PEPSI UNPLUGGED – The Eid Edition with the legend himself, Ali Azmat. Pepsi Unplugged celebrated the silver jubilee i.e. 25 years of Ali Azmat at Movenpick Hotel Karachi on 26th July 2015. Furthermore, we took this opportunity to announce Ali Azmat latest film venture about to release across cinemas. His new look in the film will defiantly raise eyebrows. With a sensational performer and a supporting band with Gumby and Omran Shafeeq the crowd was blown away.
Ali Azmat is a Pakistani singer-song writer, musician and actor. He is best known as the lead singer for the influential Sufi rock band Junoon and for his subsequent solo career. In 2001, he become the first musician ever to perform at the United Nations General Assembly along with an Indian band choosing to sing his song “Dosti” an aptly chosen title to promote the UN’s mission in bringing peace to the world. At Pepsi Unplugged he sang some of his most popolar hits from the likes of Muala and Sayoin Ne.
Pepsi Unplugged also supported Pakistani cinema by promoting two upcoming movies, Dekh Magar Pyar Say and Karachi se Lahore. Karachi se Lahore also premiered for the very first time the opening scene from the movie at Pepsi Unplugged. If that movie wasn’t anticipated before it defiantly is now. The scene was introduced by the Director WajahatRauf along with all the cast members.
The red carpet was hosted by the beautiful Anoushey Ashraf styled by Nabila and wardrobe by AamnaAqueel. Celebrities and socialites present at the event were Maheen Khan, Deepak Perwani, Komal Rizvi, Rabya Chaudry, AmnaIlyas, Momal Shiekh, Shahzad Shiekh, Maira Khan, Sadaf Hamid, Zurain Imam, Sadaf Malatree, Umair Mirza, Ayaz Anis, Raana Khan, Beenish Perviaz, Mohammad Moiz, Shanaz Ramzi, Muzna Ebrahim, Zaianb Mohammad, Rukiya Adamjee, Sohail Javed, Nadya Mistry, NaeemHaq, Kiran Khan, Tabbassum Mughal, Nazia Malik, Aisha Khan, Aamna Aqueel, Ahmed Ali, Sammar Mehdi, Yasir Nawaz, WajahatRauf, ShaziaWajaht, Mustafa Changezi, SuhanaBaloch, Sohai Ali Abro, Nubain Ali, Siama Azhar, Amina Malik, Fatima Syed, Humayoun Alamgir, amongst others.
On behalf of UNPLUGGED, we, BB Events & PR would like to take this opportunity to thank our official sponsors for sharing our vision to revive live music in Pakistan. Without their support and great services, we would not have reached our goal of making these Premium Musical Evenings come to life. A special thanks to Pepsi Co., Magnum, Lipton, English Biscuit Manufacturers Ltd, Close Up and TDI. At the closing of the event we gave away 3 diamond rings via lucky draw courtesy Close Up- Diamond attraction. The rings were given away by Maheen Khan, Deepak Perwani and Komal Rizvi. Pepsi Unplugged also gave away two tickets to Paris courtesy Lipton which were awarded to Mr&Mrs Aurangzeb Siddiqui.
Pepsi Unplugged is a series of invitation-only events introduced by Hasan Rizvi CEO – BodyBeat. These events are hosted at high-end venues with performances by our country’s most established and recognized performers. Some noteworthy names in previous events have had performances by Zoe Viccaji, Komal Rizvi, Club Caramel, Fuzon,Suhana Baloch, noori and JAL amongst others.
This edition’s was held on Sunday, 26th July 2015 and the red carpet was hosted by the model/Anchor Anoushey Ashraf. We will be launching our first event in Lahore in August followed by two more in Lahore. Similarly Karachi has yet to witness 2 more unplugged in Karachi this year. Our 2016’s plan is even bigger with several international artists performing on the Unplugged platform. We aim to host Pepsi Unplugged in both Lahore, Karachi & Dubai in 2016.
Here are some glimpses from Pepsi Unplugged with Ali Azmat:-
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