Mujeeb Aalam

Mujeeb Aalam
Mujeeb Aalam
Born February 4, 1948(1948-02-04)
Mianwali, Pakistan
Died June 2, 2004(2004-06-02) (aged 56)
Karachi, Pakistan
Genres Playback singing
Occupations Singer
Instruments Vocalist
Years active 1964–2004

Mujeeb Aalam (February 4, 1948 – June 2, 2004) was a Pakistani playback singer who had a short film career. His singing style was a mixture of Mehdi Hassan and Ahmad Rushdi's style.[1] He sang dozen of hit songs in late 1960s and remained popular with cinema viewers. However, he lost his popularity in mid 1970s as more versatile singers like Akhlaq Ahmed and A Nayyar entered Pakistan film industry.

Career

Mujeeb Aalam was born in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India in an Urdu speaking family. He started his film career in an unreleased film "Nargis" in 1964 but "Jalwa" (1966) was his debut film with a super hit song: "koi ja ke unn se kehdey" which was picturised on Darpan. Unfortunately, he got a short film career and was ignored by film musicians from the mid 1970s. His song tally is under hundred film songs.Mujeeb Alam lived in the long shadow of highly successful Pakistani singers in the mid-sixties. However, soon he made his own distinct way into the world of music. Essentially he was a very humorous person. He loved to exchange jokes and made friends easily. The song which brought over night fame for him was "Wo meray samnay tasweer banay baithay hain" (film: Chakori:1967, director: Ehtesham, composer: Robin Ghosh) Mujeeb won the Nigar Award for this song. Moreover, Mujeeb was highly successful in romantic scores as well. He recorded songs with almost all female singers of his time and all those duets were mega-hits.

Death

Mujeeb Aalam was retired from films since 1979. He used to participate in private shows and musical programmes which were broadcast from Pakistan television and other channels. Mujeeb resided in Block J, North Nazimabad, Karachi, for quite some time. On Wednesday June 2, 2004, he suffered a heart attack in Karachi, which ended his life. He was 56 years of age.[2]

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