Ghulam Ali

Infobox musical artist
Name = Ghulam Ali
استاد غلام علی
ग़ुलाम अली

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Born = 1940
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Origin = Kaleke, Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan
Genre = Ghazal
Occupation = Ghazal Singer
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Ghulam Ali (Urdu: غلام علی, Hindi: ग़ुलाम अली) (born 1940) is a famous Pakistani ghazal singer of the Patiala Gharana. He is not to be confused with the eminent classical vocalist Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (of whom he was a disciple) or Ustad Chhote Ghulam Ali, who is another Pakistani singer, but in the "qawwali" style.

Early life

Ali was born in the village of Kaleke in the Sialkot district of Punjab, pre-partition India (now in Pakistan). He belongs to a musical family; his father was a vocalist and a sarangi player who initiated Ghulam Ali to music from his childhood.

Ghulam Ali's father named him "Ghulam Ali" after Bade Ghulam Ali. At the age of 15, he became a student of the legendary Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, who was a master of the Patiala Gharana (Patiala School) of Hindustani music. Due to the busy schedule of Bade Ghulam Ali, most of Ghulam Ali's training was provided mainly by Bade Ghulam Ali Khan's three brothers: Barqat Ali Khan, Mubarak Ali Khan, and Amanat Ali Khan, in Lahore. All these distinguished teachers of classical music taught him the finer nuances of classical music. His solid foundation of classical music included studying Thumri and learning to sing ragas.

Career

Ali started singing for Radio Lahore in 1960. Along with singing ghazals, Ghulam Ali composes music for his ghazals too. His compositions are raga-based and sometimes include a scientific mixture of ragas. He is known for blending gharana-gaayaki into ghazal and this gives his singing the capability to touch hearts. He beautifully sings Punjabi songs too. Most of his Punjabi songs have been extremely popular. Though from Pakistan, Ghulam Ali remains as popular in India as in Pakistan. He burst into the Indian scene with a Hindi film song "Chupke Chupke Raat Din" in B. R. Chopra's movie, "Nikaah". Other popular ghazals include "Hungama hai kyon barpaa" and "Awaargi, yeh dil yeh paagal Dil mera", and many more. On being questioned about Pakistani pop groups, Ghulam Ali replied, "Frankly, I am really bewildered at their style of singing. How can you sing a song by running and jumping around the stage? The stage is meant for performing not for acrobatics."

Ali has also sung some beautiful ghazals like "Kina kina timro tasveer", "Gajalu tee thula thula aankha", "Lolaaeka aee thula" and "Ke chha ra diun" in Nepali language with Narayan Gopal, a wellknown Nepali singer, and composer Deepak Jangam. These songs were compiled in an album entitled "Narayan Gopal, Ghulam Ali Ra Ma", and are popular among Nepali music lovers to this day.

Notable Ghazals/Songs

* "ae husn-ae lala faam"
* "Hungama Hai Kyon Barpa"
* "Chupke Chupke Raat Din"
* "Yeh Dil Yeh Pagal Dil"
* "Fasle Aise Bhi Honge"
* "Dil Mein Ek Leher Si Uthi Hai Abhi"
* "Kal Chaudvin Ki Raat Thi"
* "Baharon Ka Chaman"
* "Humko Kiske Gham Ne Mara"
* "Jakhm-E-Tanhai Mein Khusboo-E-Heena Kiski Thi"
* "Kaisi Chali Hai Abke Hawa"
* "Hum Tere Shahar Mein Aaye Hain"
* "Kehte Hai Mujhse Ishq Ka Afsana Chahiye"
* "Khusboo Jaise Log Mile"
* "Mera Kya Tha Tere Hisaab Mein"
* "Main Nazar Se Pee Raha Hoon"
* "Khuli Jo Aankh"
* "Patta Patta Boota Boota"
* "Barsan Lagi Sun Budiya Raja"
* "Ni Chambe Diye Bandh"
* "Mehfil Mein Baar Baar"
* "Hum To Kitno Ko Mehzabeen Kehte Hain"
* "Chhup Chhupa Ke Piyo"
* "Apni Tasveer Ko Aankhon Se"
* "Woh Kabhi Mil Jayen To"
* "Yeh Batein Jhooti Batein Hain"
* "Apni Dhun Mein Rehta Hoon"
* "Tumhare Khat Mein Naya Ik Salaam"
* "Khusboo Gunche Talash Karti Hain"
* "Kachhi Deewar Hoon Thokar Na Lagana"
* "Dil Buk Buk Ahro"
* "Heer"
* "Tak Patri Waaleya Lekh Mere"
* "Rabba Mere Haal Da"
* "Ki Pucchde Ho Haal"
* "Kiya Hai Pyaar Jise"
* "kabhi neki mein mujhe"
* "mariz-e-muhabbat unhi ka fasana"

Discography

* "Narayan Gopal, Ghulam Ali Ra Ma" (Nepali Ghazals)
* "Suraag - In Concert"
* "With Love"
* "Mast Nazren -Ecstatic Glances Live in London", 1984
* "Ghazalain - Live at Islamabad"
* "Passions"
* "Hungama Live In Concert Vol.1"
* "Poems of Love"
* "Tere Shahar Mein"
* "Saadgee"
* "Haseen Lamhen"
* "Ghazals"
* "Anjuman Behtareen Ghazlen"
* "Soulful"
* "Once More"
* "The Golden Moments - Patta Patta Boota Boota"
* "Live in USA Vol 2 - Private Mehfil Series"
* "Suno"
* "Live in USA Vol 1 - Private Mehfil Series"
* "Saugaat"
* "Khwahish"
* "At His Very Best"
* "Aawargee"
* "The Finest Recordings Of Ghulam Ali"
* "Great Ghazals"
* "The Golden Collection"
* "Geet Aur Ghazals"
* "Dillagee"
* "Kalaam-E-Mohabbat"
* "Chupke Chupke - Live In Concert, England"
* "Rang Tarang vol 1,2"
* "Janay Walay"
* "Heer"
* "Khushboo"
* "Ghulam Ali - The Very Best"
* "Ghulam Ali - Mehfil - Collection From Live Concerts"
* "The Best Of Ghulam Ali"
* "Lag Gaya Nain"
* "Awargi -- Ghulam Ali - Vocal CDNF418/419 Live. Vol.3 & 4."
* "Aitbaar"
* "Aadaab Ustad (Ghazals)"
* "Mahtab"
* "Ghulam Ali Vol.1 and 2"
* "A Ghazal Treat - Ghulam Ali In Concert"
* "Ghulam Ali In Concert"
* "Khushboo"
* "Awargi (Live) Vol 1 and 2"
* "Moods and Emotions"
* "Ek Ehsaas - A Confluence Of The Finest Ghazal Voices "
* "Best Of Ghulam Ali
* "Greatest Hits Of
* "The Golden Moments Ghulam Ali Vol.1
* "A Live Concert
* "The Best of Ghulam Ali
* "Aabshaar
* "Lamha Lamha
* "Once More
* "Parchhaiyan
* "Mehraab
* "Ghulam Ali Live At India Gate - Swar Utsav 2001 - Songs Of The Wandering Soul
* "Ghalib - Ghazals - Ghulam Ali - Mehdi Hassan"
* "The Latest,the best"

ee also

* Music of Pakistan
*Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan

External links

* [http://www.aligarians.com/category/singers/ghulam-ali/ Lyrics and English Translations of Compositions of Ghulam Ali]
* [http://www.pakistanipopmusic.co.uk/pakistani-singers/ghulam-ali-18.htm Ghulam Ali]
* [http://www.technofundo.com/fun/music/ga/index.html List Of Ghulam Ali Ghazals & more]