Umair Jaswal

Umair Jaswal is a Pakistani film, television actor, singer-songwriter and music producer from Islamabad. He was also lead vocalist of the rock band Qayaas. Umair is the brother of singers Yasir Jaswal and Uzair Jaswal.[1]

Umair Jaswal
عمير جسوال
NationalityPakistani
Occupation
  • Singer
  • Songwriter
  • Music Producer
  • Actor
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2020)​
Relatives
Musical career
Genres
  • Pop
  • Rock
InstrumentsVocals
Years active2008–present
LabelsCoke Studio
Associated acts
Websitewww.umairjaswal.com

Life and career

Jaswal started his career in 2008 by joining the rock band Qayaas. Umair gained popularity in 2009 with the song ‘Tanha’ and ‘Umeed’. He joined Coke Studio season 5 with his band in 2012 and performed the song Charkha Nolakha with Atif Aslam. Qayaas released their debut album Uss Paar in 2011 with Umair as a lead vocalist. The songs ‘Halaak’ and ‘Inquilaab’ from the album were featured in the film Waar. In Coke Studio season 6, Umair decided to go solo. He performed the song ‘Khayal’ on the first episode of Coke Studio season 6 which was also featured in film Waar.[2] In 2013 Umair was nominated as Pakistan's youth ambassador by the International Human Rights Commission.[3] In Coke Studio season 8 Umair performed the song "Sammi Meri Waar" with QB which received more than two million views in two weeks.[4] In an interview to The Express Tribune he told that he also received hate mails after release of the song. Umair said: "Man! I’ve received audio messages from places like Iraq. The main idea behind doing this song was to penetrate a bigger market and fortunately that is exactly what happened".[5] Umair made his Lollywood debut in the war epic film Yalghaar as Captain Umair.[6] He also made his television debut by appearing in the serial Mor Mahal (2016), playing the lead role of a nawab alongside Meesha Shafi. In an interview Jaswal said, "I'm honored to be a part of the biggest Pakistani television production to date. I’m sharing the screen with some of the best actors in the industry. Sarmad is a phenomenal storyteller and Sarmad Sehbai a wordsmith second to none. I can’t wait to share the project with the viewers."[7]

On October 20,2020 it was announced that he has married the Pakistani female actor Sana Javed[8] .

Discography

Filmography
No.FilmRoleYearNotes
1.YalghaarCaptain Umair2016Lollywood debut

Television OSTs
No.SerialRoleChannelYearNotes
1.Mor MahalNawab Asif JahanGeo TV2016debut

Coke Studio songs

Being one of the promising artist of Coke Studio, Umair has performed below songs with the grate platform.[9]

  • Charkla Nolaka – Coke Studio Season 5
  • Khayaal – Coke Studio Season 6
  • Sammi Meri Waar – Coke Studio Season 8
  • Khaki Banda – Coke Studio Season 9
  • Sasu Mangay – Coke Studio Season 9
  • Dam Mast Qalandar – Coke Studio Season 10
  • Chal Raha Hoon – Coke Studio Season 12
  • Har Funn Maula - Coke Studio Season 13

First Solo album
  • Na Rahoon – New single released from most waited solo album of Umair Jaswal,[10] featuring Faraz Anwar on lead guitar. The music video was directed by his brother and a very famous director Yasir Jaswal. Full album is schedule to release in this 2018.[11]

See also

References
  1. "Hottie of the week: Umair Jaswal". The Express Tribune. 3 March 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  2. Mariam Shafiq. "Umair Jaswal – The Man Who Mesmerized Us All!". Reviewit.pk. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. Maha Mussadaq (23 October 2013). "Meet Umair Jaswal, the youth ambassador". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  4. Maheen Shah (30 August 2015). "A place among the stars". TNS – The News on Sunday. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  5. Hassa Ansari (8 September 2015). "Sammi Meri Waar: 'I received hate mail after the song'". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  6. Huda (17 April 2013). "The Jaswal Brothers: Taking Pakistani Music Industry Forward". Blush.com.pk. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  7. Satish Umair (21 January 2016). "Mor Mahal: Umair Jaswal's upcoming attraction!". IBEX. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  8. "Umair Jaswal, Sana Javed tie the knot | SAMAA". Samaa TV. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  9. "10 years' heritage of Coke Studio". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  10. https://blogs.dunyanews.tv/22140/
  11. "Umair Jaswal talks recently released debut single, negativity of Pakistani youth". The Express Tribune. 23 June 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
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