Ghulam Ali
Ghulam Ali, a disciple of Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, brought the ornament and tempo of Patiala khayal into the ghazal and became its most popular singer in India in the 1980s; Chupke Chupke Raat Din (used in B.R. Chopra's Nikaah, 1982), Hungama Hai Kyon Barpa, Awargi, Kal Chaudhvin Ki Raat Thi and Dil Mein Ek Lehar Si are known in every household that listens.
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Life
He was born in 1940 near Sialkot, learned from his father and then from Bade Ghulam Ali Khan and his brothers Barkat Ali and Mubarak Ali Khan, and began on Radio Lahore in 1960; cassette culture in the 1980s carried his concerts across India, and he has sung in Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata as often as in Lahore. He received Pakistan's Pride of Performance and the Sitara-e-Imtiaz.
The voice
A supple, bright, heavily ornamented tenor that plays with the line — taans, murkis and sudden quickenings — while the words stay clear; he often sets his own tunes.
Composers
- His own settings
Sang for
- Raj Babbar (Nikaah, on screen)
Sang with
- Asha Bhosle (Meraj-e-Ghazal)
Honours
Pride of Performance; Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Pakistan)
More film songs 1 songs, by year
1990s
Ghazals and non-film recordings 14
On stage 1
From the Doordarshan and Akashvani archives 1
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