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Ali Sethi

Ali Sethi
Born Ali Sethi
(1984-07-02) July 2, 1984 (age 32)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Alma mater Sadiq Public School, Bahawalpur
Harvard University
Occupation
  • Singer
  • Musician
  • Writer
  • Columnist
Parent(s) Najam Sethi
Jugnu Mohsin
Family

Mira Sethi (sister)
Moni Mohsin (aunt)

Musical career
Genres Classical
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • Guitars
  • Piano
  • Harmonium
Labels
  • True Brew
Associated acts Coke Studio, Strings, Nabeel Shaukat Ali, Sarmad Sultan Khoosat, Zebunnisa Bangash, Abida Parveen

Mira Sethi (sister)
Moni Mohsin (aunt)

Ali Sethi (Urdu/Punjabi: علی سیٹھی; /st/; born July 2, 1984) is a Pakistani singer, musician, writer, and columnist. Sethi achieved critical appraisal and recognition for authoring a novel The Wish Maker, which was short-listed for DSC Prize for South Asian Literature and the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize Award. Sethi has written several columns for New York Times, The New Yorker, The Caravan, and The Friday Times.

In 2013, he began focusing on his music career and made his film debut as a playback singer in The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013) and released a cover single "Mohabbat Karne Waley" later that year. Later, he released four cover singles including his own version of Reshma's song "Kithay Nain Na Jori", which earned him critical appraisal. Sethi recorded two songs "Kya Hoga" and "Aah Ko Chayie" for Manto (2015) and debuted as a featured artist in the eighth season of Pakistani music reality show Coke Studio.


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