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RAHAT FATEH ALI KHAN:

Ustad Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (b. 1974 in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan) is a Pakistani musician , and primarily a singer of Qawwali, a devotional music of the Sufis (a mystical tradition within Islam). He is the nephew of Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. In addition to Qawwali, he also performs ghazals and other light music. He has toured extensively and performed in Pakistan, India and all around the world.

He was born in 1974 in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan into a family of traditional musicians. The son of Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan, Rahat was trained by his uncle Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan in the art of classical music and Qawwali.

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His first public performance was at the age of ten or eleven, when he toured the U.K. with his uncle in 1985, and performed solo songs in addition to singing with the Qawwali party. At a concert in Birmingham on July 27, 1985, he performed the solo ghazal Mukh Tera Sohneya Sharab Nalon Changa Ae. At a concert at the Harrow Leisure Centre in 1985, he performed the solo song Gin Gin Taare Lang Gaiyaan Rattaan. Paap (2004), featuring hit song, Mann Ki Lagan, marked his debut as a Bollywood playback singer. He has become popular in India because of his Bollywood songs.

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In a subordinate role with his uncle Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, working in collaboration with Eddie Vedder, of the American rock band, Pearl Jam, Rahat contributed to the soundtrack of the 1995 Hollywood film Dead Man Walking.

In 2002, he worked on the soundtrack of Four Feathers in collaboration with the American composer of orchestral and film music, James Horner. Also in 2002, Rahat guested with The Derek Trucks Band on the song "Maki Madni" for Trucks' album, Joyful Noise.

More recently, his vocals were featured on the soundtrack of Mel Gibson's Apocalypto.

His recent works include Pakistani nationalistic songs such as "Dharti Dharti" and "Hum Pakistan", and songs from Bollywood films.

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We have featured some great artistes that have mastered the art Qawali's Singing, and those artise have leave their indelable mark on the music scene, it is a pity that more artiste shunned away from Qawalli's and get into the easier forms on pop and filmi music.

Is this a dying art? I do not think so, because Rahat is definately showing flashes of his great Uncle NAFK.

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Next we shall look at Qawali's from Hindi Films, In the 60's and 70's there was an abundance qawalli's from hindi films viz:

1. “Shirde Wale Sai Baba” from Amar Akbar Anthony (1977): sung by Mohd Rafi; music by Laxmikant-Pyarelal

2. “Zalim Meri Sharaab Mein” from Reshma Aur Shera (1971): sung by Manna Dey; music by Jaidev

3. “Hum Kisise Kum Nahin” from Hum Kisise Kum Nahin (1977): sung by Mohd Rafi and Asha Bhosle; music by R.D. Burman

4. “Aaj Kyon Humse Parda” from Sadhna (1958): sung by S. Balbir and Mohd Rafi; music by N. Dutta

5. “Jo Yeh Dil Deewane” from Dharmputra (1961): sung by Mohd Rafi; music by N. Dutta

6. “Chandi Ka Badan” from Taj Mahal (1963): sung by Asha Bhosle, Manna Dey, Mohd Rafi and Sudha Malhotra; music by Roshan

7. “Teri Mehfil Mein” from Mughal-e-Azam (1960): sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Shamshad Begum; music by Naushad

8. “Chali Chali Kaisi Hawa” from Bluffmaster (1963): sung by Shamshad Begum and Usha Mangeshkar; music by Kalyanji-Anandji

9. “Pal Do Pal Ka Saath Hamaara” from The Burning Train (1980): sung by Mohd Rafi and Asha Bhosle; music by R.D. Burman

10. “Mere Dil Ke Andar” from Phool Aur Patthar (1966): sung by Rafi; music by Ravi

To these I really cannot leave out one or two from 'Laila Majnu'

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