After unsuccessfully trying to make it to the competitive Pakistani pop scene in 1997, in 2000, Asha Bhosle teamed up with him to release a collection of love songs named Kabhi to Nazar Milao.
He then had to re-record these songs with Hadiqa Kiyani. However, the authorities banned Asha's voice from the soundtrack which disappointed Adnan. The Pakistani film, in which Adnan was the lead with his wife Zeba and famous Indian playback singer Asha Bhosle did the playback, Sargam, was a blockbuster. In 1994, he composed music for a film for the first time. He had his first solo album RAAG Time in 1991-92.The song from his latest album Kisi Din 'Teri Yaad' was the title track'Jab Chandani Barh Kar' of his first album. His style merges Asian and Western styles and instrumentation and ranges from classical to jazz to modern pop-rock.Īdnan had begun playing the piano at the age of five and was an accomplished concert pianist having performed in several countries such as Sweden and UAE. Adnan Sami Khan (Urdu: عدنان سمیع خان born 15 August 1973), popularly known simply as Adnan Sami, is a British born singer, musician pianist, actor and composer of Pakistani origin from Canada.