*on the Death Anniversary of
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Sahab
the last common Legend of Indo Pak Music.
Kuch to hawa bhi sard thi, kuch tha tera khayal bhi.. Dil ko khushi ke sath sath hota raha malaal bhi.
I wanted to say a lot about of him. But he was so multifaceted personality that i had to think again and again of which aspect of his art to be discussed with you. He started with Qawwalies and was already among the top 5 Qawwals of the country long before the joint venture with Peter Gabriel which gave him immense popularity as a trend-setter of the east and west fusion music..and when i look at the music he composed, he stands matchless there.. The way he made full stretch use of Asha in thoRa sa Pagla thoRa Deewana song and Alka in Pyar nahi karna Jahan sara kehta hay and the softness of Udit Narayen in Teri Yaad Humsafar Subah Sham are just a few examples of his musical genius. In very short span he used to quickly measure the strength of singer under his composition.. a sign of intelligent music director. I came across his compositions of geet and ghazals in Jashn-e-Faisalabad around 1978 i think. He sang for the whole night there and no body moved out of the arena. It was meant to be a qawwali night but when he started with light songs and ghazals the crowd was in pindrop silence. It was an unforgettable night and to my very surprise i dunt see much of the recordings of it on youtube or even on internet where there are hundreds other of his gems. May be oneday i can share those with you as i have those recordings through the courtesy of the great son of the soil Ustad Taari Khan who accompanied him on tabla that night. The ghazal of Parveen Shakir am present here in his fond rememberence is easily available in market cassettes and CDs but again to my utmost surprise when i searched it on net for an hour or so i failed to find it as downloadable mp3 and thus it became a must for me to share it with those fans across the world who are unable to catch it. So its not a rare gem in essence but a sweet memory and a soft feeling in it is to be conveyed to you. This ghazal's Poetess Parveen Shakir (the lone poetess in Indo-Pak history to impress me with her grace, beauty and diction above all) aint among us too and this is surely one of her most beautiful ghazals...just for those who loved someone..and lost.
Bear the pain with me plz and remember the duo which the music and literature envied upon.
Regards
Dr.Bukhari
i luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuv nusrat fateh ali khan deep down in ma heart honestly!!!i love him and dis ghazal/quwalli
p4k12k8 3 years ago 7
Its Ghazal Sir.. penned by Parveen Shakir
lovehumanity 3 years ago