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25 SONGS BY MEHDI HASSAN:

 

By Ustad Ghulam Haider Khan

And success followed success. The next year, in 1959, Mehdi composed in the Rajasthani maand style a ghazal of then-rising poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz. This ghazal was ‘Gulon mein rang bhare, baad-e-naubahar chalay’. It was to become a signature work for both singer and poet, and a lasting testament to the emotive power of that uniquely Pakistani form, the musical ghazal. This particular ghazal became wildly popular soon after it was aired on radio, and Mehdi sang it again and again, in private mehfils as well as public concerts, adding new touches and interpretations to its many intricate parts in the Rajasthani folk tune that issued from the very core of his soul and came to him like a first tongue

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