recorded my debut single “Kar De” at his Studio 051. That’s just about it {Read More…}

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By Madeeha Syed

“I’m going to work in Bollywood some day… act in a lead role,” said Ali Zafar to a friend who was accompanying him on a trip to Mumbai some six-odd years ago.

“That’s never going to happen,” shot back the friend. “Bollywood has never cast a Pakistani in a lead role before. It simply hasn’t happened yet.”

“Yes, but there’s always a possibility,” retorted Ali.

Fast-forward six years and it has finally happened. Ali Zafar has been cast as a lead actor in a Bollywood production titled Teray Bin Laden (TBL). A comedy film, he plays an ambitious Pakistani journalist who concocts a fake video of Osama bin Laden in order to further his career and move to America. The film is lined up for release this summer, but what is interesting to note is that Ali had been working on the film for the past two years, and during this time he kept it a well-guarded secret until the release date was confirmed. {Read More…}

Pleasurable Time for Fringe Benefits’ Fans

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Sadaf Fayyaz

These are good news for the fans of Fringe Benefits. Fringe Benefits was a renowned band in early nineties with two good-looking young boys. A two member group with vocalist Shehryar and Keyboardist Mohemmed Ali, did a marvelous job with two of their song “Tanhai” and “Yeh Zindagi”, aired on Ghazanfar Ali’s Music Channel Charts. After Vital Signs and Awaz, the two most influential bands of Pakistan, this was a time when some new and fresh bands started their music. Many singers started their journey with Music Channel Charts. The band also did a peace song “Pyar Diyan Gallan” with Arid Zone and Fakhr-e-Alam. The album “Tanhai” did pretty well in the mid- nineties. After so many years, the band has decided to do some music again. There was a small session with Shehryar Kureshi of the band. {Read More…}

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Sadaf Fayyaz

Daniyal shares his views on his debut Find Heaven with koolmuzone. Besides depicting a love or peace kind of message in his music, he has made a song on an entirely different and serious issue. After a very long time, something out-of-the-box has come up.

Tell something about your education and background.

Daniyal: I grew up in Lahore and did my schooling from Aitchison College. After that I went to a small liberal arts college called Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. I managed to live with people from every major religion while I was in college and I learnt a lot from them. I graduated with a Math and Economics double major and I am currently doing Business Development at a biotech firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts. {Read More…}

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Sadaf Fayyaz

My Education: Bachelor’s of Arts (Honors) in Economics and International Studies from Trinity College, USA.

My Childhood: I am still a child

My Inspiration: Hemant Kumar, Muhammad Rafi, Geeta Dutt, Saleem Raza, Ahmed Rushdie, Asha, Nayarra Noor, Guru Dutt,  Prasoon Joshi,  Khurshid Anwar, O.P Nayar, Sohail Rana, Farida Khanum, Iqbal Bano, Asha Bhosle, Geeta Dutt, Muhammad Rafi, Manna Dey, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Abida Parveen, Begum Akhtar, Noor Jehan, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Amanat Ali Khan, Salamat Ali Khan and Talat Mehmood.

My inspiration (lyrics): Sahir Ludhianvi and Javed Akhtar

My Interests: Music, Films, advertising, peace, social Identity issues

My Favorite Bands: Strings {Read More…}

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“India is a bigger market. But the project has to have some kind of credibility.”- Hadiqa Kiani
In a candid interview with Instep, Hadiqa Kiani opens up about music, motherhood and everything in between…

By Maheen Sabeeh

Critics may have slammed her for being a Nazia Hassan imitator when Hadiqa Kiani first started out. Her debut album, Raaz (1995) still managed to make a mark. From the early days of ‘Jaan E Jaan’ to ‘Mann Di Mauj’, Hadiqa continued to experiment. With her second record, Hadiqa tossed the “imitator” tag aside. Critics and fans were waking up to her rising star power in an industry where female musicians were still a long lost dream.

With Roshni (1999), Hadiqa began her string of even more wild videos. Whether it was The Matrix-inspired ‘Dupatta’ or the wholesome ‘Boohey Barian’ – Hadiqa Kiani kept reaching for the stars and more. {Read More…}

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Khaver Siddiqi

Shallum Xavier has been a staple musician for nearly a decade. It was his guitars and tunes that brought about Fuzon, combined with the singing prowess of Shafqat Amanat Ali and maestro composer Immu. The three of them took the music scene by storm and even though Shafqat might have left, they now have Rameez and are stronger than ever. But where does that leave Shallum’s solo project? A project comprised of a collection of songs composed, co-written, and performed by Shallum along with other local–and even international–musicians.  Have Immu and Rameez heard the album? “Yes, they have, ” said Shallum. “And they’re very supportive.” {Read More…}

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Sadaf Fayyaz

1)      My Education: MBA……….. Skipped all the other grades

2)      My Childhood: A wonderful memory

3)      My Current Education: You wouldn’t wanna know

4)      My Inspiration: Life

5)      My Guitar: Washburn and Ibanez

6)      My Band: Kabhee Hota Tha

7)      First instrument I learnt playing: Guitar

8)      My Pastimes: Movies {Read More…}