Farhan Saeed wanted to be like Atif Aslam: Gohar Mumtaz

Karachi: The former singer of famous Pakistani music band 'Jal' and actor Gohar Mumtaz revealed that singer Farhan Saeed left the band because he wanted to become Atif Aslam.

Recently, Gohar Mumtaz appeared in an interview, the clip of which has gone viral on social media.

Gohar Mumtaz talked about the journey of his musical band Jal from the beginning to the end, in which he said that singer Farhan Saeed worked very hard compared to Atif Aslam. He used to tell Farhan thay he does not need to go anywhere.

According to Gohar Mumtaz, he advised Farhan Saeed to stay connected with Jal band but he did not listen and quit the band to go to Bollywood.

He stated that Farhan Saeed leaving the band was a very painful time for him. He also explained to Farhan Saeed that Atif Aslam got the right path and left at the right time, not everyone is so lucky.

Gohar added during the interview that at that time Saeed wanted to become like Atif Aslam and go to Bollywood, later what he said turned out to be true because Bollywood has other great singers too.

Talking in the podcast, he said: 'Compared to Atif, I worked very hard on Farhan, his voice was average'.

It is pertinent to note that Jal band was founded in 2002 and Atif Aslam and Farhan Saeed were part of it. After Atif Aslam left Jal, Farhan Saeed remained the lead singer, later he too said goodbye to the band.