Roxen (band)

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Roxen
Roxen's Bujh Hai Gaya (Video Cover)
Background information
Origin	Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Genres	Alternative rock Pop rock
Years active	2004–present
Labels	The Musik Records, Fire Records
Website	www.rocknroxen.com

Members	Mustafa Zahid Haider Halim Shahan Khan

Past members	Jawad (Jodi) Omar Halim

Roxen (Urdu: روظن, literal English translation: "hope") is a Pakistani rock band from Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Formed in 2004, the band's original lineup included Mustafa Zahid on vocals, Haider Halim on lead guitar, Omar Halim and Jawad, more commonly known as Jodi.

The band achieved mainstream success with their debut studio album Rozen-e-Deewar, released in 2006. Following this, the band went on gaining worldwide recognition for their singles Toh Phir Ao and Tera Mera Rishta which featured as soundtracks for the Bollywood movie Awarapan in 2007. After a gap of two years, the band released the single Bujh Hai Gaya, from their upcoming second album, which was a huge hit in Pakistan. This was followed by the band releasing the song Khuda Ke Liye for the Bollywood movie Runway. In 2011, band members Omar Halim and Jodi left the band to pursue personal careers and Shahan Khan joined the band on guitar.

Music

Roxen was formed back in September 2002 with initial line up of Mustafa Zahid a.k.a. musti, Jawad a.k.a. Jodi and Omar & came out with their debut song Yaadein which labeled them as "another Jal-wannabe band" but gained immense popularity.

After a couple of months they came out with web release of another song called Tau Phir Aoo with its demo version. The song registered over 65000 downloads in one month.^[1]

With tints of pop and dark shades of rock too, Roxen hit the market with their debut album on August 31, 2006, titled Rozen-E-Deewar, released under Fire Records in Pakistan, Hom Records in India & Sangeet Records in USA, Canada, the Middle east & the rest of the world.

As the news go around Roxen also has some great Bollywood projects under their belt so one would expect a lot more from them in current future. Roxen's second album 'Bhoola Samundar' is expected to be released in February 2014. Finally, Universal Music has signed Mustafa Zahid and Roxen (band) for a worldwide release of their Upcoming Album.^[2]

Discography

Albums

Year	Title	Label
2006	Rozen-e-Deewar	Fire Records
2014	Bhoola Samundar	Universal Music

Bollywood

Year	Song	Film
2007	Toh Phir Aao	Awarapan
2007	Tera Mera Rishta	Awarapan
2009	Khuda Kay Liye	Runway
2012	Gunaah	Blood Money
	Teri Yaadon Se
	Jo Tere Sang
2013	Hum Jee Lenge	Murder 3
	Yeh Junoon Mera	Shootout at Wadala
	Bhula Dena	Aashiqui 2

Pakistani Drama Soundtrack

Year	Song	Drama Serial	TV Channel
2010	Tere Liye	Tere Liye	ARY Digital

Singles

"Bujh Hay Gaya"
"Meray Saathiya"
"Kaisay Jiyein" (also used in Bollywood film Murder 3 as Hum Jee Lenge)
"Dil Main Tum" (Revised with Bunny)
"Na Kar Deewana" (also used in Bollywood film Awarapan as Tera Mera Rishta)

Band Members

Current members

The band currently has 3 members:

Mustafa Zahid (Vocals, Lyrics & Compositions)
Haider Halim (Lead Guitars, Backing Vocals & Compositions)
Shahan Khan (Guitars)

Past members

Jawad (Jodi) (Lead Guitars)
Omar Halim (Bass Guitars)

References

External links

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