Shani Arshad is a

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film music director, songwriter, TV jingle composer, playback singer and record producer. He has composed music for various television serials and films including '' Actor in Law'', ''

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'', and '' The Donkey King''. Shani Arshad, as a music composer, has made 16 super hit films background score and 18 television Soundtracks , also he has directed 11 musical compositions in ''Coke Studio'' (Pakistan). Shani Arshad also made orchestral music with Hungarian orchestra "Budapest Film Orchestra" for the film ''The Donkey King''.Profile of Shani Arshad on Coke Studio (Pakistan) website
Published in 2016, Retrieved 6 June 2021 He earned wider recognition for composing the OST of the popular Pakistani drama serial Tere Binbr>''(Kya Hoti Hai Bewafai)''

Career

Shani Arshad was born in the home of musician Ustad Arshad Ali. He started his career as a keyboard player at an early age 15. He joined Eagle Record Company as a remix producer in 1998, where he was asked to make

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band's remix album, and that album was Shani's introduction to the pop industry. He has worked with well-known Pakistani musicians including Junaid Jamshed,

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, Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan,

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, Meesha Shafi, QB, Hadiqa Kiyani,

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, Fakhar-e-Alam,

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, Sajjad Ali. Two times ARY Films Awards winner for best music and Two times winner for best ost and best jingle at Hum TV Awards and SEPMA. Shani also has been nominated thrice for

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and also twice for The Muzik Awards. He also appeared in # CokeStudio9 and # CokeStudio10 as a singer and a music producer.

Filmography

*'' Main Hoon Shahid Afridi'' (2013) *''

'' (2014) *''

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'' (2015)Jawani Phir Nahi Ani (2015 film) is the biggest winner at ARY Film Awards 2016
Dawn (newspaper), Published 18 April 2016, Retrieved 29 March 2021 *'' Bin Roye'' (2015) *'' Actor in Law'' (2016) *'' Na Maloom Afraad 2'' (2017) *'' Punjab Nahi Jaungi'' (2017) *'' 7 Din Mohabbat In'' (2018) *''

'' (2018) *''

'' (2018) *'' Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2'' (2018) *'' The Donkey King'' (2018) *'' Sherdil'' (2019) *'' Ishrat Made in China'' (2022) *'' Dum Mastam'' (2022) *''

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'' (2022) *'' London Nahi Jaunga'' (2022) *''

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Television

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Jiyo Tou Aisay
) (also singer)

''Coke Studio'' Composer

Shani Arshad composed the following songs:
Nimma Nimma
(composer and singer)
Julie
sung by

Meri Meri
sung by Rizwan Butt and Sara Haider
Bholay Bhalay
Saiyan sung by Meesha Shafi
Maula-e-Kull
sung by

Lathay Di Chadar Uttay
sung by QB and

Farhan Saeed Farhan Saeed (born 14 September 1984) is a Pakistani singer-songwriter, actor and entrepreneur. Saeed is the former lead vocalist of the Pakistani band Jal and owns the Cafe Rock restaurant in Lahore. He sings in Urdu and Punjabi. He made hi ...

Sadaa
sung by

Maula Tera Noor
sung by

Shafqat Amanat Ali Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan (; ; born 26 February 1965) is a Pakistani pop and classical singer, songwriter, and composer belonging to the Patiala Gharana tradition of music. He was the lead vocalist of the Pakistani pop rock band Fuzön until ...

Bol
sung by Shafqat Amanat Ali
Aaj Rung Hai
sung by

Amjad Sabri Amjad Farid Sabri (23 December 1970 – 22 June 2016) was a Pakistani qawwali singer and a proponent of the Sufi Muslim tradition. Son of Ghulam Farid Sabri and nephew of Maqbool Ahmed Sabri of the Sabri Brothers, he emerged as one of So ...

and

(with Shani Arshad as one of the musicians)

Film songs as a singer

TV soundtracks

*
Tum Mere Kya Ho
' *
Dayar-e-Dil
' *
Khwab Saraye
' *
Zindagi Gulzar Hai
' *
Mohabbat Subh Ka Sitara
' *
Neelum Kinarey
' *
Jaye Kahan Yeh Dil
' *
Muqabil
' *
Ek Thi Marium
' *
Meri Guriya
' *
Khudparast
' *
Koi Chand Rakh
' *
Ramz-e-Ishq
' *
Dil Ruba
' *
Raaz-e-Ulfat
' *
Fitoor
' *
Mere Apne
'
Tere Bin (2022 TV series)
*
Behroop
' *
Siyani
' *
Farq
' *
Zakham
' *
Tere Bin
' * Khuda Janwar (2025 TBA TV serial)

Awards and recognition

* Best Music Award by ARY Film Awards for Shani Arshad for the soundtrack of ''

'' (2015 film) * Best Music Award by ARY Film Awards for Shani Arshad for the soundtrack of '' Main Hoon Shahid Afridi'' (2013 film) * Best OST Award by Hum Tv Awards for Shani Arshad for the soundtrack of ''

Diyar-e-Dil ''Diyar-e-Dil'' ( ; ) (also known as ''Dayar-e-Dil'') is a Pakistani television Pakistani drama, drama serial, that originally aired on Hum TV from 17 March 2015 to 27 October 2015, in List of Diyar-e-Dil episodes, 33 episodes.''Diyar-e-Dil'' ...

'' (2016 film) * Best Jingle Composer Award by Shaan-e-Pakistan Music Achievement Awards for Shani Arshad for the soundtrack of
7UP (TVC)
' (2018)

References

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