Roxen

Roxen is a Pakistani music band which is gaining worldwide attention with their song Toh Phir Aao included in the Bollywood movie Awarapan.

Etymology

The name ROXEN is derived from the Urdu word ROZEN which means “A hole in a wall of a prison cell from which a ray of light emerges & gives hope & freshness”, the word Deewar means Wall, (Rozen-E-Deewar). The name was suggested by Kashaan, a friend of Mustafa Zahid

Music

Roxen was formed back in September 2002 with initial line up of Mustafa a.k.a musti , Jawad a.k.a Jodi and Omar & came out with their debut song Yaadein i which labeled them as “another jal-wannabe band” but gained immense popularity. The band came out with ‘Sapnay’ after one year which drew everyones attention towards them and removed all allegations on them for not sounding original.Sapnay was a treat for rock lovers and put Roxen into lime light.

After a couple of months they came out with web release of another song called Tau Phir Aoo with its demo version. The song registered over 65000 downloads in one month^[1]. After adding another young talent Haider from Lahore underground the band started working on their debut album at Xth Harmonic in October 2005 and later came out with another audio/video of their track Sapnay directed by Ahmed Ali Butt.

With tints of pop and dark shades of rock too, Roxen hit the market with their debut album on August 31, 2006, titled Rozen-E-Deewar, released under Fire Records in Pakistan, Hom Records in India & Sangeet Records in USA, Canada, the Middle east & the rest of the world.

Roxen did first bollywood venture with Mahesh Bhatts Awarapan in 2007 and with tracks like Toh Phir Aoo and Tera Mera Rishta Purana on the soundtrack the album did wonders both in India and Pakistan.The tracks became anthems for the masses and Roxen came out with the video of Toh Phir Aoo featuring Emran Hashmi.

In 2009, Roxen released a single “Bujh Hai Gaya,” which gained a lot of popularity and is considered a perfect come back for the pop rock band. Later on Roxen came out with another Bollywood song ‘Khuda Key Liya’ on the soundtrack of movie Runway.

Currently Roxen is working on their 2nd album titled as ‘Na kar Dewana’ which is expected to hit stores early 2010.

SONGS IN INDIAN FILM

• “Toh Phir Aao”(Awarapan)(2007)
• “Toh Phir Aao Unplgued Version”(Awarapan)(2007)
• “Toh Phir Aao-Remix”(Awarapan)(2007)
• “Tera Mera Rishta”(Awarapan)(2007)
• “Tera Mera Rishta-Remix”(Awarapan)(2007)
• “Khuda Kay Liye”(Runway)(2009)
• “Khuda Kay Liye-Remix”(Runway)(2009)