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| As the name ATIF ASLAM gets familiar it continues to enlighten, cogitate and provide people and many young hearted
fans that are devoted to him, to dwell on his renowned artistry and unorthodox presence.
Atif Aslam was born on 12th march 1983 in wazirabad Gujranwala, a fertile land that has given birth to a lot of
renowned leaders and intellectuals of Pakistan especially "Munno Bhayee and Ata-ul-Haq Qasmi amongst them now grows in amateur
artist, Atif himself.
Being the youngest sibling of all his brothers, he still managed to be an excellent student. He was really
laadla to his parents.
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Atif's kindergarten began at "Kimberley Hall School" in Model Town Lahore.
Atif had to face his first stage
fright in 1st grade at a fancy dress show and Atif dressed up and performed as the cricketing legend "Imran Khan". From
onwards cricket became his most wanted passion.
At the age of 9 in 1991 Atif and his family moved to Rawalpindi/Islamabad
where he continued his education at Saint Paul's school.
Atif returned to Lahore in 1995 where he continued his
studies in Divisional Public school in Model town and cleared his 10the grade at a young age of only 14 due to his double
promotions at Kimberly Hall for being an outstanding student
Atif commenced his higher secondary school (HSc) from PAF College Lahore.
His attentions were
diverting from his studies towards his cricket. He was not the best student of the class any more.
Through his consistency he emerged as a fast bowler to play and represent his school's cricket team and his schedule to
go on the nets was regular than ever.
Atif was selected for ABN AMRO bank team he was offered a first class
cricket match until he faced a failure in the subject of Chemistry at his college by just getting 29 number out of 100.
He had to face a severe reaction from his parents on this issue. and Atif has to hide and almost kill his childhood passion
for cricket.
At this point he had no interest in music but it was growing as his eldest brother who had a collection of more
than
7000 songs introduced him to all genres of music. Unconsciously he developed a taste for music and quietly started to
sing around amongst his friends and family.
He had good control over his voice. He was used to sing religious songs (Naats and Hamds) at college and people were quite
well aware of his singing sparks.....
He narrates one of his sweet memories.
"One day we all friends were sitting out of the canteen after ending up all of our pocket
money in the canteen but still every one was feeling a little hungry due to our small budgets. Suddenly a "Samosay Wala" baba
came into picture who was holding a tray of crispy samosas on his head and all the friends had a bet k agar Atif is ka sir
say samosay utha kar gaib ho gaya to aglay aik week ke liye us ko baqi sara friends treat dain gay in canteen.
I was pumped up by my friends and I decided to do this little stunt. I was walking quietly behind that samosay
wala who cannot see behind and cannot imagine what is going to happen to him. I was very near to him, I took advantage of
my height and long arm and I picked up three samosas from his tray with out any movement. Samosay walay ko kuch pata nahin
chala peechay kiya hua.
I was about to turn after hearing the clap of my friends who were sitting behind me near the canteen until i saw
a girl coming out of the library in front of me. She was the whole scene and started pointing at me while seeing that samosay
wala. It was a freighting moment but I was quick enough to take a sharp turn into one of the streets of my college and vanished.
We shared those three samosas among all the friends later on at some other spot but they were amazing, probably
the best samosas ever eaten. They paid the samosay wala later on but it was a sweet memory to him."
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan songs and Kishore Kumar were an inspiration to him. In 1998 at PAF College Lahore
and sarogodha. Atif's friends forced and encouraged him to participate in a singing event on Independence Day. while Atif
performed at that event on stage that evening people were thrilled to hear him out and therefore he won first place.
Atif
recorded the first song in his voice named "AADAT" in Mekaal Hassans studios Lahore. Mekaal Hassans injected and fused
his professionalism and experience in the song.
Atif decided to form a band named "Jal" which meant "Water" and
proceed with his singing career. The Theme behind JAL, meaning water was that it was a feeling which was blue and deep, that
if once anyone would fall into it they could not imagine themselves returning from it. Its depth was unlimited.
Blue;
which was the mother of all colors and the strongest element of nature and life; being a drop of rain which fell from the
blue sky and finally rest on to the ground which to most of us would not be the end of it; because as light would strike it,
it would disperse into 7 different colors through which a Rainbow would take into shape and finally which give meaning to
JAL itself, seven colors being born from one color blue. "Aik rung sey sath rung"
Atif first album "JAL PARI"
was released on 20th july 2004 all over the nation by a leading record label called SOUND MASTER and IC RECORDS.
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