This past of 2009 year gave a rebirth to true entertainment in the Pakistani showbiz industry from political awareness to full on celebrity rivalries. Let’s take a look at some of the stories that got our attention…
*The year kicked off on a political note, the “awaam” was still excited over the thought provoking videos released by Shehzad Roy and Ali Azmat.
*The Zeb & Haniya duo were still getting fame from their original songs and even landed interviews across the border
*Adnan Sami’s wife filed a lawsuit against him…
*Amanat Ali releases his album Kohram, which fails to leave a good impression
*Atif Aslam’s brother Shabaz Aslam opens up an outlet and uses the biggest South Asian pop singer(his brother) as the brand ambassador…smart move Shabaz
*Roxen Copied Omar Nadeem’s music
*Ex-Pop singer Dino starts his MTV show..
*Atif Aslam releases one disaster of a video and titles it Kinara.
*Twitter hits Pakistani media..everyone from Haroon to Hadiqa to the Zeb Haniya duo joined the online celeb update portal.
*Shehzad Roy released Qismat Apney Haath Mey and it once again rocked the nation
*Pakistani Fashion Designer Munib Nawaz wins at Fashion Week Miami
*Pakistan’s first Communist Band “Laal Band” makes their voices loud and they are heard through their album Umeed-e-Sehar
*Shehzad Roy got married with VJ Salma
*Iqbal Bano passes away
*MTV Music Awards fail epicly!
*Fire Records continues to make their voices heard in copyrighting music of Pakistan.
*Ali Azmat joins Zaid Hamid to do a tv show that’s goal is to inspire the youth titled Iqbal Ka Pakistan
*Coke Studio once again makes waves in Pakistan
*Hadiqa Kiani changes up her look for her ’09 album Aasmaan and music videos Sohnya and reaches out to a whole new audience.
*Khiza releases a 20 track album titled Turning Point which featured Abrar Ul Haq, Omer Nadeem, Hadiqa Kiani, Suman and many other singers
*Maryam Kizilbash releases Zara Palat which helps the Pakistani industry by introducing Pakistan to more female singers.
*Band56ix relases their first music video in which the lead singer pulls off both a male and a female voice
*Ali Haider quits music in the name of Islam….releases a Naat….and then says that he has not quit music but is just focusing on different music for a while
*Pakistani band Overload changes up their look and brings up a Hot new singer, former fashion model Meesha Shafi and fights against conventional Record Labels
*Mahiya girl Annie does a cover of Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal and gets very low reviews
*Abrar ul Haq suffers from a Health problem but quickly recovers
*Shiraz Uppal releases his sweet single Rabba
*Perhaps the biggest news story of Pakistan history EVER is the controversy that is the MISS MEERA JEE SCANDAL! I think we all know every detail behind this issue
*Rahim Shah releases his Pashto Album Maama Dey
*Mekaal Hassan Band makes probably the highest budget video of 2009 that has a cast of Aamina Haq, and many others including the biggest celebrity of ’09 Meera
*Ali Azmat releases his music video for Tera Mera which has Gumby and Omran Shafique rocking out in it
*Pakistan holds its first Fashion Week in Karachi
*Hilary Clinton says that Hadiqa Kiani is prettier than Miley Cyrus
*Celebs go for Hajj including Atif Aslam and Reema
*Lux Style Awards 2009 is less of an award show and more of a quick low profile photoshoot
*Mohib Mirza wins Pakistan’s first international award
*Haider Hashimi officially leaves Aaroh
*Strings released their single Titlyan which gave a tribute to all of the past legends of the Pakistani industry
*Adnan Sami teamed up with Jermaine Jackson for a stupid Bolly song titled Lets Go To Mumbai
*Perhaps the biggest disaster of the Pakistani music industry gets titled AAG ALIVE!
*Now to the feuds that have started in 2009 which include Nouman Javaid vs. Atif Aslam, Rahim Shah vs Hadiqa Kiani and Irfan Khan, Overload vs Record Labels, Meera vs the Pakistani press, Mona Lisa vs Veena Malik….and more
*Internet sensations: Janan by Hadiqa Kiani & Irfan Khan, Dastan-e-Ishq by Ali Zafar, the launch of Koolmuzone, and by the far the biggest Web sensation of 2009 was the fame earned by Overload who have launched their entire career on the internet.
That basically sums up 2009 in the showbiz world of Pakistan….now let’s wait and see what 2010 brings us, hopefully some more excitement and more top stories from Pakistani celebs such as Meera and the cases against Fire…hmm lets see.