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Birth Details –

Place – London, England

Date of Birth –15 August 1971

Zodiac Sign – Leo

Marital Status – Married

Nationality – Indian

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Adnan Sami Biography in English

Physical Appearance –

Height – 5”Feet 9” inches

Weight – 74 kg

Eye Color – Black

Hair Color – Black

Family –

Mother  – Naureen Khan

Father  – Arshad Sami Khan

Brother – Junaid Sami Khan

Wife – Zeba Bakhtiar, Sabah Galadari, Roya Sami Khan

Son – Azaan Sami Khan

Daughter – Medina Sami Khan

Education –  Sami attended Rugby School in Rugby, West Midlands, UK. Adnan followed his bachelor’s degree with a law degree (LLB) from King’s College London.He went on to qualify as a barrister from Lincoln’s Inn, England.

Teacher  – Pandit Shivkumar Sharma

Early life –

Sami was born in London, England on 15 August 1971. He was raised and educated in the United Kingdom.

His father, Arshad Sami Khan, was a Pakistani Pashtun while his mother Naureen Khan was an Indian from Jammu.

 Adnan’s father served as a Pakistan Air Force pilot, before becoming a senior bureaucrat and serving as Pakistan’s ambassador to 14 countries.

He had played the piano since the age of five and composed his first piece of music when he was nine years old.

 Sami began taking lessons in Indian classical music from the santoor maestro Pandit Shivkumar Sharma when visiting India during his school vacations.

In his career of 32 years, Sami has won many international awards including the Nigar Award, Bolan Academy Award and Graduate Award.

Personal life –

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

In 2001, Sami married Dubai-based Arab Sabah Galadari. This was his second marriage and Sabah’s second marriage as well; she had a son from her previous marriage. This relationship also ended in divorce, a year-and-a-half later.

In June 2006, he weighed 230 kilograms (506 lb); he claimed his doctor had given him just six months to live. By diet and exercise, he lost 167 kilograms (368 lb) in 16 months.

In 2008, his wife Sabah returned to Mumbai, remarried him and began living with him, but the marriage only lasted one year, after which Sabah filed for divorce again.

In 2009, his father died of pancreatic cancer, which he described as the “biggest blow” of his life, saying that he had been extremely close to his father.

On 29 January 2010 Sami married Roya Sami Khan, the daughter of a retired diplomat and army general.

 He first met Roya in India during her visit in 2010 and proposed to her after some time.On 10 May 2017, he became a father to a daughter, Medina Sami Khan.

Career –

His first single, “Run for His Life”, was released in 1986. It was in English, and recorded for UNICEF.

His first formal album, The One & Only (1989), was a classical album on the piano accompanied by tabla maestro Zakir Hussain.

He released his first vocal solo album Raag Time in 1991.

The song from his album Teri Yaad was the title track of his first album, which became a huge hit in Pakistan.

In 1994, he composed music for a film for the first time.

In 2000, Asha Bhosle collaborated with Sami on a collection of love songs named Kabhi to Nazar Milaoin India.

The music was also composed by Adnan. The album became an instant success and topped the Indipop chartsfor most of 2001 and 2002.

According to Business Week magazine, the album sold 4 million copies in India alone.

The song “Tu Sirf Mera Mehboob” from the Hindi film Ajnabee, sung by Adnan, became popularand was declared a “superhit” by Screen Magazine, who called him the pop personality of the year in 2001.

In 2002, Pepsi Foods made Sami its brand ambassador in India.He is the only artist in all of Asia and Europe to have endorsed Pepsi Cola and Coca-Cola together.

His second studio album, Tera Chehra, was released in October 2002 to critical acclaim.

The music videos for this album were shot by Binod Pradhan, who had shot the popular 2002 Hindi film Devdas.

Saathiya (2002) brought him the opportunity to work with A. R. Rahman in the form of “Aye Udi Udi”. According to Screen Magazine, the song was “the highlight of the album.

His most successful albums have been Kabhi To Nazar Milao and Tera Chehra,and his music videos usually have had Bollywood stars in them, including –

• Namrata Shirodkar (“BheegiBheegi Raat”)
• Mahima Chaudhry, Raveena Tandon, Rani Mukerji (“Tera Chehra”)
• Govinda, Fardeen Khan, Amisha Patel (“O Meri Jaan”) Bhumika Chawla (“Maahiya”)
• Dia Mirza (“Pal Do Pal”)
• Amitabh Bachchan (Kabhi Nahi).

His first Kannada song was “Don’t Worry Madabeda” for the film Super Star starring Upendra.

He has also worked with music composers Devi Sri Prasad and M. M. Keeravani and sang songs in Telugu films Varsham, Chatrapathi, Shankar Dada MBBS and 100% Love.

In 2005, he suffered from lymphoedema and developed an abscess in the knee, which interrupted his career.

In 2006, he took a sabbatical and reportedly lost 130 kg.

He came back in April 2007 with the album Kisi Din.

In 2007, He was also one of the guest judges on the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007.

He has composed film music for several other Hindi films, including –

• Lucky: No Time for Love
• Yeh Raaste Hain PyarKe
• Dhamaal
• 1920
• Chance Pe Dance
• Mumbai Salsa
• Khubsoorat
• Sadiyaan

He has performed before heads of state and governments such as –

• The President Mitterrand of France
• The President of the United Arab Emirates
• The President and Prime Minister of India
• The President and Prime Minister of Pakistan
• The President and Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
• The Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan
• The Prime Minister of Sweden and Princess Christina of Sweden.

Adnan has performed for music festivals to sold-out stadiums of his solo concert tours all over the world in over forty countries.

Sami wrote a song for India during the 2003 Cricket World Cup.

In 2010, Sami received the “Lifetime Achievement Award” from the Prime Minister of Pakistan at a ceremony by Pakistan Television.

In 2011, Sami was given the “Glory of India Award” by the India International Friendship Society.

 This was the 350th anniversary of the completion of the Taj Mahal, and Sami gave a solo concert performance in front of the Taj Mahal on the final night of the celebrations.

After this performance, the Indian media dubbed him the “Sultan of Music”.

In 2011, Adnan returned as a judge on the singing reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L’il Champs, which became popular worldwide.

He performed a qawwali “Bhar Do Jholi Meri” in the 2015 film BajrangiBhaijaan, he appeared in the movie as well.

As a playback singer

Urdu songs

Hindi songs

Telugu songs

Tamil songs

Kannada songs

Other languages

Awards –

National Awards –

2020 – Padma Shri

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