Monday, August 26, 2013
RAHAT FATEH ALI KHAN (born
1974) is a Pakistani singer,
primarily of Qawwali, a devotional music of the Muslim Sufis.
He is the nephew of Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and son of Ustad Farrukh
Fateh Ali Khan and also the grandson of legendary Qawwali singer Fateh
Ali Khan. In addition to Qawwali, he also performs ghazals and
other light music. He is popular as a Bollywood and Lollywood playback
singer.
Rahat was born into a Punjabi family of Qawwals
in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan into a family of traditional
musicians. The son of Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan, he was trained by his
uncle Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan in the art of classical music and Qawwali.
Rahat was chosen by his uncle Ustad Nusrat Fateh
Ali Khan for tutoring in the traditions of Qawwali music and was
preciously singing with his uncle and father by the age of three. At the
age of seven he began formal training with his uncle & he performed first
time in public at the age of nine at the death anniversary of his grandfather.
From age fifteen, he was made an integral part of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's qawwali group
which was famous throughout the world. He toured the U.K. with his
uncle in 1985, and performed solo songs in addition to singing with the Qawwali group.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. He sang lollywood playback in the 90s and debuted as a playback
singer in Bollywood with the movie Paap (2004), featuring
the hit song, Mann Ki Lagan. His recent works include Pakistani
nationalistic songs such as Dharti Dharti and Hum
Pakistan, and songs from Bollywood films. He has toured extensively and
performed in Pakistan, India, United Kingdom and all around the world. In April
2012 Rahat toured in the UK, performing at Wembley Arena and
the Manchester Arena, playing to a combined audience of over 20,000
people.
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is married to the daughter of Nusrat
Fateh Ali Khan. They have two daughters, Maheen Khan (eldest) and Filza
Khan(youngest), and a son, Shazmaan Khan (born 2007).
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