Top Ten Ghazals of Mehdi Hassan

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About Mehdi Hassan:
Mehdi Hassan Khan (18 July 1927 – 13 June 2012) was a Pakistani ghazal and playback singer for Lollywood. He is considered one of the greatest and most influential figures in the history of ghazal singing. He is referred to as the "Shahenshah-e-Ghazal". He is credited with taking ghazal singing to a worldwide audience. He was unique in his melodic patterns and innovatively used ragas.

Born into a family of musicians, he was naturally inclined towards music from a young age. He started training in classical music at the age of eight and completed his musical training with his father Ustad Azeem Khan, and uncle Ustad Ismail Khan who were both traditional singers. He started performing at a young age.

His first film song was "Nazar Milte Hi Dil Ki Bat Ka Charcha Na Ho Jaye" film Shikhar in 1956. He got an opportunity to sing on Radio Pakistan, primarily as a thumri singer and later as a ghazal performer, in 1957, which earned him recognition within the musical fraternity. In 1964, his ghazal for the film Farangi, "Gulon mein rang bharay, baad-e-naubahar chale" written by renowned Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz and composed by Rasheed Attre, gave him a breakthrough into the Pakistani film industry and he never looked back after that. He sang for over 300 films during his career.

He earned numerous awards and accolades during his lifetime and remained a leading singer in Pakistani film industry. For his contributions to the arts, Hassan was awarded the Nishan-e-Imtiaz, Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, Pride of Performance, and Hilal-e-Imtiaz by the Government of Pakistan.

A few words about Ghazal:
A ghazal is a form of Arabic poetry. Ghazals often convey spiritual messages (Sufi Kalam) or romantic love as a poetic expression of the pain of loss or separation from the beloved (Hizr) and the beauty of love and the associated pain. The origin of Ghazals traces its history to the poems addressed to a beloved by the narrator.

The Ghazal traces its origins back to 7th-century Arabic poetry. The Ghazal spread into South Asia in the 12th century with the influence of Sufi mystics and the courts of the new Islamic Sultanate. It is now the most prominent form of poetry in many languages of the Indian subcontinent.

The word Ghazal originates from the Arabic word Gazal, meaning to sweet-talk, flirt, or display amorous gestures. The poetic form derives its name from 'the wail of a wounded deer', which provides context to the theme of unrequited love common to many ghazals.

A ghazal commonly consists of five to fifteen couplets, called Sher. These are independent but are linked abstractly in a theme to make it poetry. Ghazal is a short poem with rhyming couplets called Sher. Most ghazals have between seven and twelve Shers. The first line of the couplet is called 'Radif', and the second, which ends with the same rhyming pattern, is referred to as the 'Qaafiyaa'.

The first 'Sher' in a ghazal is called the 'Matlaa'. The 'Matlaa' sets the tone of the Ghazal. The last couplet of the Ghazal is called the 'Maqtaa or Maktaa'. It is common in ghazals to include 'Takhallus', the name of 'Shayar' (Poet) in the maqtaa. It makes it more personal than the other couplets in a ghazal.

Unlike Ghazal, where each Sher is self-contained and independent from the others, Nazm couplets need a common theme or continuity.

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