
Adnan Sami Khan (Urdu: عدنان سمیع خان; born 15 August 1973) is a popular British-born Pakistani singer musician, pianist, actor and composer of South Asian origin from Canada. His style merges Asian and Western styles and instrumentation and ranges from classical to jazz to modern pop-rock. He was awarded MTV's 2001 "Breakthrough Artist of the Year.
Music career
His most successful albums have been Kabhi To Nazar Milao (with Asha Bhosle) and Tera Chehra,[3] and his music videos usually have had a host of Bollywood stars in them, including Namrata Shirodkar ("Bheegi Bheegi Raat"), Mahima Chaudhry, Raveena Tandon, Rani Mukherjee ("Tera Chehra"), Govinda, Fardeen Khan, Amisha Patel ("O Meri Jaan"), Bhoomika Chawla ("Maahiya"), Diya Mirza ("Pal Do Pal") and most famously, Amitabh Bachchan ("Kabhi Nahi").[3] [4] and in 2007 the soundtrack from the hit Salaam-e-Ishq.
He has also sang couple of Kannada Film songs. His first such kannada song was a big hit "Don't Worry Madabeda" for the film "Super Star" starring Upendra. Recently he also sung for a film "Soundarya" starring Ramesh.
In 2006, he took a sabbatical, and reportedly lost over 70 kg,[5] to make a comeback in November 2007 as a host on a Hindi musical game show, Bol Baby Bol, on STAR One.
His latest film music composition was for Shaurya (2008).[6]
His most successful albums have been Kabhi To Nazar Milao (with Asha Bhosle) and Tera Chehra,[3] and his music videos usually have had a host of Bollywood stars in them, including Namrata Shirodkar ("Bheegi Bheegi Raat"), Mahima Chaudhry, Raveena Tandon, Rani Mukherjee ("Tera Chehra"), Govinda, Fardeen Khan, Amisha Patel ("O Meri Jaan"), Bhoomika Chawla ("Maahiya"), Diya Mirza ("Pal Do Pal") and most famously, Amitabh Bachchan ("Kabhi Nahi").[3] [4] and in 2007 the soundtrack from the hit Salaam-e-Ishq.
He has also sang couple of Kannada Film songs. His first such kannada song was a big hit "Don't Worry Madabeda" for the film "Super Star" starring Upendra. Recently he also sung for a film "Soundarya" starring Ramesh.
In 2006, he took a sabbatical, and reportedly lost over 70 kg,[5] to make a comeback in November 2007 as a host on a Hindi musical game show, Bol Baby Bol, on STAR One.
His latest film music composition was for Shaurya (2008).[6]