Short Notes from Book:::::

Part 1 & Part 2 Notes

 L to R: Rohail, Salman, Shahi & Junaid

L to R: Junaid, Shahi, Nusrat & Rohail

L to R: Shahi, Rohail, Salman & Junaid

Sanwali Saloni video shoots at desert of Thar, Sind

L to R: Junaid , Rohail

Shahi & Rizwan

(Famous model Iraj Manzoor

was also in the video and dressed in a

Typical Thar outfit, little traditional

dance “Jhummer”)

Rizwan joined after Salman

 Ahmed quit in 1990

L to R: Shahi, Nusrat, Junaid and Rohail

Shoaib Mansoor was ingenious enough to judge the talent of young boys and asked them to prepare a song. The song was deeply aesthetic and patriotic, thus making new ways to serious pop music in Pakistan. Though Nazia & Zoheb had already initiated a pop music culture, but they were known as siblings, not a band. Nusrat later quit and joined PIA as a pilot, suggesting Salman Ahmed in place of him. The first album was a great and jubilant success, as a result of VS members’ and Shoman’s effort. Two songs from the album “Musafir” and “Yeh Shaam” leave a very nostalgic impression on mind.  “Tum Mil Gaye” from first album was shot with Junaid and Andaleeb Iqbal, with other VS members missing from the video. Some songs like “Do Pal”, “Samjhana” and “Yeh Shaam” were used in “Dhundlay Raastay also”.

Song Chehra: L to R: Rohail, Nusrat, Shahi and Junaid

The video was shot at vicinity of Rawal Lake, produced by Rana Kanwal, a student at Pakistan Television and edited by Dost Muhammad Iqbal. Besides Vital signs, the video also had two other musicians namely Sarosh and Zaheer. The beautiful ghazal was written by Late Parvin Shakir. The song initially composed had different music, from the “Chehra” re-composed, in terms of more bass riffs and healthier rock. The song composed first has a soft and jolly tune attached to it, whereas, the re-composed version has a melancholic and romantic effect. Both are equally invigorating. The concert performance in 1994 had Aamir Zaki in it.

L to R: Shahi, Zaheer, Junaid, Sarosh & Nusrat

About The other two boys, people have little information about, since they only appeared in “Chehra” and no other song of Vital Signs. These were the times when the song only showed singers’ names. Nusrat afterwards released his own album in 1993 but unfortunately the solo venture didn’t do very well as expected. 

“Wo Kaun Thi”, L to R: Rizwan, Rohail, Shahi & Junaid

The song typically depicted college boys’ attitude, busy writing letters, talking till late nights on the telephone, gazing at every pretty girl. There is a scene where Rizwan is on his bicycle and looking at some girl, without looking ahead, he collides with a man and falls from his bicycle. There is a scene that Rohail gets so absorbed to look at someone that the cold drink he is holding in his hand splashes on earth. Without any model or girl in the video, the direction is remarkable.