Farhan Saeed (born 14 September 1984) is a Pakistani singer-songwriter, actor and entrepreneur. Saeed is the former lead vocalist of the Pakistani band Jal and owns the Cafe Rock restaurant in Lahore. He sings in Urdu and Punjabi. He made his acting debut with the drama De Ijazat Jo Tu (2014).
Saeed had his breakthrough with Udaari, for which he received the Hum Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination. He earned wider recognition with his portrayals in Suno Chanda (2018), Suno Chanda 2 (2019) and Mere Humsafar (2021-22). The former won him Hum Award for Best Actor Popular. Saeed made his film debut with Tich Button (2022).
Early life
Farhan Saeed was born into a Punjabi Kashmiri family. Both his parents are practicing doctors. A music fan from the very start, he used to listen to Vital Signs and Junoon and centred his music around pop, and at times folk. In his teens, he took A-level from the Keynesian Institute of Management and Sciences (KIMS) and then enrolled in Computer Science at the National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, after which he discovered his future band members Atif Aslam and Goher Mumtaz. The band took off and became famous across Asia.
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In 2011, reports broke out that he had parted his ways from Jal, which left his fans stunned. He pursued a solo career and became regular to feature in Bollywood. Saeed opened Cafe Rock restaurant at Hussain Chowk, situated off the M. M. Alam Road, Gulberg, Lahore. His restaurant’s theme is in a similar vein to that of the Hard Rock Cafes, providing underground bands and young aspiring artists with a platform to project themselves and perform in front of an audience.
Personal life
Saeed married Urwa Hocane on 16 December 2016, in Lahore, Pakistan. On 6 October 2023, Saeed and Hocane announced their pregnancy through social media. On 3 January 2024, the couple had their first child, a daughter, who was named Jahan Aara Saeed.
Farhan Saeed Height Age Girlfriend Wife Family Biography
| Bio/Wiki | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Farhan Saeed Butt |
| Profession(s) | Singer, Songwriter, Actor, Music Video Director, and Entrepreneur |
| Physical Stats & More | |
| Height (approx.) | in centimeters– 175 cm in meters– 1.75 m in feet & inches– 5’ 9” |
| Eye Colour | Dark Brown |
| Hair Colour | Brown |
| Career | |
| Debut | Music Album (A a band member): ‘Aadat’ (2004) by Jal band Single (As a singer): “Kyun Gai” Dil Tenu Karda Ae Pyar (2014)  Song (As a music director): “O Jaana” (2018) by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan & Hamza Mallik  TV Drama (As an actor): ‘De Ijazat Jo Tu’ (2014) as Sarmad; aired on Hum TV  Film (As an actor): ‘Punjab Nahi Jaungi’ (2018) in a cameo role  |
| Awards | • 2015: 14th Lux Style Awards for Best Song of the Year– “Roiyaan” • 2015: 3rd Hum Awards for Best Music Single– “Roiyaan” • 2017: 5th Hum Awards for Best Onscreen Couple– Udaari (with Urwa Hocane) • 2019: 7th Hum Awards for Best Actor– Suno Chanda • 2019: 7th Hum Awards for the Best on-screen couple along with Iqra Aziz– Suno Chanda • 2021: 1st ARY People’s Choice Awards for the Best on-screen couple along with Sohai Ali Abro– Prem Gali |
| Personal Life | |
| Date of Birth | 14 September 1984 (Friday) |
| Age (as of 2025) | 40 Years |
| Birthplace | Model Town, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Zodiac sign | Virgo |
| Autograph |  |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Hometown | Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| School | Crescent High School, Crescent, Oklahoma, US |
| College/University | • The Keynesian Institute of Management and Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan • National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Lahore |
| Educational Qualification | Bachelor of Science (Computer) from National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Lahore |
| Ethnicity | Punjabi Kashmiri |
| Food Habit | Non-vegetarian |
| Controversy | Accused Salim Merchant of Copying his Song In 2019, Farhan made a tweet in which accused the Indian film director Salim Merchant of copying the notes of his song “Roiyaan” in the Hindi song “Haareya.” India Today Farhan tweeted, “Someone just sent me @salim_merchant song HAREYA, which is a total copy of my song ROIYAAN. I wonder they have the audacity to call themselves artists when they steal someone’s work. Karna hi hai to pooch ke kuro aur ager poochna nahin hai to at least acha to kuro! #stopstealing.” His tweet went viral and grabbed the attention of Salim Merchant. Salim then retweeted, “Farhan I just heard your song. It’s a mere coincidence that the chorus of Haareya is like your song. To be honest I’ve never heard it before. It happens many a times when notes have a natural progression from each other. @Sulaiman & I have a track record of never plagiarising.” Farhan was not convinced with Salim’s answer and retweeted, “@salim_merchant if you say so! Another co-incidence is we have the same lyricist! Anyway good luck!” Later, Salim tweeted, “Why don’t you check with him! If i had to copy, I would have done that way long back in my career. I really wish I had heard your song before I made mine. Would have surely made changes to our composition to make it sound different from yours. Anyway, Hope you understand.” |
| Relationships & More | |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Marriage Place | Badshaahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan |
| Affairs/Girlfriends | Urwa Hocane (model and actress) |
| Marriage Date | 16 December 2016 |
| Family | |
| Wife/Spouse | Urwa Hocane |
| Parents | Father– Rahat Saeed Butt (doctor) Mother– Ghazala Rahat  |
| Siblings | Brother(s)– Dr Haroon Saeed and Dr Salman Saeed (both are doctors) |
| Other Relative | Sister-in-law– Mawra Hocane (actor) |
| Favourites | |
| Actor(s) | Shah Rukh Khan and Fawad Khan |
| Singer | Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan |
| Food | Nihari, Odiyal Kool, Chicken Butt Karahi |
| Song | Tera Ghata by Gajendra Verma (2018) |
| Attire | White Shirt and Blue Jeans |
| Sport | Cricket |
| Dessert | Gulab Jamun |
| Politician | Imran Khan |
Music career
Jal the band
Saeed first rose to prominence when he joined the Lahore-based pop rock band Jal, at the age of 17, as a vocalist.
Saeed replaced Atif Aslam in 2003, who quit because of musical differences with Jal’s founding member Goher Mumtaz.
Solo music career
In September 2011, in an exclusive interview with The Express Tribune, Saeed shocked the fans claiming that he had left Jal to pursue a solo career despite Goher Mumtaz offering him to continue his solo career while being a part of Jal. On 8 September 2011, Saeed’s departure was confirmed by Jal’s guitarist Goher Mumtaz who wished him luck for his solo career. He did a collaboration with Aima Baig, Adnan Qazi and Bilal Saeed for his super hit song “Na cher malangaan nu”. His recent song was with Hania Aamir for Asim Jofa that was directed by Qasim Ali Mureed.
He made his Bollywood-singing breakthrough in 2014, by contributing a song to Vikram Bhatt’s Creature 3D. The song, Naam-e-Wafa, is a romantic-duet with Indian vocalist Tulsi Kumar as the co-singer and Mithoon as the composer.
Acting career
Saeed started his acting career by debuting in a leading role in the 2014 Hum TV drama serial De Ijazat Jo Tu alongside Sohai Ali Abro, Saba Hameed and Javaid Sheikh. He then played the lead role as Mohid Shuja in ARY Digital’s Mere Ajnabi alongside Urwa Hocane who was the female lead. He has also played the lead role of Arsh in the drama Udaari as a lawyer along with female lead Urwa. Apart from acting in the drama, Saeed has also collaborated with Hadiqa Kiani for the OST that has topped music charts all over Pakistan.
In 2016, he also played the lead role again in ARY Digital’s Teri Chah Mein, alongside Maria Wasti and Saboor Ali, and Hum TV’s Sila alongside Ainy Jaffri.
Breakthrough with Suno Chanda (2018-2019)
In 2018 he grabbed the leading role of Arsal Jamshed Ali (Arsal) in Hum TV’s critically and commercially superhit drama serial Suno Chanda, with Iqra Aziz as the leading female role, and due to the critical success of the show, a season 2 was immediately announced by the producers. He reprised his role as Arsal Jamshed Ali in the second installment of Suno Chanda alongside Iqra Aziz in 2019. The season was also a hit and a critical success.
He had the leading role in Karachi Se Lahore 3 with Kubra Khan as co-star, the third installment of Wajahat Rauf’s successful series including the box-office hits Karachi Se Lahore and Lahore Se Aagey which would have been his feature film debut, but he had to quit the project because of music tours and concerts he was already committed to.
In early 2019 it was announced that he’ll get his first lead role in a movie in Tich Button, a rom-com co-produced by his wife Urwa Hocane under their joint new production company Shooting Star Studio. After some delay, the movie was eventually released in 2022.
Other work
Director
He turned to direction with the 2018 music video of O Jaana from the singer-songwriter Hamza Malik, starring actress Iqra Aziz and featuring musicians Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Sahir Ali Bagga.
Discography
Film songs
| Year | Film | Song | Music | Lyrics | Co-singer(s) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Dil Tainu Karda Ae Pyar | “Kyun Gayee” | Jaidev Kumar | Kumaar | Punjabi film | |
| Qasam Se Qasam Se | “Meethi Yaadein” | Sayanti-Shailendra | Shailendra Kumar | Hindi film, as member of Jal | ||
| 2014 | Creature 3D | “Naam-e-Wafa” | Mithoon | Tulsi Kumar | Hindi film | |
| Main Aur Mr. Riight | “Bhool Na Jaana” | Astiva Band | ||||
| 2017 | Punjab Nahi Jaungi | “Rab Rakha” | Ali Mustafa | Himself | ||
| Half Girlfriend | “Thodi Der“ | Himself | Kumaar | Shreya Ghoshal | Hindi film | |
| 2018 | Parwaaz Hai Junoon | “Musafir” | Azaan Sami Khan | Shakeel Sohail | Zenab Fatimah Sultan | |
| 2023 | Tich Button | “Ehsaan Hai Tumhara” | Adrian David Emmanuel | Jonita Gandhi | ||
TV series songs
| Year | Serial | Song | Music | Lyrics | Co-singer(s) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | De Ijazat Jo Tu | “De Ijazat Jo Tu” | Sohail Haider | |||
| 2016 | Teri Chah Mein | “Teri Chah Mein” | Sohail Haider | Samina Ejaz | ||
| 2017 | Mere Ajnabi | “Mere Ajnabi” | Adrian David Emmanuel | |||
| 2018 | Suno Chanda | “Suno Chanda” | Naveed Nashad | Aehsun Talish | ||
| Aangan | “Haari Haari” | Imran Raza | Naveed Nashad | |||
| 2019 | Suno Chanda 2 | “Suno Chanda” | Aehsun Talish | Damia Farooq, Rimsha Khan | ||
| 2020 | Prem Gali | “Prem Gali” | Adrian David Emmanuel | Shakeel Sohail, Ahmad Farad | Nish Asher | |
| 2023 | Jhok Sarkar | “Meri Matti” | Sibtain Khalid | |||
Non-film songs
Albums
Singles
| Year | Song | Album/Single | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Khuwahishon | Single | |
| Ik Arzu | Single | ||
| 2012 | Pi Jaon | co-singer Momina Mustehsan; Nominated – Lux Style Awards for Best Song of the Year | |
| 2013 | Tu Thori Dair(Original Punjabi Version) | Single | |
| Halka Halka Suroor | |||
| 2014 | Roiyaan | Lux Style Awards for Best Song of the Year,Hum Awards for Best Music Single | |
| 2015 | Sajna | Single | |
| 2016 | Saathiya | Single | |
| Ji Jaun | Single | ||
| Sajna Ve Sajna | Udaari | co-singer Hadiqa Kiani | |
| Jab Se Miley Tum | co-singer Maryam Fatima | ||
| Bol Ke Lab | co-singer Hadiqa Kiani | ||
| Koi Rokay Na Mujhe | Nominated-Hum Award for best music video | ||
| 2017 | Dekh Tera Kya/Latthay Di Chaadar | Coke Studio 10 | |
| 2018 | Dil Hua Panchi | Single | |
| Maula | collaboration with Rishi Rich | ||
| 2020 | Baliyay | In The Box by Saad Sultan | Single |
| 2021 | Pyaar Sufiyana Ft. Hania Amir | For “Asim Jofa” | |
| Na Cher Malangaan Nu | co-singer Aima Baig | ||
| 2022 | Khush Bichar Ker | Kashmir Beats S2 | |
| Naukar Shah Da | Kashmir Beats S2 | co-singer Shuja Haider | |
| Kadi Kadi | Single |
Music video director
| Year | Song | Singers | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | O Jaana | Rahat Fateh Ali Khan & Hamza Mallik | Zee Music |
Filmography
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Punjab Nahi Jaungi | Himself | Special appearance in song “Rab Rakha” |
| 2022 | Tich Button | Kaka Saab |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Daay Ijazat Jo Tu | Sarmad | |
| 2015 | Mere Ajnabi | Mohid Shuja | |
| 2016 | Udaari | Taimoor Arshad “Arsh” | |
| 2016-2017 | Sila | Taimoor Ahsan | |
| Teri Chah Mein | Faisal Khan | ||
| 2018 | Suno Chanda | Arsalan “Arsal” Jamshed Ali | Also playback singer for title song |
| 2019 | Suno Chanda 2 | ||
| 2020–2021 | Prem Gali | Hamza Hatim | |
| 2021-2022 | Mere Humsafar | Hamza Raees Ahmed | |
| 2022 | Badshah Begum | Pir Shahzaib | |
| 2022-2023 | Meri Shehzadi | Dr. Hasan | Special appearance |
| 2023 | Jhok Sarkar | Arsalan | |
| 2024-present | Kaisi Hai Ye Ruswai | Baaris |
Telefilms
| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Pyar Ki Love Story | Haadi | |
| 2018 | Iss Dil Ki Essi Ki Tessi | Azhar | |
| 2020 | Luv Di Suan | ||
| 2021 | Love Vaccine | Nadeem |
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