Ali Azmat

Ali Azmat Butt (born 20 April 1966) is a Pakistani singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He is best known as the lead singer for the influential Sufi rock band Junoon and for his subsequent solo career, followed by an acting career.

Early life and education Ali Azmat was born in Havelian, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, into a family of ethnic Kashmiri descent, where his grandfather was posted as the station master of the Havelian railway station. He grew up in Garhi Shahu, Lahore and speaks Punjabi as his native language. While with them, Azmat wrote his legendary hit song "Dosti". He later sang and recorded "Dosti" with Junoon, after which the song gained national fame.

The band's 1995 album, Inquilaab, was a major hit and its only single, "Jazba-e-Junoon", was a super hit and topped the charts, it became the band's signature song and national song of 1996 Cricket World Cup and the Pakistan national cricket team. Azmat gained further success after the release of the Sufi rock hit single "Sayonee" from their fourth album Azadi (1997).

Solo career Afterthe breaking up of Junood, Azmat released his first solo album Social Circus (2005),

Acting career He launched his acting career in the 1990s with Talaash, a telefilm featuring the group Junoon, and later in cinema with notable roles in box-office hits such as Waar (2013) and The Legend of Maula Jatt (2022).

Politics Ali Azmat is close to Islamist defence analyst Zaid Hamid and hosted his TV show Iqbal Ka Pakistan in 2008–2009, where both discussed the philosophy of Allama Iqbal and a supposed Zionist conspiracy against the Islamic world.

Awards and nominations Junoon won the Best International Group award at the Channel V Awards in New Delhi in 1998, – 3rd Jazz IM Award (2006) Won - Best Pop Male Artist.

Klashinfolk "Garaj Baras", "Mein Challa" Coke Studio Season 1 2010 "Josh-e-Junoon" Josh-e-Junoon

Bum Phatta Chalta Mein Jaaon

"Maula", "Yeh Jism Hai Toh Kya" Jism 2 Josh

Waar "Babu Bhai" Coke Studio Season 6

"Rangeela" Coke Studio Season 8 "Main To Yahin Hoon Lekin" Main Aur Charles 2016 "Man Kunto Maula" Coke Studio Season 9 2018 "Dil Hai Pakistani" Coke Studio Season 11 2024 "Mannippu" Kanguva

Filmography Television

Films