Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
A Legend
singer who could never be forgotten
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was famous for Qawwali (Qawwali is
the devotional music of sufi muslims expressing their love for God sung by a
group).
He was born in the city of Faisalabad in Pakistan
on October 13, 1948. The meaning of “Fateh” in Punjabi language is “to Win or
Conquer“ and meaning of “Nusrat” in arabic is also “Victory”.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan also won the hearts of millions of
million people with his Qawwalis and unique style of singing.
He was the fifth child of Ustad Fateh Ali Khan. In his
family they have four sisters and one younger brother they all are lived in
central Lyallpur.
The major occupation of his family is Qawwali which was
started 600 years ago.
Nusrat's father, Ustad Fateh Ali Khan, and two of his
uncles, Ustad Mubarik Ali Khan and Ustad Salamat Ali Khan, were famous qawwals
(practitioners of qawwali) who sang in the classical form.
Nusrat's father did not want his son to adopt the family
business .He wanted Nusrat to select a more respectable career by
becoming a doctor or an engineer, because at that times Qawwals are treated
with low social status.
However, Nusrat showed his interest in Qawwali that his
father finally changed his mind and started to train him in the art.
Then Nusrat started to play tabla, alongside his father
and he learnt Raag Vidya and bolbandish.
His father has died in 1964, after the death of his
father his uncle Mubarak Ali Khan and Ustad Salamat Ali Khan provided the
requisite training to him.
He gave his first performance known as “Chehlum” after
the forty days of his father’s death. In 1971 he became a leader of his Qawwali
party.
As a leader of Qawwali party he gave his first public
performance in Pakistan known as “Jashn-e-baharan “ organised by Radio
Pakistan.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan mostly sang in Punjabi and Urdu and
also in Brajbhasha, Hindi and Parsian (farsi). His best hit performance was
“Haq Ali Ali” which was performed with folk style and traditional instruments.
He sang for many pakistani movies and also for two bollywood movies “Aur Pyaar
Ho Gayaa” and “Kachche Dhaage” before his death. He also performed the
title song of the film "Dhadkan". As well gave background music
in many hindi movies. He reached out to Western audiences with a couple of
fusion records produced by Canadian guitarist Michael Brook. In 1995, he
collaborated with Eddie Vedder on the soundtrack to Dead Man Walking. His
contribution to that and several other soundtracks and albums (including The
Last Temptation of Christ), as well as his friendship with Peter Gabriel,
helped to increase his popularity in Europe and the United States. Peter
Gabriel’s Real World label released five albums of Nusrat’s traditional Qawwali
performances in the West. He also performed traditional Qawwali live to Western
audiences at several WOMAD world music festivals. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan went to
London and his first british performance was organised by ”Oriental Star
Agencies “ in Brimingham.
His name is among the Guinness Book of World Records as a
Qawwali artist. Nusrat died in London with kidney and lever failure on
Saturday, August 16th, 1997.
Some of the top hits of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan are:
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