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Amin Ladhani, Dosti Multicultural Arts in association with Wize Mindz Entertainment Presents
DOSTI TOUR - FIRST EVER INDO - PAK PEACE CONCERT *An Evening Full of Laughter and Music.
 Umer Sharif, Ali Azmat & Shibani Kashyap Live Show in Sydney on Saturday, 25 June 2011

A MEGA EVENT supported by Indus AGE, ZEE TV, DK TV, Indian Association and Pakistan Association, Billu's, Sada-e-Watan, CitiLink, BEST & LESS TRAVELS, Indoaus Times, Sydney forex, Sound Creation, Crowne Plaza (Norwest) Pakistan.com.au, Hungama.com.au and many more.

Entertainment Superstars featured from India and Pakistan. PERFORMERS INCLUDE:
ALI AZMAT & his BAND- (LEAD VOCALIST OF JUNOON)
Hits Include: "SAYONEE ", "Garaj Baras, Naina and Teri Perchahian, from Klashinfolkand Social Circus.
UMER SHARIF - GOD OF COMEDY & Famous for BAKRA QUISTO PE, & BUDHA GHAR PE & many more stage plays.
SHIBANI KASHYAP, Hits Include: SAJNA AA BHI JA, and ZINDA HUUN MAIN.

Also features Sydney's own "SAAZ" and accompanied by Sydney's Singing Sensation GUL.

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                                             Let's do it for DOSTI - Don't Miss out!!

                            Limited Floor Seating Available due to High Demand. - Tickets Selling Fast!
                                    Venue:Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre, Sydney NSW 2129
                                                                Date: Saturday, 25th June, 2011.
                                                                   Time: 7:00pm - 11:30pm
                                         Doors Open: 6:00pm- This is a Reserved Seating Event

 Umer Sharif

Umer Sharif was born  on 19 April 1955 in the town of Liaquatabad in Karachi, Sindh) is a Pakistani stand-up comedian, stage, film and television actor, writer, director and producer. His original name is Mohammad Umer, however he changed that to Umer Zarif when he joined the theater and later changed that to Umer Sharif. He rose to fame due to his work on stage and his stage shows are considered among the most popular in Pakistan. He started his showbiz career from Karachi as stage performer at the age of 14.

Born in Urdu speaking family, Sharif became one of the most well known stage performers in Pakistan after his extremely popular 1989 comedy stage plays Bakra Qistoon Pay and Buddha Ghar Pe Hai. In both of them he starred along with another comedy legend Moin Akhter. Much of the success comes from the fact that he started to record his stage shows and the videocassettes were rented out in a similar fashion to movies. Yes Sir Eid, No Sir Eid, followed by Bakra Qistoon Pay were the first stage shows to come out on video.

 He is known in the Hindi,Urdu,Punjabi and other South Asian belt as the King of Comedy. He was rated as best comedian ever even by Indian audiences. Indian comedy kings Johnny Lever and Raju Srivastava have called him the God Of Asian Comedy on the Indian comedy show " Comedy Circus". In India his videos are released by Music Track and are sold at premium prices across all stores.

 Bakra Qistoon Pay is considered to be the show that made stage plays what they are today in Pakistan. Before the advent of Bakra Qistoon Pay majority stage shows in Pakistan used to be classy with rather poetic dialogs. After Bakra Qistoon Pay (Goat on installments) stage shows became a vibrant, majorly comical (and often gritty) part of the Pakistani culture. It has also sparked many sequels. He has also produced films like Mr. 420, Mr. Charlie, Miss Fitna, etc. The popularity of Bakra Qistoon Pay also crossed the border into India as well and Umer Sharif became a famous name in India as well. He also was a judge in the famous Indian comedy show The Great Indian Laughter Challenge along with Siddu and Shekar Suman.

 Umer Sharif does his own show, on Geo TV called, "The Sharif Show," where he interviews a variety of actors, actresses, entertainers of all kinds as well musicians. Also from time to time, Sharif is seen as Masters of Ceremonies for various important events.

Awards

He has received the following awards:

  Stage shows

         Television

           Films

         

Ali Azmat

Ali Azmat was born  on April 20, 1970 in Abbottabad is a Pakistani musician, who gained recognition as the lead vocalist of the pop/rock band Junoon.

Azmat was born in Abbottabad and grew up in Garhi Shahu, Lahore, which he credits for his unconventional attitude. He went to Sydney, Australia for his higher studies, but due to financial difficulties, returned to Pakistan before completing university.

His first band 'Jupiters' was known for performing covers at small gigs, such as weddings, in Lahore. While with them, Azmat wrote his legendary hit song Dosti. He later sang and recorded Dosti with Junoon, after which the song gained national fame.

He is a cousin of Mustafa Zahid, the lead vocalist of Roxen.

Junoon

Junoon was Pakistan's biggest band famous for combining traditional poetry and instruments with rock music. Azmat was the lead vocalist of the band. With Junoon, he toured extensively, doing two North American tours a year since 1992. He performed in Europe, the Middle East and China and at the European rock festival, Roskilde in June 2000. He left Junoon in 2005 to pursue a solo career.

Solo career

Ali Azmat released his first solo album, Social Circus, in March 2005 to critical acclaim. Social Circus was a massive departure from Junoon's style and won 23 awards in Pakistan, including Best Album and Best Producer. In India, Azmat was nominated for Best Soundtrack and Best Song at the Sahara Awards held in London, for his single "Garaj Baras" in the Pooja Bhatt film Paap. Azmat's second album, Klashinfolk, was released in August 2008 and recorded at Mekaal Hasan Studios in Lahore. Klashinfolk also received significant critical acclaim across Pakistan, although (like Social Circus) it was not a huge commercial success.

Bollywood

Azmat made his Bollywood music debut with the song Garaj Baraj that was chosen by Pooja Bhatt, a close friend of Azmat. The song was picturized on John Abraham.Apart from that, Azmat gave his song Naina and Teri Perchahian, from Klashinfolk and Social Circus respectively, to the film Tera Kya Hoga Johnny.

Band

Azmat often plays rhythm guitar, besides singing, during concerts. He also plays drums but rarely in concerts. The current lineup of Ali Azmat's band for live performances and albums worked with him on Klashinfolk and has remained since. It includes Omran "Momo" Shafique (of Mauj) on lead guitar, Kamran "Mannu" Zafar on bass guitar and Louis J. "Gumby" Pinto on drums.

Television

Azmat has also acted in Pakistani television series. He also sang the title songs of many series. He played the role of a con artist in a Pakistani tele film. Azmat also wrote the theme song for a children television series, 'The Magic Tent'. Azmat also hosted a show called "Pappu Yar Tang Na Kar" for Aag television. He also starred in a telefilm, "ChaalBaz" in 2006 which was aired on ARY Digital. He has also worked with local pop musicians such as Omran Shafique from Mauj and Gumby, the former drummer of Noori. Azmat also co-hosted the political television show "Iqbal Ka Pakistan" with controversial political analyst Zaid Hamid.

       

Shibani Kashyap

Shibani Kashyap is an Indian female singer, who is actively working in Bollywood film Industry, Some of her songs are very popular like Sajna Aaa Bhi Ja from movie Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II, Recently she has started anchoring a Singer Hunt Show named Bathroom Singer.

Shibani Kashyap achieved fame By singing the signature tune of the AIR FM channel of All India Radio and Amul India. Shibani mostly composes music in the Sufi-western blend. It is also confirmed that Shibani will soon seen acting in the new Faisal Saif directed movie Main Osama. This will be the first time that Shibani will be composing the music of the film as well as acting in it.Shibani Kashyap's Profile :

Shibani Kashyap is an Indian singer. Born in Delhi, India, she is a graduate in English Literature from the University of Delhi. She specializes in western and Indian classical music.

She was a member of the band Black Slade in Delhi. In 1996, the signature tune of A.I.R. F.M., a channel of the All India Radio was launched in Shibani’s voice. She has also composed advertisement jingles for Amul India and Subah Savere show on Doordarshan. She shot into national fame with her debut pop album "Ho Gayi Hai Mohabbat" (1998) for which she won the Channel V award. She was selected to represent India at the 1999 annual international music festival "Azia Dauysy" held in Kazakhstan. In 2000, she released a Sufi album called "Nagmagee". She has also performed live shows around the world. She composed and sang her first film song "Sajna Aa Bhi Jaa" for the Hindi film Waisa Bhi Hota Hai in 2003. She has also sung songs for film Zinda (2006) and 1971 (2007).

She won the Best Female Pop Singer award for the album "Nazakat" at the 2005 Sangeet Awards held in San Francisco. She has also composed and sung the title track for the television serial "Akela" on Sony Entertainment Television channel. She was one of the judges of the singing show Bathroom Singer on Sahara Filmy channel.

Shibani Kashyap along with 29 other Artists both Independent and Mainstream were picked to be a part of Hungama Digital Media's new Independent Music Venture ArtistAloud.com. According to Shibani Kashyap "It is a great site as it gives artists their individual space and a platform. It is a great revenue opportunity as well, because there is no way people would be able to pirate these songs, as they are not available in the market. This way we can fight piracy and get our rightful revenues.

 

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