Personal info
Known for
Music Director
Gender
Male
Birthday
20 November
Location
Punjab, Pakistan
Edit pageShuja Haider
Biography
Shuja Haider or Shuja Hyder (born 20 November, 1982) is a Pakistani singer, songwriter, composer, and record producer. Haider is best known as a playback singer for the films Khuda Kay Liye (2007) and Bol (2011) and more recently for his work on Coke Studio, Pakistan.
Haider served as music director for the Lux Style Awards for two years. He has produced over 50 albums in his career and is considered one of the most established music producers in Pakistan today.
Haider established his own recording studio, Speed of Sound, in 1996 and produced Haroon's first solo album Haroon Ki Awaz in 2000 and Ahmed Jahanzeb's second studio album Parastish in 2003.
Soon after, he rose to prominence as a singer with his very first single, "Tera Woh Pyar," composed by two of his brothers and released in 2004-05 by the Indus Media Group. In 2008, Haider wrote and performed a song for the Indian film Ru Ba Ru.
He has since done work as a songwriter, composer, and vocalist for Pakistani drama soundtracks (known as OSTs) including Tum Mere Hi Rehna (2014), Muqaddas (2015), Sehra Main Safar (2015), Mann Mayal (2016), Baaghi (2017), and Alif (2019).
Haider is known for his collaborations with Shoaib Mansoor in his films Khuda Kay Liye (2007) and Bol (2011), where he recorded solos and duets with Ahmed Jahanzeb.
