Name	Abida Parveen
Background	solo_singer
Origin	Larkana, Pakistan
Genre	KafiGhazalQawwali
Occupation	SingerMusician
Years active	1973–present
Past members	}}

Abida Parveen (born 1954) (, }}), is a Pakistani singer of Sindhi descent and one of the foremost exponents of Sufi music (''Sufiana kalaam''). She sings mainly ghazals, Urdu love songs, and her forte, Kafis, a solo genre accompanied by percussion and harmonium, using a repertoire of songs by Sufi poets. Parveen sings in Urdu, Sindhi, Saraiki, Punjabi and Persian, and together with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is considered one of the finest Sufi vocalists of the modern era.

Early life

Abida Parveen, a Sindhi, was born in mohalla Ali Goharabad in Larkana (Sindh province, Pakistan). She received her musical thumb|500px|Abida Parveen (right) with her spiritual master Muhammad Najeeb Sultan (center). training initially from her father, Ustad Ghulam Haider, and later from Ustad Salamat Ali Khan of the Sham Chorasia gharana. Growing up, she attended her father's music school,where her foundation in music was laid

Career

Abida Parveen embarked upon her professional career from Radio Pakistan, Hyderabad, in 1973. Her first hit was the Sindhi song “Tuhinje zulfan jay band kamand widha”.

Coke Studio

Abida performed on the internationally acclaimed Pakistani show Coke Studio, on which she sang three songs, including Ramooz-e-Ishq, Nigah-e-Darwaishaan, and Soz-e-Ishq.

Personal life

Abida was married to Ghulam Hussain Sheikh, senior producer at Radio Pakistan, who died a few years ago and who nurtured her development as a singer in her early years. The couple had a daughter Priya, an MBA who acts as her adviser, and a son Saranj.

Awards

President of Pakistan’s Award for Pride of Performance (1982), and the Sitara-e-Imtiaz (2005).

Discography

Aap Ki Abida

Are Logo Tumhara Kiya

Best of Abida Parveen (1997)

Baba Bulleh Shah

Abida Parveen Sings Songs of the Mystics Vol 1

Arifana Kalam

Chants Soufis Du Pakistan

Faiz by Abida

Ghalib by Abida Parveen

Ghazal Ka Safar Vol I

Ghazal Ka Safar Vol II

Har Tarannum

Hazrat Sultanul Arafin Haq Bahu Rematullah

Heer By Abida

Ho Jamalo

Ishq Mastana

Jahan-e-Khusrau

Jeewey Sain Yan Jeewey

Kabir by Abida (2002)

Kafian Bulleh Shah

Kafiyan Khwaja Ghulam Farid

Khazana

Kuch Is Ada Se Aaj

Latthe Di Chadar

Mahi Yaar Di Ghadoli

Mere Dil Se

Meri Pasand - Abida Parveen

Raqs-e-Bismil - Dance of the Wounded

Sarhadein

Sings Amir Khusrau

Tera Ishq Nachaya

The very best of Abida

Yaadgar Ghazalen Vol 1

Rukh-e-Murshid (A tribute to Abida Parveen's Murshid Sahibzada Muhammad Najeeb Sultan)

References

External links

Abida Parveen Biography

Courting Ecstasy In Songs Of Pakistan at New York Times

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Name	Rabbi Shergill
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Gurpreet Singh Shergill
Born	1973
Origin	Delhi, India
Genre	Punjabi, Rock, Sufi, IndiPop
Instrument	Vocals, Guitar
Occupation	Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist
Years active	2004 – present
Label	Phat Phish Records, Yash Raj Music
Website	http://www.rabbishergill.com
Past members	}}

Rabbi Shergill (born Gurpreet Singh Shergill, 1973) is an Indian musician well known for his debut album ''Rabbi'' and the chart-topper song of 2005, "Bulla Ki Jaana". His music has been described variously as rock, Punjabi, with a bani style melody, and Sufiana, and "semi-Sufi semi-folksy kind of music with a lot of Western arrangements." Rabbi has been called "Punjabi music's true urban balladeer".

Biography

Early years

After leaving college Rabbi formed a band called Kaffir which struggled to get professional performances. The band played in a few college fests but with time the other members of the band decided to move over to the corporate world. Rabbi, was committed to music and was clear that he wanted to be a professional musician. He composed jingles for a while, some of them were for Yamaha RX-T motorbikes, and Times FM. Rabbi struggled for many years to get his debut album published. Initially he worked with Sony Music, but Sony backed out. He then approached Minty Tejpal, brother of Tehelka's editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal, who liked his music and offered him a contract. Soon after Tehelka ran into financial problems and eventually cancelled the contract. Magnasound also offered him a contract, but the company became bankrupt before the album could materialize. He was finally signed on by Phat Phish Records, on which he released his debut album in 2004.

Breakthrough

His first album ''Rabbi'' was released in 2004. Relying on word-of-mouth publicity and a music video, Rabbi Shergill was an instant success. The song "Bulla Ki Jaana" was the most frequently played non-film song of 2005 in India. The song "Bulla Ki Jaana" was also requested to be included in movies like Waisa bhi hota hai part II and Paap but was rejected by Rabbi. The other songs in the album include songs of joy ("Ajj Nachna"), love ("Tere Bin") and even on contemporary issues ("Jugni").

Most of the songs in the album were composed and written by Rabbi himself except for "Bulla ki Jana" based on the poetry of 18th century Muslim Sufi mystic Baba Bulleh Shah, "Heer" from Heer by Waris Shah and "Ishtihar" by Shiv Kumar Batalvi.

Later career

Rabbi has since worked as a music director and lyricist for the Hindi movie, ''Delhii Heights''. He has also performed at the World Social Forum in Brazil, played at the inauguration of the Tri-Continental Film Festival in New Delhi and various other Live Shows.

On April 9, 2008, Nokia India announced that Shergill's album, ''Avengi Ja Nahin'', would be available exclusively on its Nseries range of multimedia devices for a period of one month prior to its audio cd release. The album contains nine songs and deals with ''issues like communal violence, social responsibility and the need for “collective morality”.''

Musical style

Shergill's principal contribution to music lies in the use of Punjabi — which previously had a reputation similar to that of either Bhangra or traditional folk — to create acoustic rock-based ballads, providing a new musical perspective to this language. And with his poetic, socially relevant lyrics and an adult alternative sound, Shergill instantly connected with an urban crowd who loved him for his genuine and original approach to his songs. His songs are deeply philosophical and blend archaic, almost lost, Punjabi phrases into far more recent Indian rock music with great ease.

Rabbi's music has been inspired by Rock as well as Sufi and Punjabi folk music. His favourite musicians include Bruce Springsteen, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith and Jimmy Page.

Personal life

Rabbi's father was a Sikh preacher and his mother is a college principal and also a Punjabi poet. Rabbi has four sisters. He is an alumnus of Guru Harkrishan Public School, India Gate and University of Delhi's renowned Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College. After college, he went for further studies at the Fore School of Management but dropped out a year later.

External links

Rabbi Shergill

Discography

''Rabbi'' (2004)

''Avengi Ja Nahin'' (2008)

''Rabbi III'' (2012)

See also

K. J. Singh

References

Category:Punjabi music Category:Punjabi poetry Category:Performers of Sufi music‎ Category:Punjabi people Category:1973 births Category:Living people

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name	Shafqat Amanat Ali
landscape	yes
background	solo_singer
birth date	February 26, 1965
birth place	Lahore, Pakistan
genre	Rock music, Sufi, playback singing, Classical Music
instrument	Vocals
years active	2000-till present
associated acts	Fuzön
website	}}

Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan (Urdu: شفقت امانت علی; born 26 February 1965) is a Pakistani classical singer belonging to Patiala Gharana lineage. He is the youngest brother of the late Asad Amanat Ali Khan. He was the lead vocalist of the Pakistani rock band Fuzön. He was awarded the President's Pride of Performance civil award on August 14, 2007.

Early life and background

Shafqat Amanat Ali was born in Lahore to Ustad Amanat Ali Khan, on 26 February 1965 making him the nineth generation of Patiala Gharana. He received his bachelor's degree from Government College University, Lahore (now known as GC University). He received the role of honor from the Music Society of Government College University, Lahore, which is led by Tariq Farani son of UM Saleem Shah.

He started learning classical music at age four, his grandmother being his first teacher. His main influences in music come from his father and his uncle Bade Fateh Ali Khan.

Career

"Aankhon Ke Saagar," "Khamaj," "Ankhiyan" and "Mitwa" are some of his most popular works. He also sang the songs "Phir Wohi Raastey" and "Allah megh de" for a Pakistani film named ''Ramchand Pakistani''.

Shafqat was introduced to Bollywood by Shankar Mahadevan. One morning while driving to his studio, he heard Shafqat's hit song "Aankhon Ke Saagar" on the radio. He immediately called the radio jockey who was his friend and got Shafqat's contact number. Shafqat sang "Mitwa" composed by Shankar Ehsaan Loy for the movie ''Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna''. The song was listed in the top charts in India, helping propel Shafqat into stardom. He was the voice behind the critically acclaimed song "Yeh Honsla" [sic] in the Bollywood film ''Dor''. He sang background for the films ''Hello'' and ''Mumbai Cutting''. His songs "Mora Saiyaan" and "Tere Bina" were featured in Nagesh Kukunoor's ''Hyderabad Blues 2''.

After leaving the band Fuzon in 2006, Shafqat concentrated on his solo career. Based on folk and Sufi works, the album ''Tabeer'' was commissioned and released by Music Today in mid-September 2008.

The album was released by Fire Records in Pakistan in September 2008 as their mega Eid release. The entire album has been recorded, mixed and mastered in Pakistan by Shani (Zeeshan) at "Couple of good studios". All songs except "Naina" and "Tu hi tu hai" were composed by Shafqat.

The first video of the premier song of the album, "Khairheyan De Naal", was aired on all channels in India and Pakistan. He has fondly been nicknamed the "Rock star Ustad" by Saleem Merchant of the Saleem-Suleman duo. He also appeared on the Rubaroo episode of ''Indian Idol 4''. He released his second solo album ''Kyun Dooriyan'' in 2010. It included a couple of songs — "Kaga Ja" and "Naal Naal" — which he had written during his time with Fuzon.

His vocals in the song "Dildaara" from the movie ''Ra.One'' fetched him a nomination for Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer for 2012.Recently he sang "Tu Hi Mera" for the 2012 movie ''Jannat'' starring Emraan Hashmi and Esha Gupta.

Discography

Movies

''Jannat 2'' ''Jodi Breakers''Dildaara-Stand by me ''Love Breakups Zindagi'' ''Always Kabhi Kabhi'' ''Patiala House'' ''Patiala House'' ''Patiala House'' Bin Tere ''I Hate Luv Storys'' ''Aashayein'' ''My Name Is Khan'' Tum Mile(Rock) Carvaan ''Ramchand Pakistani'' ''Ramchand Pakistani'' ''Ramchand Pakistani'' Yeh Honsla ''Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna'' ''Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna''

Year !! Song !! Film !! Film Industry !! Co-Singer
rowspan="2"	2012	Tu Hi Mera	|	Bollywood	None
Darmiyaan	|	Bollywood	Clinton Cerejo
rowspan="6"	2011	Dildaara ||	''Ra.One''	Bollywood	Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani, Clinton Cerejo
Chahi Hai Tanhaein	|	Bollywood	None
Jaane Kyun(Sufi version)	|	Bollywood	None
Kyun Mein Jagoon	|	Bollywood	None
Kyun Mein Jagoon (Remix)	|	Bollywood	None
Kyun Mein Jagoon (Reprise)	|	Bollywood	None
rowspan="4"	2010	|	''I Hate Luv Storys''	Bollywood	Sunidhi Chauhan
Bin Tere(Remix)	|	Bollywood	Sunidhi Chauhan
Shukriya Zindagi	|	Bollywood	None
Tere Naina	|	Bollywood	None
rowspan="1"	2009	|	Tum Mile	Bollywood	None
rowspan="4"	2008	|	''Hello''	Bollywood	None
Allah Megh De	|	Lollywood	Shubha Mudgal
Phir Wahi Raaste	|	Lollywood	None
Tarrin Paunda	|	Lollywood	None
rowspan="3"	2006	|	Dor (film)>Dor''	Bollywood	Salim Merchant
Mitwa	|	Bollywood	Shankar Mahadevan , Caralisa Monteiro
Mitwa(Revisited)	|	Bollywood	Shankar Mahadevan , Caralisa Monteiro

Collaborations

Year	Artist	Song	Album
2010	Rahat Fateh Ali Khan	Imtehan Hai Imtehan	------

Albums

Year	Album	Notes
2008	Tabeer	Debut Album
2010	Kyun Dooriyaan	Nominated for Mirchi Music Award 2011 in Best Indipop category

Coke Studio(Pakistan)

Season 2

2 4 5

Year !! Episode !! Song Name !! Co-Singer
2009	1	''Khamaj''
2009	|	'' Aankhon Kay Sagar''	None
2009	|	'' Mahi Ve ''	Josh (band)>Josh
2009	|	''Kuch Ajab Khail''	None

Coke Studio(India)

Season 1

Year !! Song Name !! Co-Singer
2011	''Ankhian	None
2011	'' Kyan Haal Sunavaan''
2011	Aye Hari ''

Awards and Nomination

Following are the awards and nominations for Shafqat Amanat Ali.

Filmfare Awards

* 2012 - Nominated - Best Male Playback Singer - Dildaara - Ra.One

2011 - Nominated - Best Male Playback Singer - Bin Tere - I Hate Luv Storys.

International Indian Film Academy Awards

2011 - Nominated - Bin Tere - I Hate Luv Storys

GIMA

2011 - Nominated - Bin Tere - I Hate Luv Storys .

GIFA Best Playback Singer Male Awards

2011 - Nominated - Mitwa Revisited - Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna

Zee Cine Awards

2012 - Nominated -Best Playback Singer Male - Dildaara - Ra.One

References

External links

Shafqat Amanat Ali's artist profil on Danka

Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan's Album Tabeer

Filmfare Nominees and Winners

Category:1965 births Category:Living people Category:People from Lahore Category:Pakistani classical singers Category:Government College University, Lahore alumni

name	Ustad Muhammad Juman
background	solo_singer
birth date	October 10, 1935
Birth place	Sorra, Sindh Pakistan
death date	January 24, 1990
Death place	karachi, Pakistan
instrument	Vocals, harmonium
genre	Classic, Kafi, Ghazal
occupation	Musician
years active	1935–1990
notable instruments	}}

Ustad Muhammad Juman (10 October 1935 - 24 January 1990) was a modern Sindhi musician and classical singer. He was born in the village of Sorra, Balochistan, Pakistan.

He was fond of music and went to Radio Pakistan in Karachi to start a career as a fiddler. There, it was suggested to him that he sing, resulting in his starting a program on Radio Pakistan in Hyderabad.

He received his music education from Ustad Nazir Hussain and Bary Waheed Ali Khan, experienced in Bhittai's Sur. He became very famous when he sang "Munhjo Mulk Maleer" for the film ''Umar Marvi''. He became well-known everywhere after performing the Saraiki Kafi "Yaar Dadhi Ishq Atish Lai Hai". He also sang Mir Sikandar Khan Khoso's kafis "Ishq munjhon izhar thee ayo" and "Kech Punhal day hal kahay hal" at Radio Pakistan. Juman's son, Shafi Muhammad, also followed his style of kafi singing.

Juman was awarded a Bedil Award, Gold Award, Saga Award, and Latif Award, and, in 1980, the Tamgha-e-Husn-e-Karkerdigi by the Pakistani government.

Juman died on 24 January 1990 in Karachi.

References

Ustad Muhammad Juman Khan: A Tribute by Aida Hamdani at The Pakistan Forum

''Maro Je Malir Ja'', by Khadim Hussain Chandio

Category:1935 births Category:1990 deaths Category:Sindhi people Category:Pakistani singers Category:Pakistani Muslims

name	Ali Bux Alias Taunwer Faqir
birth date	1932
birth place	Aamri village, Taluka Manjhand, Jamshoro, District, Sindh, Pakistan
death date	July 04, 2000
death place	Liaqut Hospital
resting place	Housing society Jamshoro (in his own home) }}

Allan Fakir (1932–2000) (Sindhi: اَلڻُ فقيرُ, Urdu: الن فقیر), a Pakistani folk singer is a one of the foremost exponents of sufi music in Pakistan. He is particularly known for his ecstatic style of performance marked with extreme devotional rhetoric and sufi dance singing. His peculiarly funny body language and distinctively pleasing facial expressions marked with a broad smile, were always amusing for his audience at live performances.

Early life

Allan Fakir was born in 1932 in the ancient village of Aamari in Jamshoro District, Sindh. His mother died soon after his birth. He spent his childhood in Manjhand, a town between Sehwan and Hyderabad. He belongs to the Mangrasi tribe the Mangarhars are believed to bring happiness and welcomed on festive occasions for their gift of melody. According to the traditions of this caste, Allan Fakir's father used to beat the drum and sing traditional songs at weddings and Faqir's brothers still do the same job. Fakir is an Arabic word, and implies a Sufi or a mystic. Thus in the real sense of the word, a Fakir is a person, who leads an independent life marked by piety, abstinence from material needs, and contentment in the available resources. It must not be confused with the rather loose usage of the same word implying a begger, in the local languages Urdu, and Sindhi.

When he was only a teenager, Allan Fakir developed a habit of singing melancholy songs which his father did not like. Deprived of a mother's love, he went off in search of someone who could replace that love. He arrived at the tomb of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai in Bhit Shah and started living there.Faqir's memory was sharp even though he could not read and write. Hearing the traditional Latifi Raag sung every night touched his heart. Encouraged by Faqir Zawar Qurban Ali Lanjwani and Moolchand Maharaj, he began singing Bhitai's poetry at the shrine and ultimately spent twenty years there until meeting Mumtaz Mirza, who introduced him to Radio Pakistan and ptv in Hyderabad and helped him to learn the correct pronunciation of Bhitai's poetry. Eventually, he became a performing legend.

Work

His songs, mostly in Sindhi language except a few in Urdu, usually revolve around sufism and the devotional philosophy. But the characteristic which distinguishes him from many other folk singers is the depth of his feelings, which is very expressive in all his songs. One of his famous songs is a duet with Muhammad Ali Shehki, "Allah Allah kar bhaiya" which was a big hit and increased his popularity tremendously. A patriotic song "Itne bare jeewan saagar main" also got very popular.

Honors and awards

In appreciation of his services to folk culture, he was given a job and a small house at the Institute of Sindhology. He was originally appointed as an officer to help promote Sindhi culture, but due to his illiteracy, he was eventually demoted to the post of peon.

Allan Fakir received the President's Pride of Performance award in 1980, the Shahbaz Award in 1987, the Shah Latif Award in 1992 and Kandhkot Award in 1993. Allan Fakir died on 4 July 2000.

External links

OPF Almanac

See also

Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai

Shaikh Ayaz

Bedil Masroor

Category:1932 births Category:2000 deaths Category:Pakistani Muslims Category:Pakistani singers Category:Pakistani folk singers Category:Sindh Category:Sindhi people Category:Performers of Sufi music‎