Mustafa Zahid (born 18 December 1984) is a music composer[2] who achieved success with his 2007 singles "Toh Phir Aao" and "Tera Mera Rishta". He sang several hit songs for Bollywood movies. He is also the band leader and the lead vocalist of Roxen, a rock band which was formed in 2004.[3]
Early life
Mustafa was born in Lahore. He is the cousin of Ali Azmat,[4] who was the lead vocalist of the famous rock band Junoon, and is also related to the late Sufi kalam singer, actor, director and producer Inayat Hussain Bhatti.[5] From childhood he never thought that he would become a singer. He was daring from his young age and done anchoring for the college function. During that he was asked to sing some song by the professors. He hesitatingly sang bheegi bheegi raton me song for about 2 lines. From this he got lot of motivation to become a singer.[6]
Mainstream and Bollywood
In mid-2007, two of his songs were used in the Bollywood movie Awarapan Mustafa Zahid has sung over a dozen Bollywood songs including massive hits in movies like Aashiqui 2 and Ek Villain[7] Mustafa is also top 3 most followed artist of Pakistan on Spotify with over 5.5 million followers.
Their debut album titled Roxen-E-Dewaar was released in late 2006 and remained on top of all charts in South Asia for almost six weeks. The Indian release of the album was in mid December 2008. Universal Music has signed Mustafa Zahid and Roxen (band) for a worldwide release of their Upcoming Album.[8][9]