#FARIDA KHANUM GHAZALS DAILYMOTION MOVIE#

At the end of the concert in the Madras Music Academy in 2006 the crowd, however, did not let her go and started shouting for an encore. I always wanted to come here and meet big stars like Lata ji.вЂќД®ven in Chennai, the capital of Carnatic music, she was a great success. When she was asked in Mumbai in 2007 as to why it took so long to arrange her first performance in the city, she replied, вЂњAllah has a time for everything. She has given concerts in many important metros of India.

#FARIDA KHANUM GHAZALS DAILYMOTION MOVIE#

In 2001, she appeared in Mira NairвЂ™s movie Monsoon Wedding, in which she sang the crowd favourite Aaj jaane ki zid na karo. Her songs from the Pakistani movie Kasam us waqt ki are among her most popular. Later, when I sang it at a private function, the audience appreciated it, word spread and it became popular.вЂќ The success of the song didnвЂ™t propel her towards taking completely to the filmy world, although she has sung for a number of Pakistani films and has also acted in a few. I sang it for a film that disappeared from the theatres within three days of its release. Such classical singers as Shubha Joshi, Soma Ghosh and Dhananshree Pandit Rai sing this ghazal at their concerts.ДЄsked about how she came to sing the timeless Aaj jaaneвЂ¦ she replies, вЂњI think, it was something that had to reach you (the people) and I was there to sing it. KhanumвЂ™s most famous ghazal вЂњAaj jaane ki zid na karoвЂќ, is one of the best known songs in the Subcontinent. She explains, вЂњEven if I wanted to do riyaaz, there was so much post Partition opposition to music in Pakistan that if one sang in the morning, the neighbours would complain.вЂќ She has no qualms admitting that she barely got time for riyaaz while bringing up her children. Fortunately in 1965, he had a change of heart and allowed her to pursue her ambition. Her first concert appearance was in Lahore in 1950, but after she got married a few years later, her husband forbade her from singing in public and asked her to focus on their family. KhanumвЂ™s recitals epitomise chaindari (a leisurely style of singing) and nafasat (the sensitive enunciation of lyrics), two essential ingredients for a good ghazal performance. In her own words, вЂњI thought whatвЂ™s my mukaam (stature) in front of them? I then decided to stick to light classical music.Understanding my weaknesses helped me to build on my strengths.вЂќ Pursuing her goal, she excelled and endeared herself to generations of music lovers in Pakistan, India and the world. And she realised that she could not be a great concert artist like Roshan Ara Begum or Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan who could sing for three hours without a break, before a rapt audience. In 1947, the family migrated to Pakistan, and the veteran says that she could not continue her training as she would have liked. Referring to her, the Prime Minister had said, вЂњListening to your music we feel the power and presence of God.вЂќД«orn in Calcutta in 1934 and brought up in Amritsar, she learnt khayal as well as light music from her sister Mukhtar Begum and from the stalwart of the Patiala gharana, Ustad Ashiq Ali Khan. She was honoured with the prestigious Indian distinction, the Ustad Hafiz Ali Khan award for 2005, presented to her by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Gwalior. In 2005, she was awarded the Hilal-e-Imtiaz, PakistanвЂ™s highest civilian honour, the only other Pakistani artist accorded this honour being Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. This layakari (rhythmic wizardry) in khayal tradition has earned Farida Khanum the title Mallika-e-Gazal, (queen of ghazals). She picks up a stanza of poetry and takes it to a height, where it touches the borders of the classical singing and then brings it back to the sublime level of the ghazal. It is honey sweet but never cloying.вЂќДЇarida KhanumвЂ™s wizardry lies in her high-speed taans and sargams (note patterns). In fact, both these famous ghazal singers had the same guru in Ustad Ashiq Ali Khan, and according to music critic Shanta Serbjeet Singh, after Begum Akhtar, Farida KhanumвЂ™s voice has the most character for ghazals. Farida Khanum is Pakistani vocalist widely regarded as the worldвЂ™s number one ghazal singer, a position she has enjoyed for over three decades, especially after the demise of her senior, the famous Begum Akhtar in 1974.

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