Asif Mehdi Son of Mehdi Hassan

Asif Mehdi (born 1966) is a Pakistani ghazal singer and a playback singer in Lollywood, Pakistan. He is known much for reviving classical singing in his country as well as for being the son of Mehdi Hassan. Asif Mehdi performed with his father in Los Angeles in 1983 for the first time at age 17. When he sang, his father Mehdi Hasan was so annoyed that he rebuked him for singing in an effeminate voice. He has toured India, along with ghazal singer Jagjit Singh, in 2009 on the concert tour called Music for Peace which seeks to establish peaceful relations between India and Pakistan which share a common culture and language. He has done 60 movies in the Pakistani film industry. Asif Mehdi won the Nigar Award in 1999 for his playback singing.