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We always talk about our own great singers (and why not we are all proud of them), but Mehdi Hassan is very special and a miracle from God, I hope you all are going to like this topic and I really wat you guys to read and listen to some of his Ghazals and Geets, as always your comments are welcome
Ustad Mehdi Hassan was born in the village of Luna in Rajasthan, India in 1925 into a family of rich traditional singers. He is the 16th generation of hereditary musicians hailing from the Kalawant. Kala means "Art" and Want means "teacher" so he is from family of teacher who taught Kings and Royal families the art of music. Mehdi Hassan received his musical training and grooming under his father, Ustad Azeem Khan and his uncle Ustad Ismail Khan who were classical singers, well-versed in dhrupad singing. They instructed him in classical music and voice production within the framework of classical forms of thumri, dhrupad, khayal and dadra, from the young age of six. At the age of eight he was singing in darbar of Maharaja's castle in Jaipure on Royal family's request as often as 3 times a week and instantly became the official singer of the castle. After the Partition of India, 22 year-old Mehdi Hassan and his family migrated to Pakistan . Mehdi Hassan began his first business of a bicycle shop and later became a car and diesel mechanic. Despite the hardships, his passion for music and wrestling didn't wither and he kept up the routine of practice on a daily basis that led to the great succesful career.
Ustad Mehdi Hassan reveled his true talent on Radio Pakistan in 1950, primarily as a thumri and ghazal singer, which earned him recognition all over Pakistan and within the musical fraternity. Short after Ustad Mehdi Hassan was offered his first film song that led to a huge succes in Film Industry.By the time"Gulon Mein Rang Bhare" made it to the "top ten chart", Ustad Mehdi Hassan was ruling the world of Music and Film Industry by doing 5-7 songs a day and Radio Programs once a week and private mehfils 3-4 times a week. Ustad Mehdi Hassan's voice and unique performance skills in ghazal singing are unmatched in the world of South Asian music. The 50s, 60s and 70s can be named Mehdi Hassan's decades', as there was hardly any Actor in the Pakistani Film Musical scene on whom Mehdi Hassan's songs were not filmed.In 60s Ustad Mehdi Hassan began his first world tour traveling through Canada, USA, England, Austraillia and Rome, giving beautyful Ghazal concerts and he continued traveling the world through out the 70s, 80s and 90s.
Mehdi Hassan also had a passion for Urdu poetry and began to experiment by singing ghazals in a very unique way that was never done in past history. He chose his raagas to define the feelings through notes of each word of poetry. He sang ghazals of all the renowned Urdu poets such as Ghalib, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Qateel Shifayee, Ahmed Faraz, Daagh, Parween Shakir, Farhat Shezad, Mir Taqi Mir, Saleem Kuser, Bahador Shah Zafar. His innovative style was soon appreciated by both masses and discerning audiences. History shows Ustad Mehdi Hassan sung over 54000 Songs, Ghazals and Thumri all combined since 1950s-2000.
He is universally acclaimed as the finest ghazal singer of all time. His unsurpassable vocal range and his mastery over even the most difficult of raags makes him the undisputed emperor of South Asian Classical Music.Ustad Mehdi Hassan invented many different scales and raagas such as "Sahara"named by Ustad Sultan Khan (Sarangi Nawaz) in 1983, the most populer ghazal in that raaga is "Jub Tere Nain Muskurate Hai", and some of the scales he created was for ghazals such as "Mumkin Ho Aapse Tu Bhooladi Jiye Mujhe","Kiya Bhala Mujhko","Go Zarasi Baat Per","Kese Chupaoon Raz-e-Ghum","Yatu Afsar Mera Shaha Nabanaya Hota", are the most defficalt scales he ever created.
The ultimate tribute to his greatness was from the eternal nightingale, Lata Mangeshkar, who compared his songs to " voice of god ".
Ustad Mehdi Hassan Received 21 canon salute when he arrived in Nepal.While he was singing in the Court of Nepal's King Shah Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, he forgot the lines of his song "Zindagi mein to sabhii pyar kya kerte hain". Shah, then stood from his seat and start singing the next line. This was really a great tribute to him from King of Nepal.
He has been the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions: the Tamgha-i-Imtiaz granted to him by Gen Ayub Khan; the Pride of Performance bestowed on him by Gen Ziaul Haq; and the Hilal-i-Imtiaz conferred by Gen Pervez Musharraf. Besides the 28 NigarAwards & 67 Film and Graduate Awards from Pakistan, he was presented the Saigal Award in Jalandhar, India, in 1979, whereas the Gorkha Dakshan Bahu Award was given to him in Nepal in 1983. Artist of the Century Award 1999, Voice of the millennium Award 2000
Ustad Mehdi Hassan was born in the village of Luna in Rajasthan, India in 1925 into a family of rich traditional singers. He is the 16th generation of hereditary musicians hailing from the Kalawant. Kala means "Art" and Want means "teacher" so he is from family of teacher who taught Kings and Royal families the art of music. Mehdi Hassan received his musical training and grooming under his father, Ustad Azeem Khan and his uncle Ustad Ismail Khan who were classical singers, well-versed in dhrupad singing. They instructed him in classical music and voice production within the framework of classical forms of thumri, dhrupad, khayal and dadra, from the young age of six. At the age of eight he was singing in darbar of Maharaja's castle in Jaipure on Royal family's request as often as 3 times a week and instantly became the official singer of the castle. After the Partition of India, 22 year-old Mehdi Hassan and his family migrated to Pakistan . Mehdi Hassan began his first business of a bicycle shop and later became a car and diesel mechanic. Despite the hardships, his passion for music and wrestling didn't wither and he kept up the routine of practice on a daily basis that led to the great succesful career.
Ustad Mehdi Hassan reveled his true talent on Radio Pakistan in 1950, primarily as a thumri and ghazal singer, which earned him recognition all over Pakistan and within the musical fraternity. Short after Ustad Mehdi Hassan was offered his first film song that led to a huge succes in Film Industry.By the time"Gulon Mein Rang Bhare" made it to the "top ten chart", Ustad Mehdi Hassan was ruling the world of Music and Film Industry by doing 5-7 songs a day and Radio Programs once a week and private mehfils 3-4 times a week. Ustad Mehdi Hassan's voice and unique performance skills in ghazal singing are unmatched in the world of South Asian music. The 50s, 60s and 70s can be named Mehdi Hassan's decades', as there was hardly any Actor in the Pakistani Film Musical scene on whom Mehdi Hassan's songs were not filmed.In 60s Ustad Mehdi Hassan began his first world tour traveling through Canada, USA, England, Austraillia and Rome, giving beautyful Ghazal concerts and he continued traveling the world through out the 70s, 80s and 90s.
Mehdi Hassan also had a passion for Urdu poetry and began to experiment by singing ghazals in a very unique way that was never done in past history. He chose his raagas to define the feelings through notes of each word of poetry. He sang ghazals of all the renowned Urdu poets such as Ghalib, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Qateel Shifayee, Ahmed Faraz, Daagh, Parween Shakir, Farhat Shezad, Mir Taqi Mir, Saleem Kuser, Bahador Shah Zafar. His innovative style was soon appreciated by both masses and discerning audiences. History shows Ustad Mehdi Hassan sung over 54000 Songs, Ghazals and Thumri all combined since 1950s-2000.
He is universally acclaimed as the finest ghazal singer of all time. His unsurpassable vocal range and his mastery over even the most difficult of raags makes him the undisputed emperor of South Asian Classical Music.Ustad Mehdi Hassan invented many different scales and raagas such as "Sahara"named by Ustad Sultan Khan (Sarangi Nawaz) in 1983, the most populer ghazal in that raaga is "Jub Tere Nain Muskurate Hai", and some of the scales he created was for ghazals such as "Mumkin Ho Aapse Tu Bhooladi Jiye Mujhe","Kiya Bhala Mujhko","Go Zarasi Baat Per","Kese Chupaoon Raz-e-Ghum","Yatu Afsar Mera Shaha Nabanaya Hota", are the most defficalt scales he ever created.
The ultimate tribute to his greatness was from the eternal nightingale, Lata Mangeshkar, who compared his songs to " voice of god ".
Ustad Mehdi Hassan Received 21 canon salute when he arrived in Nepal.While he was singing in the Court of Nepal's King Shah Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, he forgot the lines of his song "Zindagi mein to sabhii pyar kya kerte hain". Shah, then stood from his seat and start singing the next line. This was really a great tribute to him from King of Nepal.
He has been the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions: the Tamgha-i-Imtiaz granted to him by Gen Ayub Khan; the Pride of Performance bestowed on him by Gen Ziaul Haq; and the Hilal-i-Imtiaz conferred by Gen Pervez Musharraf. Besides the 28 NigarAwards & 67 Film and Graduate Awards from Pakistan, he was presented the Saigal Award in Jalandhar, India, in 1979, whereas the Gorkha Dakshan Bahu Award was given to him in Nepal in 1983. Artist of the Century Award 1999, Voice of the millennium Award 2000
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