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Goher Mumtazگوہر ممتاز
Background information
Born	(1981-07-27) 27 July 1981 (age 43) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Genres	Pop rock Sufi rock
Occupations	Musician singer-songwriter music composer guitarist lyricist actor
Instruments	Vocals guitar
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Sadaf Stereo Tips Industries Limited Fire Records Universal Music India

Goher Mumtaz (Urdu: گوہر ممتاز) is a Pakistani musician, singer-songwriter, music composer, guitarist and actor. He is famous for being the founding member of the rock band, Jal.

Personal life

Since 2016, he's married to Anum Ahmed, who made her acting debut with him in the 2016 Hum TV drama Kathputli, and who's interested in filmmaking as well.

Formation of Jal

Goher and Atif Aslam were college fellows and they used to sing in college concerts. They thought to form a band and released their first song "Aadat" on the Internet. The song was written and composed by Goher and sung by Atif. By the time the song was released it became a major hit in the subcontinent and all radio and TV stations started playing that song.

After the major hit, "Aadat", Goher and Atif started getting concert queries, they then decided to give a proper name to their band, so they named it Jal (water in Sanskrit) and performed in various concerts with this name and line-up of Goher on guitars and Atif on vocals.

Later on Atif, left the band because of some differences and he pursued his solo career, while Goher formed the new line-up and brought Farhan Saeed on vocals and Amir Sheraz (Shazi) on bass. With this new line-up, Jal released their first studio album Aadat in 2003. The album was a major hit in both Pakistan and India and won various awards. With the same line-up, Jal released Boondh in 2007, and again it was a major hit and the band won many awards. They performed in numerous concerts with the same line-up. Jal also performed two songs in Coke Studio (Pakistan) in season 4.

In 2011, Farhan Saeed left the band because of some personal differences. Therefore, Goher took the position of lead vocalist and brought Saad Sultan on lead guitar.

Jal released album, Pyass worldwide in 2013 and performed in many concerts with this line-up. The album was nominated as best album of the year in Hum Awards and Lux Style Awards.

Brand ambassador of Gibson Guitar

Goher Mumtaz became the first brand ambassador of Gibson Guitar Corporation in the subcontinent.

Big screen debut

Goher Mumtaz appeared as a guest actor in Pakistani film Lahore Se Aagey along with Ali Zafar. The main cast of film includes Saba Qamar and Yasir Hussain.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Coke Studio Pakistan

Pakistani drama soundtracks

Filmography

Film

Television

See also

• Jal (band)
• Farhan Saeed
• Atif Aslam

References

1. "Hottie of the week: Goher Mumtaz". The Express Tribune. 17 September 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
2. Amer, Sameen. "Touching base with Goher Mumtaz". The News International. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
3. "Official Website". Archived from the original on 8 March 2012.
4. "I will be choosy with my roles: Anum Ahmed". The Express Tribune. 17 April 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
5. ^ Haq, Irfan Ul (17 September 2016). "Gohar Mumtaz to make film debut with Lahore Se Aagey". Dawn Images. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
6. Javeria (15 May 2024). "Pakistani Movie "Abhi" will Release on Eid ul Adha 2024". Fusion Pakistan. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
7. "Spotlight: Jal's Goher makes his TV debut". Dawn. 24 July 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
8. Moiz, Sidrah (7 July 2013). "Did you know?: Goher Mumtaz gears up for Cookie | The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
9. "Gohar Mumtaz With Wife Anum on HUM TV Drama 'Kathputli'". Ahmed Hussain. Magprime. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
10. "Ghayal – ARY Exclusive Digital Drama". arydigital.tv. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
11. Haq, Irfan Ul (10 October 2015). "Drama Neelum Kinarey highlights the hidden beauty of Kashmir: Gohar Mumtaz". Dawn Images. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
12. "Goher Mumtaz And Sonia Mishaal Team Up For Faisla". reviewit.pk. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
13. "Ishq Mein Kafir: Saboor Aly & Gohar Mumtaz To Share Screen – VeryFilmi". VeryFilmi. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
14. Khan, Saira (30 November 2018). "HIP Exclusive: Goher Mumtaz signs his next project, "Meray Humdum"". HIP. Retrieved 25 January 2019.

External links

• Goher Mumtaz at IMDb
• Goher Mumtaz on SoundCloud

• Pakistani musicians
• Living people
• Urdu-language singers
• Pakistani rock guitarists
• 1981 births