Shahzad Hasan (also known as Shahi Hasan), is a Pakistani musician,

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, occasional actor,

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ist,

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and music industry executive. Co-founding the

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and rock band,

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, with

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in 1986, he earned recognition of playing bass guitar and as an original member of Vital Signs. In addition to his role as the band's

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and

, he has undertaken many other roles for the band, such as producing and co-producing their

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, producing backstage music for the popular television series, '' Coke Studio''. In Pakistan, he has been cited as one of the greatest bassist in the country as well as earned much respect in the country for producing the music. In 2003, he composed the song ''Mann Ki Lagan'' for the movie ''

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'', the lyrics being penned by

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, the song that launched the

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career of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. In 2013, he came recently came in the limelight after collaborating with various musicians to compose the ''Naya Pakistan''and currently hosting the music competitive show, ''Cornetto Youth Icon'' on MTV Pakistan. In April 2013, Hasan joined Meesha Shafi,

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and Alamgir as a judge on the immensely popular singing talent show ''

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'' aired on

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. Recently in 2017, he appeared as one of the judges in Pepsi Battle of the Bands season 2, he was the only judge retained from the earlier ''BoB'' edition back in 2002.

References

External links

Shahi Hassan twitter page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hasan, Shahzad Living people Pakistani male singers Pakistani bass guitarists Coke Studio (Pakistani TV program) Musicians from Karachi Pakistani record producers 1967 births Male bass guitarists