Adnan Sami

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Adnan Sami Khan (born 15 August 1971) is an Indian singer, guitarist, song arranger, pianist, and actor.

He appears in Indian and Western music, as well as in Hindi films.

The piano is his most popular instrument.

He has been dubbed "the first performer to have performed the santoor & Indian classical music on the piano."

According to a study published in the US-based Keyboard magazine, he was the fastest keyboard player in the world and named him the nineties' keyboard discovery, and he was born in London to Arshad Sami Khan, a Pakistani Air force vet and diplomat of Pashtun origins and Naureen, who was originally from Jammu and Kashmir state.

He has been described as the "Sultan of Music" by the Times of India.

Early life and education

Sami was born in London, England, on August 15, 1971. He was born and educated in the United Kingdom. Arshad Sami Khan, his father, was a Pakistani Pashtun, but his mother, Naureen Khan, was an Indian from Jammu. Adnan's father served as a Pakistan Air Force pilot before retiring as a senior bureaucrat and serving as Pakistan's ambassador to 14 countries. General Ahmed Jan, Afghanistan's paternal great-grandfather, was a military advisor to king Abdur Rahman Khan. Agha Mehfooz Jan, the King's first cousin, served as the Deputy Inspector General of Police in four Afghan provinces under King Amanullah Khan's reign. Habibullah Kalakani assassinated Agha Mehfooz Jan, and therefore Sami's father and his extended family immigrated to Peshawar, then British India.

Sami attended Rugby School in Rugby, West Midlands, United Kingdom. Adnan obtained a law degree (LLB) from King's College London, following his bachelor's degree (LLB). He went on to become a barrister from Lincoln's Inn, England.

He had played the piano since the age of five and wrote his first piece of music when he was nine years old. When visiting India during his school holidays, Sami started taking lessons in Indian classical music from the santoor maestro Pandit Shivkumar Sharma. Asha Bhosle, an Indian singer, saw him at age ten at a R. D. Burman concert in London and encouraged him to pursue music as a career. He is a gifted concert pianist, music arranger, and singer with a command of Indian and Western classical/semi-classical music, jazz, rock, and pop music. Adnan, a teen on piano on a television program in Stockholm, was dubbed the world's fastest man on keyboard and the nineties' keyboard discovery. Sami continued to study Indian classical music from Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, India's highest-end maestro. Sami was encouraged to write a song for famine-ravaged Ethiopia for which he received a special award from UNICEF at the age of sixteen.

Sami has received numerous international awards, including the Nigar Award, Bolan Academy Award, and Graduate Award in his 32 years. Adnan is the youngest recipient of the Naushad Music Award for Excellence in Music. Lata Mangeshkar and Music Maestro Khayam are among the recent recipients of the award. Sami was accepted as a member of the jury of the annual Music Festival Voice of Asia competition in Almaty, Kazakhstan, which takes place annually.

Personal life

Sami first married actress Zeba Bakhtiar in 1993, with whom he had a son named Azaan Sami Khan. They divorced after three years.

Sami has been living in India since March 2001 on a visitor's visa, which was extended from time to time.

Sami married Sabah Galadari, a Dubai-based Arab. This was his second marriage and Sabah's second marriage; she had a son from her previous marriage. A year and a half later, this marriage came to an end in divorce.

He weighed 230 kilograms (506 lb) in June 2006 and said that his doctor gave him just six months to live. He lost 167 kilograms (368 lb) in 16 months by diet and exercise.

Sabah married him in 2008 and started living with him, but the marriage lasted only for one year after which Sabah applied for divorce again.

In 2009, his father died of pancreatic cancer, which he described as the "biggest blow" of his life, despite being extremely close to his father.

Sami Khan, the daughter of a former diplomat and army general, married Roya Sami Khan on January 29, 2010. During her visit to Roya in India in 2010, she first met her and proposed to her after some time. He became a father to Medina Sami Khan's daughter on May 10, 2017.

When his Pakistani passport came to an end, he applied for Indian citizenship, but he naturalized as an Indian citizen. The Indian Home Ministry accepted his request for legal status as a citizen of India in late December 2015, as of 1 January 2016.

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Career

In 1986, RUN for His Life, his first single, was released. It was in English and for UNICEF. It was down to No. 2 in the United States. The Middle East has a No. 1 on the music charts. Three more No. greeted this news. "Talk to Me," "Hot Summer Day," and "You're My Most Secret" are among the items on "Toe and Me."

The One & Only (1989), his first formal album, was accompanied by tabla player O.J. Hussain. In 1991, he released his first vocal solo album Raag Time. Teri Yaad's album Teri Yaad was the title track of his first album, which became a big hit in Pakistan.

He composed music for a film for the first time in 1994. The 1995 Pakistani film Sargam, in which he was the lead actor and Indian playback singer Asha Bhosle did the playback Sargam, was a box office hit. It was also the first time an Indian playback artist was included in an album in Pakistan. Sargam is Sami's only film, and the score is Pakistan's best-selling album of all time.

Asha Bhosle collaborated with Sami in 2000 on a series of love songs titled Kabhi to Nazar Milao in India. Adnan's music was also composed. The album was a huge hit and topped the Indipop charts for the majority of 2001 and 2002. According to Business Week magazine, the album sold 4 million copies in India alone.

Two songs from the album Kabhi To Nazar Milao, whose music video included model Aditi Gowitrikar, and Lift Karaa De, whose music video starred the popular Indian actor Govinda became famous at the time. Anil Mehta, who had shot famous Hindi films including Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Lagaan, were shot in the videos. Magnasound and Sami released Always Yours, a remix of numbers from the album's success, on Mayasound and Sami's debut.

He soon became well-known, and Hindi filmmaker Boney Kapoor asked him to provide music for his film. This was his first attempt for him to write and perform for Hindi films, as well as for top Hindi film producers of the time like Yash Chopra and Subhash Ghai. He began getting acting offers at the same time due to the success of his music videos and live performances.

Adnan's song "Tu Sirf Mera Mehboob" became extremely popular and was named "superhit" by Screen Magazine, who named him the year's pop star of the year.

Pepsi Foods introduced Sami as the country's brand ambassador in 2002, a position that culminated in the production of a series of live music festivals around the country as well as being included in advertisements for Pepsi products. He is Asia and Europe's only artist to have endorsed Pepsi Cola and Coca Cola together.

No Pakistani artist has ever managed to achieve as much fame in India as Sami has, according to the Pakistani newspaper Dawn. Sami is India's most "most popular face in non-film music," according to a story in The Times of India.

Tera Chehra, his second studio album, was released in October 2002 to critical acclaim. Binod Pradhan, who shot the hit 2002 Hindi film Devdas, was the music video for this album. Rani Mukerji of Bollywood appears in the title track and Amitabh Bachchan in the track "Kabhi Nahi," who also performed the duet with Sami. Mahima Chaudhry, an actress, was also seen in another film. Sameer, a well-known Hindi film lyricist, wrote the title track. It was the year's most popular pop album, according to Screen Magazine. Tera Chehra of Sami broke sales records by becoming India's best-selling album of 2002 (including film soundtracks), and it's continuing to remain No. 1 in the Indian market. In 2003, the 1st place was ranked no. 1 in the United States and Canada, and it went on to become the best-selling Indian album of all time (including film soundtracks). The album remained in the Top 100. From the time of its debut in September 2002 for over a year, India's No. 1 has risen to the top of all the music charts, beating his debut album's No. 1 position. 1 in a row.

In the form of "Aye Udi Udi," Saathiya (2002) afforded him the opportunity to collaborate with A. R. Rahman. The song was "the highlight of the album," according to Screen Magazine. Based on the sales of his albums in the previous two years, Rediff.com named him the "Reigning King of Indipop" in early 2003.

His most popular albums have been Kabhi To Nazar Milao (with Asha Bhosle) and Tera Chehra, and his music videos have featured Bollywood stars, including Namrata Shirodkar ("Bheegi Raat"), Raveen Khan, Benita Mohammada ("Maahiya"), Govinda, Sarda, Mahima Tandon, Rani Mukerji ("Tera Chehra"), Bhumika Bheegi Bheegi Bheheegi Bheegi Bheheegi Bheegi Bheegi Bheegi Bheheegi Bheheeena ("Ma"), including Nami Bhehe ("Teen Khan ("Ma"), Bhe" (Bheegi Bhe, Bhei Yahi Jaan Khan ("Ma"), Bhe, Bhe" (Mo"), Bhe, Bhehe Khan, Bhe" (Bhe" (Ma"), Ama"), Raveena"), Bhe "Ma"), Bhe" (Ma"), Bheites ("Ma"), Bhe ("Ma"), Ami Jaan"), Ami Jaan Khan, Bhe ("Ma"), Bhehe" (Ma"), Bhe, Habeena"), Bhe, Ami"), Bhe, Bhe ("Ma"), Bahi Jaana"), Bhe ("Ma"), Bhe (Ma"), Bhe, Bahi Jaana ("Ba"), Bhehe Amira"), Bhuma Bhe "Ma (Ma) and Rameena, Bhe, Bheegi Bheegi Raat"), Bhe, Bhe, Ami (Ma"), Ami (Ma"), Bhe Sanja"), Bhe A Maa Nahe, Bhe, Bhe, Ami ("Ma"), Bhe" (Ma "Ma"), Ami ("Ma"), Bheegi Raat"), Bhe "Ma Pahi"), Bahi Hahi Jaana "Ma" (Ma ("Ma"), Ami Kahi ("Ma "Ma"), Bindhi Kanhi (Ma"), Bheegi Bahila ("O Meri Khamath"), Bahi Jaana"), Bhe Sahra Jaana Aya Jaana Jaana" (Bh, Bhe" (Ma Jaana ("Ma"), Anda "O Bhe"), Ami Jaana"), Bahi Jaana "Ma"), Bheagina (Ma "Bo" (Ma "Ma"), Bahya ("Bh) and Ami Jaan Khan, Bahi Jaan Khan, Bheegi (Bhra Jaana "Ma"), Bheggi" (Ma) and Bheagina"), Bhe" (Ma) and Ami" (Ma"), Ami (Ma Bhe ("Ma"), Bhe" (Ma) and Bahila"), Bhuma, Bahi ("Ma "Ma" (Bh" (Ma"), Bheheegi Bhe ("Ma"), Behi (Ma Bhe"), Bhe(Ma" (Ma) and Ami ("Ma) and Ami (Ma"), Bheegi Bheegi Bhemena, Govinda"), Bheezi (Ma (Ma Bhe), Bhe ("Ma Jaana Bhe"), Bhe He" (Ma), Bhe" (Ma) and Ami (Ma) and Ami ("Ma) and Ami ("Ma" (Ma) and Ami" (Ma) and Ami (Ma) and Ami (Ka) and Ami (Ma) and Ami" (Ma) and Amia) and Ami (Ma) and Ami Jaana"), Nahi (Ma) and Ami (Ka) and Bahi Yahi Rameena Bheegi Bheegi Bheegi Bheegi Bhehe" and Bhehe (Ma) and Ami (Ma) and Ami Bheegi Bheegi Bheegi Bhe Mohi Bheegi Bheegi Bhemen Aicha Bhe Khabhi

Since 2003, he has appeared in only a few Tamil films such as Boys, Aaytha Ezhuthu, composed by A. R. Rahman. Both Boys' "Boom Boom" and "Nenjam Kadhal" from Aayitha Ezhuthu were hits. A. R. Rahman performed in both Tamil and Telugu versions, as well as the Hindi version of songs from the movie Yuva (2004), whose music was also created by him. Besides Rahman, he has worked with composer Yuvan Shankar Raja and performed the Tamil songs "Oh Intha Kadhal" from Satham Podathey and "OruKal" from Siva Manasula Sakthi, as well as "OruKal" from Siva Manasula Sakthi. In the Malayalam film Makalkku, he performed the song "Chanchadi Adi Urang Nee." He has also appeared in a Kannada film. For the film Super Star starring Upendra, his first Kannada song, "Don't Worry Madabeda," was his first Kannada song. He has worked with music composers Devi Sri Prasad and M. M. Keeravani, as well as appearing in Telugu films Varsham, Chatrapathi, Shankar Dada and 100% Love.

He suffered from lymphoedema and developed an absces in the knee, which interrupted his work.

He went on a sabbatical in 2006 and is reported to have lost 130 kilograms. Kisi Din's album came back in April 2007. In 2007, he sang "Dil Kya Kare" from My Name Is Khan's Hindi film Salaam-e-Love and "Noor-e-Khuda." He was also one of the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge's guest judges.

Chance Pe Dance, Mumbai Salsa, Khubsoorat, Sadiyaan, Shaurya, and several others have written film music for several other Hindi films, including Lucky: No Time for Love, Yeh Raaste Hain Pyar Ke, Dhamaal, 1920, Chance Pe Dance, Lucky: No Time for Love, Congratulations!

Sami has performed solo appearances before kings, including King of Sweden and King Hussein of Jordan. He has appeared before heads of state and governments, including President Mitterrand of France, the President and Prime Minister of Pakistan, the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Prime Minister and Prime Minister of Iran, Prime Minister and Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Prime Minister Sidney, and Princess Christina of Sweden. Adnan has performed in over forty countries, from music festivals to sold-out stadiums of his solo concert tours.

During the 2003 Cricket World Cup, Sami wrote a song for India. The song's video captures Adnan's participation in the Indian cricket team, depicting him as a guest appearance from Indian film stars including Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Fardeen Khan, and Kareena Kapoor.

His career has placed him in contact with well-known people from India and music.

BBC World Service celebrated 70 years of broadcasting on Sunday by arranging a global live concert with artists from various regions of the world who appeared before a worldwide audience via satellite. Sami was selected to represent India.

Sami became the first solo musician from the entire Asian region to sell out Wembley Stadium in London for two nights in a row in 2003; this was recorded in the Limca Book of World Records (Asia's equivalent to Guinness Book of World Records). He did this again in 2005, 2008, and 2012.

Sami was awarded the "Life Achievement Award" by Pakistan's Prime Minister in 2010, according to a Pakistani television ceremony.

The India International Friendship Society awarded Sami the "Glory of India Award" in 2011. On the final night of the celebrations, Sami gave a solo concert performance in front of the Taj Mahal on the 350th anniversary of the Taj Mahal's completion. After this appearance, the Indian media dubbed him the "Sultan of Music."

Don't Forget the Lyrics, he hosted the Indian version of the American music game show Don't Forget the Lyrics. Bol Baby Bol on the Star TV network in 2008. He was the sole judge for the singing competition competition on Channel [V] prior to that 2005; Super Singer was the sole judge. Adnan was back as a judge on the singing reality show Sa Re Ga Pa L'il Champs, which has become extremely popular around the world in 2011.

In the 2015 film Bajrangi Bhaijaan, he appeared in the film as well as a qawwali named "Bhar Do Jholi Meri."

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