Munir Hussain a melodious singer on July 1, 2016The other two songs were “Aei Meri Zindagi” and “Zindagi Ki Rah May”. Other films that featured Munir Hussain as a playback were ‘Shatranj’, ‘Khyber Paas’, ‘Mamta’, ‘Azad’, ‘Landa Bazar’, ‘Paigham’ and ‘Gehra Dagh’. A lone Punjabi film was ‘Paani’. Hussain’s duet with singer Irene Parveen “Pyar Kiya Hai Tou Sanam” was noted for the […]
Munir Hussain a melodious singer on July 1, 2016The other two songs were “Aei Meri Zindagi” and “Zindagi Ki Rah May”. Other films that featured Munir Hussain as a playback were ‘Shatranj’, ‘Khyber Paas’, ‘Mamta’, ‘Azad’, ‘Landa Bazar’, ‘Paigham’ and ‘Gehra Dagh’. A lone Punjabi film was ‘Paani’. Hussain’s duet with singer Irene Parveen “Pyar Kiya Hai Tou Sanam” was noted for the […]
the Munir Hussain a melodious singer on June 30, 2016The wonderful Alaap in the beginning of the song establishes Nujehan’s prowess on singing such kind of songs.Munir Hussain has also sung songs with other singers. One such song is ‘Asmaani Tare Nain’ with Mala, Naseem Begum and Roshan for the film ‘Mun Mauji’. Naseem Begum joined hands with Munir Hussain for Bolian type of […]
Munir Hussain a melodious singer on June 29, 2016Munir Hussain demonstrates his classical skill in music director A Hameed’s Tansen. In some ways, Dr Bukhari rated Hussain better than singer Mehdi Hassan. Music composer Hameed used Mala and Hussain for Kamal-Shabnam starrer film ‘Shareek-e-Hayat’ for the song “Ik Tum Mile Tou Sara Jahan Mil Gaya Hamay” composed on a cha cha cha beat. […]
Munir Hussain a melodious singer on June 28, 2016Incidentally I played the leading roles in 1968 for PTV’s able producer Kanwar Aftab Ahmad’s LIVE transmission in musicals by the respective names mentioned here. There are several poetic narrations of the ‘Heer-Ranjha’ story, the most famous being ‘Heer’ by Waris Shah written in 1766 though some claim that Damodar’s version is more authentic. Warris […]
Munir Hussain a melodious singer on June 27, 2016 It is very difficult to discover melodious singers. In my musical journey, one such singer that I came across was Munir Hussain, a man with a beautiful voice who had a little tremor in it, reminiscent to singer Talat Mahmood. Both had a remarkable gift of singing difficult songs with relative ease. Singer Salim […]
Saaein by Hassan Abbasi on June 22, 2016The traditional meaning of hamd, according to Wikipedia is that it is a word or a poetic piece to be recited by Muslims to feel closer to Allah. It is binding upon Muslims to remember Allah no matter what state they are in. When Muslims say Alhamdulilah, it is out of love, humility and complete […]
Salim Raza a melodious voice on June 12, 2016Side by side, he kept on performing in music concerts. Singer Salim Raza suffered from kidney failure, which took his life on November 25, 1983. He was 51 years of age. He died young leaving scores of beautiful melodies behind him. Some of the major films for which Salim Raza lent his voice are mentioned. […]
Salim Raza a melodious voice on June 10, 2016I remember when I used to go to Radio Pakistan Lahore Station in the 1960s, invariably I used to come across singer Salim Raza in the music studios playing a harmonium and immersed in composing ghazals with Patrick on tabla and Siraj Ahmad Qureshi on sitar. I was a student of Government College, Lahore and […]
Guzre Dinon Ka Qissa by Muhammad Jawwad on June 3, 2016Mazda Ali in an article titled ‘Urban Stress & Mental Health’ published on November 2011, states that urban living is not only about getting older; it is also about taking more stress. Stress is the unspecific physiological and psychological reaction to perceived threats to our physical, psychological or social integrity. And urban living can be […]