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Shani Arshad is a Pakistani 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, Na Maloom Afraad, Load Wedding, Teefa in Trouble, 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.[1][2]

Shani Arshad
Birth name	Shani Arshad
Born	Karachi, Pakistan
Origin	Karachi, Pakistan
Occupation(s)	Music Composer, Record producer, Lyricist, Singer, Music arranger
Instruments	Keyboards, Bass, Drums, Tabla
Years active	1995 – present

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.[2] He joined Eagle Record Company as a remix producer in 1998, where he was asked to make Vital Signs 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,[1] Atif Aslam, Abida Parveen, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Ali Zafar, Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan, Zeb Bangash, Meesha Shafi, QB, Hadiqa Kiyani, Shehzad Roy,[1][3] Fakhir, Strings, Haroon, Jimmy Attre, Raheem Shah, Najam Sheraz, Fakhar-e-Alam, Aamir Zaki, 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 Lux Style Awards and also twice for The Muzik Awards. He also appeared in #CokeStudio9 and #CokeStudio10 as a singer and a music producer.[2]

Filmography

• Main Hoon Shahid Afridi (2013)[1][2]
• Na Maloom Afraad (2014)[1][2]
• Jawani Phir Nahi Ani (2015)[4][1]
• Bin Roye (2015)[2]
• Actor in Law (2016)[2]
• Na Maloom Afraad 2 (2017)
• Punjab Nahi Jaungi (2017)
• 7 Din Mohabbat In (2018)[5]
• Teefa in Trouble (2018)
• Load Wedding (2018)[6]
• Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2 (2018)
• The Donkey King (2018)
• Sherdil (2019)
• Ishrat Made in China (2022)
• Dum Mastam (2022)
• Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad (2022)
• London Nahi Jaunga (2022)

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Studio

HM Studios, Karachi

Television composer

• Geo News Music ID
• TV One News Music ID
• Dunya News Music ID
• Har Pal Geo Music ID
• Geo Super Theme Song ("Jiyo Tou Aisay") (also singer)

Coke Studio Composer

Shani Arshad composed the following songs:

• "Nimma Nimma" (composer and singer)
• "Julie" sung by Ali Zafar
• "Meri Meri" sung by Rizwan Butt and Sara Haider
• "Bholay Bhhalay" Saiyan sung by Meesha Shafi
• "Maula-e-Kull" sung by Abida Parveen
• "Lathay Di Chadar Uttay" sung by QB and Farhan Saeed
• "Luddi Hay Jamalo" sung by Humaira Arshad and Ali Sethi
• "Saddaa" sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
• "Maula Tera Noor" sung by Shafqat Amanat Ali[2]
• "Bol" sung by Shafqat Amanat Ali
• "Aaj Rung Hai" sung by Amjad Sabri and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan (with Shani Arshad as one of the musicians)[7][2]

Film songs as a singer

Year	Song	Film
2016	"Actor in Law"	Actor in Law
2017	"Chal Hug Lay"	Na Maloom Afraad 2
2018	"Faqeeran"	Load Wedding
	"Ishq Larra"	7 Din Mohabbat In

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 (Hum TV)
• Raaz-e-Ulfat
• Noor-e-Azal
• Fitoor
• Mere Apne

Awards and recognition

• Best Music Award by ARY Film Awards for Shani Arshad for the soundtrack of Jawani Phir Nahi Ani (2015 film)[4]

References

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