Ali Zafar (singer) – age, family, career and much more

Ali Zafar (Urdu: علی ظفر) is a Pakistani singer-songwriter, model, actor, producer, screenwriter and painter. Zafar started his career in Pakistani television. Later, he became a popular musician.

Bio

Physical stats

Education

Family

Career

Zafar initiated his career as a sketch artist at Pearl Continental Hotel in Lahore. Later he began acting in television serials. He debuted as a television actor by acting in drama serials Kollege Jeans, Kanch Ke Par, and Landa Bazar.

Zafar was seen with Salman Khan at the audio release of the song “Ullu Da Patha” in Dubai in 2010.

Zafar sang “Jugnuon Se Bhar De Aanchal” for the 2003 film Shararat. Furthermore, he debuted as a musician with the album Huqa Pani. The album sold over 5,000,000 copies worldwide and won several awards and nominations.

Also, he won the 2004 Lux Style Award for “Best Album” and the 2008 “Best Male Artist” award at the MTV awards. He is one of the most famous pop singers in Pakistan. 

Ali released his second album Masty in November 2006. The music video for the single “Dekha” was named the most expensive music video in Pakistan. The song was also part of the Hollywood film Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.

He is currently the fourth Pakistani artist after Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Strings, and Atif Aslam to have songs featured in Hollywood films. 

Further achievemnts

In 2010, he made his debut as a leading actor in the Bollywood film Tere Bin Laden, directed by Abhishek Sharma. The film, released in July 2010, proved to be a success in India but was banned in Pakistan. Ali won IIFA, Screen, Zee Cine, and Filmfare Awards. 

In February 2011, Zafar released his third album Jhoom, which won the 2012 Lux Style Award for “Best Music Album”.

He also acted alongside Tara D’Souza in the film Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, starring Imran Khan and Katrina Kaif, released in September 2011.

Zafar also starred in the romantic comedy film Chashme Baddoor, directed by David Dhawan. The film was released in April 2013 and was declared a box office super-hit.

In 2018, Zafar starred in Ahsan Rahim’s directorial debut romantic action-comedy film Teefa in Trouble, alongside Maya Ali.

Net worth

Basically as per reports, Ali’s net worth is $16Million

Facts

• Ali’s parents were professors in Punjab University
• Ali does not smoke
• He does not drink alcohol
• At the age of 8, he made comics
• During childhood, he wanted to go in civil services
• In 2002, his and he were kidnapped while they went for dinner. Later, his family gave ransom of PKR 2.5 Million t the kidnappers
• He is fondly known as “Justin Timberlake of Pakistan”

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