Category: Performing
Country: Pakistan

About

As an actress, painter, model, and singer, Meesha Shafi is a gifted artist with multiple talents. A graduate of the National College of Arts in Lahore, Pakistan, Meesha comes from a family with a rich tradition of art and culture. Her mother Saba Pervaiz, for example, is a famous Pakistani television actress. When asked if going into entertainment was an obvious choice given her family background, Meesha responded, “If it’s in your blood, there’s no escaping it. I know I was born with the performing bug in me. If it was there from such an early age, it was probably because of my mom.”¹

Meesha is a member of Overload, a percussion-based fusion performing group considered to be the loudest band in Pakistan. Overload’s music has a heavy rock influence with an element of fusion through the sound of the dhol, an Eastern drum. As the group’s lead vocalist, Meesha is seen as Pakistan’s first female rock star. She recently performed a “groovy rendition” of “Alif Allah Chambay di Booti” with Arif Lohar on Coke Studio, a Pakistani music program.²

When Meesha is not making music, she is busy modeling. She is considered one of Pakistan’s leading fashion models and was selected as the country’s L’Oréal Paris’ spokesperson. In regards to this accomplishment, Meesha commented, “I definitely feel extremely flattered. It gives me great pride to represent the world’s largest beauty brand and to know that they chose me to communicate to thousands of beautiful women across the country.”³ With her position at L’Oréal, Meesha hopes to represent the limitless beauty of Pakistan, its tradition, culture, and exotic beauty, much of which she feels the world is unaware.⁴

[1] “Meesha Shafi – The Dum guttkoon, Jugni ji Girl,” from Dawn.

[2] ibid.

[3] Meesha Shafi talks to Fashion Central.

[4] ibid.