Junoon

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Junoon is one of the most famous Pakistani Rock bands, which is based in two of the most important Pakistani cities, Lahore and Karachi. Junoon was initiated in 1990 by Salman Ahmad who was a doctor by profession. Apart from Salman Ahmad, other members of Junoon included Ali Azmat, Brian O Connell, Sheryar Ahmad, John Alec, Nusrat Hussain and Malcolm Goveas. Salman Ahmad is the lead guitarist and songwriter whereas Ali Azmat is the lead vocalist. Sheryar Ahmad is the band manager and John Alec is the producer and the bassist. Brian OConnell is a bassist, Nusrat Hussain and Malcolm Goveas manage keyboards and drums respectively.

Junoon created a history in Pakistani Music by launching their first album Junoon. After the release of Inquilaab, it seemed that the whole Pakistan was chanting songs of Junoon. The best thing about their songs was the use of Sufism. A list of their all time hits is given below: -

* Sayonne
* Yar Bina Mera Dil
* Yeh Mazaa Zindagi Ka
* Kyu Pareshan Hai Tu
* Nind Ati Nahi Sari Sari Rat
* Kis Soch Me Doobi Zindagi
* Hai Jazba Junoon To Himmat Na Har
* Yeh Neeli Neeli Aankhon Ko Mujh Say Chhupa Lo
* Zamane Ke Andaz Badle Gaye
* Chalay They Sath
* Door Jo Aj Nahi
* Chori Chori Aaja Dheeray Dheeray Aaja
* Dil Nahi lag Raha

When Sayonne was released in the album Azaadi in the year 1997, the whole of South Asia was taken by a storm. This song made them an overnight hit and it also registered them as one of the best singers in Sufi music. They had performed in the Millennium concert in Paris in the year 1999 along with the likes of ray Charles, Lionel Ritchie and many more.

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Kailash Kher

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Kailash Kher is a leading singer in the genre of Sufi Music. He was born in Meerut in the year 1976. His father was a Pundit and he used to listen to his father singing folk songs throughout the day. He started his training of classical music when he was 12 years old. After striving in business for a year or so, Kailash thought of trying a hand at singing. His first song Rabba Ishq Na Hove from Andaz received a good response. But it was Allah Ke Bande from Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part 2, which made Kailash an overnight hit. After this he has given music to many Bollywood movies and also had made some albums.

Some of his popular songs are: -

* Allah ke bande
* Meethi meethi batein
* Ya rabba
* Yar sajan
* Daulat shorat
* Piya re piya re
* Mai or meri awargi
* Kina sona
* Bhangra pauna
* Kuti malmal di
* Apun ki toil
* Gaa re man
* Jhuki jhuki
* Sathi mere
* Chak le de
* Albela sajan
* Arziyan
* Chak de pathey
* Chand sifarish
* Dhoom dhadaka
* Dilruba
* O sikander

Kailash had also lend his voice to many Bollywood movies like Chandni Chowk to China, Dhaam Dhoom, Kuselan, Bheema, Salaam E Ishq, Bal Ganesha, Aaja Nachle, Delhi Heights, 1971, Traffic Signal, Babul, Ap Ki Khatir, Alag, Dev, Khakee, Swades, Manorama Six Feet Under, Zinda, Chocolate and more. His voice has a touch of Sufism in it and this asset has made him so much famous in the recent past.

Kailash had also a band called Kailasa whose other members are Paresh and Naresh. Together they have been giving some classical hits which have a tinge of Sufism in it. Kailash kher is providing us with some really good music and will continue to do so.

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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was a great Pakistani singer and was born in 1948 in Faisalabad. He was called Shahenshah e Qawalli which means the emperor of Qawalli. He was the son of Ustad Fateh Ali Khan who was a man of many talents as he was a vocalist, instrumentalist and a distinguished musicologist. Nusrats family has been in Qawalli genre for more than 5 centuries. Nusrats father didnt want him to become a Qawwal, but this boy had some other plans. He forced his father to teach him. His training from his father remained incomplete as his father left this world in 1964. His training was then completed by his uncles Ustad Salamat Ali Khan and Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan. Such was his talent that in no time he made his presence felt in the world of music.

Some of his famous songs and Qawallis are: -

* Chalo Dayar-e-Nabi
* Kali Kali Zulfon Ke
* Yaad-e-Nabi Ka Gulshan
* Gham Hai Ya Khushi
* Haq Ali Ali Maula Ali Ali
* Man Kunat Maula
* Ali Da Malang Main
* Dam Mast Qalandar
* Saiyyo Mahi Vichharr
* Sanoon Rog Laan
* Sanoon Ek Pal
* Kise Da Yaar Na
* Aaja Tenoon
* Ek Din Mahi De Ghar
* Mera Piya Ghar Aaya
* Menoon Yaar Manawan Dee
* Paeeyan Mundran
* Mast Nazron Se Allah
* Saanson Kee Mala
* Tere Main Ishq Nachaeeyan
* Nee Main Jana
* Dua Na Koee Hor
* Yeh jo Halka Halka

Nusrat had performed innumerable number of times in the West. He signed a contract with Oriental Star Agencies which provided him with regular concerts in West. He had also given his voice to some Pakistani songs and even some Bollywood songs. He left this world for his heavenly abode on 16th August 1997.

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Rabbi Shergill

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Gurpreet Shergill, popularly known as Rabbi Shergill was born in 1975. His father is a Sikh Priest and his mother is a Punjabi poet and also a college principal. He did his schooling from Guru Harkrishan Public school. He completed his graduation from Sri Guru Tegh BahadurKhalsa College and started for further studies at Fore School of Management. But his first love, music, persuaded him to drop his studies and start his quest for a life in music.

He started his career singing ad jingles for many brands. He had to work really hard for his debut album. Three companies backed out due to some reasons or the other and so Rabbi was made to wait for more than three years. At last Phat phish records offered him the contract and his debut album RABBI was launched in 2004. His some famous songs are: -

* Bulla Ki Jana Me Kaun
* Aj Nachna
* Jugni
* Tere Bin
* Ishtihar
* Heer
* Dilli
* Laundiya Ke Pallu Me
* Kabhi Ana Na
* Totia Manmotia
* Gill Te Guitar
* Ek Geet Hijar Da
* Kabhi Aana Na
* Kitni Der Tak
* Ei Gori
* Sab Se Piche Hum Khade
* Challa
* Aa Yaraa
* Dhol Wajda
* Mundiya Te Dil Hil Gaye
* Dhol Dhamaka
* Kesariya Balam
* Pahadi
* Lawaris
* Sajan
* Chandni Rat

Rabbi has also composed for some Bollywood movies, most important of them being Delhi Heights. His songs are contemporary and have a tinge of Sufism, which attracts the masses totally. This is the reason that Bulla Ki Jana was the chat topper in the year 2005. Rabbi had also performed at many overseas concerts.

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Rahat Fateh Ali Khan

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Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was born in the year 1974 in the city of Faisalabad to Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan. He was a singer, more specifically a singer of Qawalli. Apart from Qawalli, he also mastered ghazals. His family had been associated with Qawalli for more than 6 centuries. He was trained by his uncle and the famous maestro in Qawalli, Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Rahat started his musical training at a very tender age. He performed in public when he was only 11 years old. Under the fine training and guidance of his uncle, Rahat evolved into a singer of world class quality.

Apart from Qawallis and ghazals, Rahat had also sung for many Bollywood movies. Through his powerful voice he had made many Bollywood songs immortal. Some of the Rahat songs worth mentioning are: -

* Ghum Shum Ghum Shum
* Jaoon Kahan
* Zindagi Ye
* Man Bawra
* Jag Jeondeyan De Mele
* Koi Chala Ja Raha Hai
* Bol Na Halke Halke
* Haal-E-Dil
* Teri Ore
* Jiya Dhadak Dhadak Jaye
* O Re Piya
* Main Jahaan Rahoon
* Naina Thag Lege
* Jag Soona Soona Lage
* Mann Ki Lagan
* Tujhe Dekh Dekh Sona
* Namak Ishq Ka
* Rang Rangeela
* Kanday Utay
* Na Janay Kahan
* Dunga Paani
* Tere Bina
* Aj Hun

Rahat had worked with many western composers like Eddie Vedder, James Horner, Mel Gibson and many more. He had also launched some personal albums into the market, the first of them being Charkha which was a big hit. After the death of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Rahat took over as his successor as it was the desire of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan to see Rahat in his shoes. Truly, Rahat has made his uncle proud of him.

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Roop Kumar Rathod

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Roop Kumar Rathod was born to Pandit Chaturbhuj Rathod who himself was an eminent personality in classical music and had the credit of training the likes of Kalyanji Anandji and Manhar. As music was in his blood, Roop started learning tabla at a very tender age. With time his talent of tabla playing reached its zenith and he got the chance of performing with the greats like Anup Jalota and Pankaj Udhas. He gave up tabla playing in the year 1984 and it was the same time that he started on the journey of his singing career.

Roop was given a break by Laxmikant Pyarelal in his film called Angaar. He also sung for Sashikant Nair and Nadeem Shravan, but this all was unable to give Roop the limelight he deserved. Fortune showered on him when he agreed to sing for Border. To Chalun and Sandesein Ate Hain, made him a household name after the release of Border. These two songs gave him such a response that after this he never looked back. After this he had sung for many Bollywood movies. Some of his popular hits are: -

* Maula mere maula
* Rehna to hai
* Watan walon
* Chota sa mann hai
* Le shalen doliyon me
* Tujh me rab dikhta hai
* Sehra
* Aashiq mujhe aashiq
* Ae subah
* Tu hi bata zindagi
* Chal padi
* Tu hi tu
* Koi diwane ko

He has also given his voice to movies like Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, Coffee House, Drone, Anwar, Veer Zarra, Madhoshi, Lakshya, Tum, Jism, Gaja Gamini, Censor, Sarfaros, Hu Tu Tu, Dillagi, Raja, Gumraah, Gaddar, Lal Salaam, Filhal, Deewana and many more.

He believes that learning is a process that never ends and so also at this stage of life, he is learning Ghazal singing from Ustad Niyaz Ahmad Khan.

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Shubha Mudgal

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Shubha Mudgal is a famous Indian versatile singer who has mastered Hindustani Classical Music, Dadra, Thumri, Khayal and also the latest pop genre. She was born in 1959 in Allahabad to Skand and Jaya Gupta. Professionally her parents were teachers, but they had great interest in classical music as well as Kathak. Like her sister she started learning Kathak at a very small age. After some years she started learning classical music from Pandit Rama Shreya Jha in Allahabad. She went to Delhi for higher studies and here she started her training under Pandit Vinaya Chandra Mudgalaya. She worked hard under him so that she can groom herself in classical singing.

She started as a classical singer in the early eighties and had a good fan following. In the next decade, she started embracing different forms of music such as pop, Thumri etc. some of her songs worth mentioning are : -

* Bichua
* Chori Chori
* Usne Kaha
* Ab Ke Sawan
* Raat Aati Hain
* Hai Pyar To Musafir
* Bairie Chain
* Is Pal
* Piya Tu Kahan Hai
* Indian Mantra
* Ghar Ghar Aangam Hota Badhayi
* Paansa Khelat hain Piya Pyaari
* Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi
* Dhanteras Din Ati Sukhdai
* Doodh So Snaan Karo Manmohan
* Main Apne Gaon (Kisson Ki Chadar)
* Aaj Diwari Mangalchar
* Shubh din Aaj Diwari
* Ajeeb Si Ye Sham Hai
* Aaj Dipat Divya Deepmalika
* Jalte Hue Man Ne
* Bavra Mann
* Seekho Na
* Bhai re

Shubha had also sung for many Bollywood movies. She had been awarded a national film award in 1996 and Padma Shri in 2000. In 1998 she also won a gold plaque award at the 34th Chicago International film Festival for special achievements in music.

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