Fariha Pervez

Artist - Singer - Song Writer - Musician
 

                    Fariha Pervez (Pakistani Celebrity) - a famous Singer

Simple, Straight Forward, Sensitive. For me its All about music because music is the thing which describes me the most
 

Fariha Pervez is one of the leading female singers of Pakistan. Fariha Pervez started her career with anchoring & acting from a very young age on PTV (Pakistan state television channel). She also co-hosted a popular children's music program "Aangan Aangan Taray". After the release of her debut Album. "Nice n Naughty", her song "Patang Baaz" (a.k.a Bo kata) became a super hit. her musical career took off and she there onwards decided to focus solely on singing.

Family Background
Fariha Pervez belongs to a family of talented females of Pakistani showbiz. She is the niece of "Rehana Siddique" & "Talat Siddique", the two renowned actresses of Pakistan and cousin to "Naheed Siddique"(an internationally famous Kathak dancer) and "Arifa Siddique"(an acting/singing star in her own right). Fariha Pervez is the only sister of two brothers and likes to spend her spare time with her family.

Early Life
Fariha Pervez inherited her singing talent from her father. Her father used to sing very well but couldn't become a singer as his family opposed this profession. So he encouraged his one & only daughter to become a singer. In 1995, Fariha Pervez joined "Master Feroze Gill" (Cousin of "Ustad Ghulam Hussain Shaggan" of "Gwaliar Gharana") for classical training in music.

Career
Fariha Pervez started her career with anchoring & acting in the early 90s but then she switched over to music in mid 90s.

Anchoring Career
In her early career, Fariha Pervez hosted a kids musical show from PTV by the name of "Aangan Aangan Taarey" which was later on hosted by Hadiqa Kiani. While in 2005, Fariha Pervez yet again appeared as a host in a music show by name of "Many Moods Of Fariha" which was aired from Indus Television Network's channel, Channel G (Now G Kaboom).

Many Moods Of Fariha
Fariha Pervez hosted a show in 2005 by the name of Many Moods of Fariha aired from channel G (Now G Kaboom). About 38 episodes of this show were aired. The format of the show was a musician interviewing a musician along with live performances from both the host & the guests. Artists who appeared as guests in Fariha Pervez's show were:

Discography
From 1996 till present, Fariha Pervez has released 7 albums so far.

Nice & Naughty (1996)
While singing jingles for an advertising agency, Fariha Pervez met Sattar Khan who convinced Fariha to release her debut album 1996 under the record label Lips Music. Nice & Naughty became a massive hit. This album had 11 songs. The very famous Patang Baaz Sajna is one of these tracks. Lyrics of this album (Except Hum Tum Ko & Kat He Gayi) were written by Zahid Abbas, while the contributions in music were made by Mujahid Hussain, Hassan Turk, Qadeer Wazir & Pervaiz Mehdi. Concept & music styling was by Sattar Khan.

Abhi Abhi (2010)
Fariha Pervez's 7th album Abhi Abhi has been released under Sadaf Stereo record label. The album was officially launched on 12th November 2010. The video of the title track "Abhi Abhi" was released in 2008 which was directed by Sohail Javed starring Fahad Mustafa.While 3 more videos of "Mahiya Tere Pyar", "Dil Bolay" & "Iss Pyar Main" has also been released so far. Ahsan Pervaiz of Siege, Sahir Ali Bagga, Shiraz Uppal, Dj Ali Mustafa & Shuja Haider have contributed in the album. Fariha Pervez has also paid a tribute to Michael Jackson in her new album.

Official Premiers From The Album:
The song "Nachi Ja" from this album was aired for the 1st time on Mast Fm 103 Lahore's show Showbiz Masala (Hosted by Dr.Ejaz Waris) on 18th July 2010. "Nachi Ja" has a funky beat to it while another song "Mahiya Tere Pyar" was aired for the 1st time in Ptv's show Virsa Heritage Revived Eid Special on 11th September 2010.While the official Music video of "Mahiya Tere Pyar" was premiered for the 1st time in Ptv's show Meena Bazar with Ayesha Sana on 29th October 2010 & the song "Dil Bolay" was also performed by Fariha Pervez in this show for the very 1st time.

Official Music Videos:
A total number of 4 videos has been released so far from this album including the title track "Abhi Abhi", "Mahiya Tere Pyar", "Dil Bolay" & "Iss Pyar Main" while the video of "Nachi Ja" is still under production.

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