VJ Anoushay Ashraf hosted the evening in her lively style. Performing live, Zafar opened the show with a medley of popular covers including “Chal Dil Mere” and “Sohani rath dhal chuki”. He followed it with a rendition of “Teray bina lagay na mora jiya”, giving it a unique twist. He had the audience swaying to his beats as he sang “Jhoom”.
Full of playful fun, Zafar gave an operatic twist to his next number and followed it with “Tum say hi hum ko pyar hai”. The youngsters in the audience went wild with his offering of “No woman, no cry” while the entire packed hall went ecstatic at his rendition of “Zindagi Gulzar Hai”, from the award-winning serial by the same name.
Next up was “Hum bewafa hargiz na thay” and “Aik seedhi sadhi larki” before Zafar invited on sage actor Moammar Rana from the audience. The latter had everyone amazed with his lithe and athletic performance for he easily jumped up and down the four-foot stage instead of taking the stairs. A light banter followed after, which singer/actor Junaid Khan was invited. At Zafar’s request, Khan sang his own number “Sab bhula kay” to, which the former sang in accompaniment.
The set was creatively constructed with the theme color red in focus and three LCD screens within the set, displaying constantly changing graphics added to the ambience.
More treat was in store for the audience for Zafar then invited actor Faisal Qureshi and model Sunita Marshall on stage to perform a little extract from the “Preeto” song’s video the three had done together 13 years ago. On great demand, he finally sang “Channo” and related how it transformed his entire life and brought him from a singer who used to sing ghazals at people’s houses for a paltry Rs 20,000 to Rs 30,000, to where he is today.
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