Aamir Zaki Not Picked Up for the Coke Studio Season 4?

May 17, 2011

There’s one thing for sure that 2010 has been the year of come back for the guitar maestro, Zaki. From performances at BRC & PACC to releasing a long-awaited single and a video, Zaki has been playing his strings just right. He also signed up a campaign with Warid glow where he was found playing Walkin’ Blues.

Rumor has it that Aamir Zaki auditioned for the fourth season of the Coke Studio but was never contacted by the team. When asked Rohail, he replied

Not true. We were about to experiment with a new concept and I approached him (Zaki) for that. Unfortunately, the idea didn’t materialise due to the shortage of time. We don’t go around ‘rejecting’ talent, and that too, of the caliber of Aamir. I’m sure we will work together on the same concept sometime in future,

Aamir Zaki, on the contrary, said

No one from Coke Studio contacted me. I really wanted to be a part of the venture, but no one asked me.

When Express Tribune contacted source close to the guitar maestro, he added

Back in October 2010, Aamir Zaki and his session players were called up by the Coke Studio people to their pre-production house in Defence. They came there and played four songs , which included the very popular “Mera Pyar”, “Saaen Wadero”, “Mohabbat Blues” and “Jaana”

One thing is for sure that the audition did take place and Aamir Zaki wasn’t chosen for the show. Rohail says it was called off due to shortage of time. If October time-frame is true, it is obvious that the Coke Studio team had plenty of time in their hands. In a recent interview with us, Bilal Khan said he never auditioned for the show but was chosen by the team anyway, which makes sense since Bilal Khan is a great talent. But so is Aamir Zaki and of a different class. If he was actually dropped off even after the auditions, this will really make the audience judge the Coke Studio’s auditioning system.