Music director, playback singer, song-writer and multi-instrumentalist, Shani Arshad segwayed into the music industry as a keyboard player. Born to Ustad Arshad Ali, his musical breakthrough arrived when he was 18 with a track he produced for Junaid Jamshed’s solo record, ‘Dil Ki Baat’. Soon after he tried his hand at television commercials, composing hundreds of jingles in a span of very little time. He has worked with some of the country’s top musical acts including, Sajjad Ali, Shafqat Amanat Ali, Raheem Shah and Najam Sheraz to name a few. His film career includes the title song he composed for Priyadarshan’s Bollywood movie, ‘Khatta Meetha’; and locally for critically acclaimed ‘Main Hoon Shahid Afridi’ (2013), ‘Na Maloom Afraad’ (2014), ‘Bin Roye’ (2015), ‘Actor in Law’ (2016) and most recently, Na Maloom Afraad 2’ (2017).

Having made his debut on Coke Studio, Season 9 as a music director and singer, Arshad was able to create memorable tracks from the ethereal soundscapes of Abida Parveen’s ‘Maula-e-Kul’ to Meesha Shafi’s bold and feisty ‘Bholay Bhalay’. In Season 10, Shani Arshad returns as a music director to borrow our ears and steal our hearts with his powerful compositions.