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BADSHAH e GAZAL
Jul 19, 2007 09:40 AM 9414 Views
(Updated Jul 20, 2007 08:01 PM)

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MEHDI HASSAN is not just a legend , he is much more then that he is an icon for the most mesmerizing form of music that has ever evolved in india and is known as gazal .


He is the heart and soul of this art form which to me is more daunting  then the italian opera as an emotive musical entity which in some ways is similar   in the sense they both tell an event usually encompassing love as an emotion  in a highly charged vocal manner


mehdi is very  versatile as he can sing lighthearted songs to rival kishore or rafi , but when it comes to gazal, he is easily more competent then habib wali and ustad amanat ali  , whether its talat , ghulam ali  or jagjit  he easily eclipses them with his magnetically moulded voice which can sing without a gasp endlessly just highlighting a slight note.


ITS FOR THIS VERY VALID REASON THAT LATA  SAID ABOUT THIS PHENOMENONAL ARTIST THAT


UNKE GALE SE BHAGWAN BOLTE HAIN


AND WHAT A THROAT AND WHAT A VOICE , YOU JUST HAVE TO LISTEN TO ONE GAZAL TO RECOGNISE THAT TRUTH.


gulon me rang bare bade nau bahar chale


Chale bi aao ke gulshan ka karobar chale


The gazal by faiz ahmed faiz was sung in 1963 in a pakistani movie sawal and it made  gazal a street song , so even while mehdi is a gazal singer he sang over 900 songs for movies peaking in 1975 and has 45 duets with noor jehan , a record in pakistan,


Despite his success  he was very fussy about what he sang and almost every recording is unique and has the stamp of quality .


The man was born in rajistan in  a family with musical roots and started singing at a young age he was first noticed by the radio and his first recording is from 1953 for radio pakistan , after that his first film song was in 1956, until the superhit  in riaz shahids susraal made him a [1963]public star and despite lacking charisma and style he was worshipped on both sides of the border for his art .


the song was


jis ne mere dil ko dard diya


us shakal ko maine bhulaya nahin


ik khwab sa jo dekha tha kabhi


wo yaad raha is haal me bhi


jo aag jali jalti hi rahi


jo phool khila kumlaya nahin


jisne mere dilko dard diya


kajre se saji pyasi aankhen


har dwar se darshan ko janken


par jisko doond ke me hara


us roop ne darsh dikhaya nahin


jisne mere dil ko dard diya


after this there was no stopping he became the voice for superstar muhammad ali and hits followed hits


from aag in 66


youn zindagi ki raah mai  takra gaya koi


sanson se bi kareeb mere aagaye koi


to alia 66


nishan koi na chora ke ghut ke mar jayen


teri talash me jayen to hum kahan jayen


sazaa in 65


ye kagizi phool jaise chehre mazak urate hain admi ka


inhe koi kaash ye bata de mukam oncha he sadgi ka


or saiqa 65


ik sitam aur meri jan abi jan baki hai


dil me ab tak teri ulfat ka nishan baki heai


gazal after gazal and in movies hitting the nail right on the head


whether  with ahmed faraz the great urdu poet as in


ranjish hi sahi dil hi dhukane ke liye aa


aa phir se mujhe chor ke jane ke liye aa


from the movie mohabbat


to the angaray gazal


ab ke hum bichre to shayad kabi khwabon me mile


jis  tarah sukhe huey  phool kitabon me  m


dono insan he to kyon phir yo hijaboon me mile


the songs from ansoo , anila , aman, behisht , insan aur admi, salaame mohabbat  and bandagi set new standards but the gazals were immortal


zindagi main to sabi pyar kiya karte hain


main to mar kar bi meri jan tujhe chahoon ga


to the gazal by daag


dekh to dil se jan se uth ta he


ye dhuan sa kahanse uthta he


youn uthe aaj us gali se hum


jaise koi jahan se uthta he


but in a light hearted romantic mood he is inimitable too


like in these  two romantic gazals which are more love poems but sung in a gazal form


gar tum haseen na hote


hum meherban na hote


sarkar chup na hote


jo kaderdan na hote


apas me mil na jayen


takrar karte karte


ikrar kar na betho


inkar karte karte


ye aas gar na hoti


hum bezuban na hote


gur tum haseen na hote


or my favourite of all , beautifully composed by nisar bazmi and written by qateel shifai


mere dil ke tar bajen bar bar


hua tujh se pyar aaja


rahoon bekrar karon intezar


gaye nain har aaja


ye tera shabab khilta gulab


muje kitne khwab dikhlae


tera kya jawab zere naqab


tu ik aftab chamkaye


hasain mere nain


kate ghum ki rain


mile dil ko chain aaja


mere dil ke tar


bajen bar bar


almost a symphony in itself yet a love poem sung in the best possible manner incessantly without a break the song just flows with the quiet music overshadowed by the immortal voice but its not the songs or style which is under discussion its the paradoxical voice which is eternally youthful from 1950 to 1980 and yes he lacks face value , he has very little visual style and no star charisma at all .yet its the voice which makes him stand out amongst a crowd of great competitors


in the eighties he sang with runa laila , nayyara noor and mehnaz  but his best duets are with noor jehan as they compliment each other perfectly , but mehdi is best when solo


hamare dil se mat khelo khilona toot jaye ga


zara si thees ponche gi ye sheesha toot jaye ga


im not going to be deceptive or kind to the rest by saying they are good as well because when you are in mehdi hassans company even the best are reduced to average , its not putting others down but just recognising the truth


well he was lucky again in 70s and 80s his voice matched nadeems persona and the superstar had all his songs dubbed by mehdi hasan to both their advantage and also beneficial for the world of music itself .


the songs of sharafat , aina , bandish and anari are mesmerizing both in style and in content , the composer is robin ghosh the bangladeshi maestro .


but then tragedy struck he fell ill and had to move to washington d.c  in u.s a as his children had all immigrated , this virtually put an end to his singing career as it was impossible to record in usa for either PTV or for movies , although his gazals still are played regularly on tv channels but in todays world its pop groups who rule the waves and roxen and shaan , junaid jamshed and annie rule the roost , he was left to die in anonymity in u..s .a , a man who had sung more then a thousand gazals and songs was not honored or remembered at the time of his death


as sung by him


hum se badal gaya wo nigahen to kya hua


zinda hain kitne log mohabbat kiye baghair


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