Azaan Sami Khan (born 22 May 1993) is a Pakistani musician, composer and actor. Additionally, he has also been a screenwriter and editor. He is best known as a film and television music composer, with credits on the Pakistani films Parwaaz Hai Junoon (2018), Parey Hut Love (2019) and Superstar (2019), and as a singer who released his debut album Main Tera in 2021. He made his television acting debut in 2021 with the Hum TV drama serial Ishq E Laa.
Khan is the son of musician Adnan Sami and actress Zeba Bakhtiar.
Early life and education
Khan was born on 22 May 1993 in Karachi, Pakistan, the only child of musician Adnan Sami and actress Zeba Bakhtiar, who married earlier that year and divorced shortly afterwards. He was raised primarily by his mother in Pakistan and spent part of his teenage years in India with his father, who later acquired Indian citizenship. In interviews, Khan has said that he chose to base his career in Pakistan, describing the country as his home.
Due to his family background, Khan was exposed to the entertainment industry early on, attending production meetings while he was still eight and learning from his mother how to edit (as her production company was developing television series.)
Khan attended school in Karachi and went on to study at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.
Cinema
Khan began his career in 2014 as co-writer and co-producer of the Pakistani action thriller O21, which was produced by his mother's production company.
He made his debut as a film music composer with Parwaaz Hai Junoon (2018), and went on to compose the soundtracks of the romantic comedy Parey Hut Love and the musical drama Superstar, both released in 2019. Tracks from these films, including "Haye Dil", "Noori" and "Ghalat Fehmi", were widely played in Pakistan. In 2019, he also worked as an assistant director on the Hindi film Kalank.
Music
Khan is classically trained and his primary performance instruments are the piano and the keyboard, while as a film music composer he arranges and orchestrates a vast array of acoustic, traditional subcontinental, and modern western instruments (such as guitars and eastern orchestral arrangements).
He released his debut album Main Tera in 2022. It was the first production of Hum Records, a record label and music platform launched by the Hum Network. The nine-track album included a collaboration with Rahat Fateh Ali Khan on the song "Meri Sajna Re"; the title track "Main Tera" passed five million YouTube views within a month of release. The same year he released the single "Tu" with actress Mahira Khan, and "Ik Lamha", featuring Maya Ali.
Television
Khan made his acting debut in the 2021 Hum TV drama serial Ishq E Laa, appearing alongside Sajal Aly and Yumna Zaidi in the role of Azlan Ahmad. He was nominated for Best Emerging Talent in Television at the 22nd Lux Style Awards in 2023 for the role. He went on to appear in the dramas Hum Dono and Meri Tanhai (both 2024–25), and in 2025 starred in Ae Dil and the ARY Digital serial Main Manto Nahi Hoon.
Personal life
Khan married Sophia Bilgrami in 2012; the couple have two children, a son, Ibrahim, and a daughter, Lily. They divorced by mutual consent in 2022.