Mahtab by Ghulam Ali

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About Ghulam Ali:
Ustad Ghulam Ali, born on 5 December 1940, is a Pakistani ghazal singer of the Patiala Gharana. He is a disciple of Bade Ghulam Ali Khan Sahab. Bade Ghulam Ali's younger brothers, Barkat Ali Khan and Mubarak Ali Khan, also trained him. Ghulam Ali started singing for Radio Pakistan, Lahore, in 1960. Along with singing ghazals, Ghulam Ali composes music for his ghazals.

Ghulam Ali is one of the best ghazal singers of his era. Unlike other ghazal singers, his style and variations of singing Ghazals by blending Hindustani classical music with it make him unique. A host of his hit ghazals have been used in Bollywood movies. He was introduced to Bollywood with a Hindi film song Chupke Chupke Raat Din, written by the poet Hasrat Mohani in B. R. Chopra's film, Nikaah. A few of his famous ghazals are Chupke Chupke Raat Din, Kal Chaudhvin Ki Raat Thi, Hungama Hai Kyon Barpa, Kiya Hai Pyar Jisé, May Nazar Sé Pee Raha Hoon, Mastana Peeyé, Yé dil yé pagal dil, Apni Dhun Mein Rehta Hoon "Ham Ko Kiske Gham Ne Maara" are included in different playlists.

His recent album "Hasratein" was nominated in the Best Ghazal Album category at Star GIMA Awards 2014. He was married to Afsana Ali and had a daughter Manjari Ghulam Ali. His sons Aamir Ghulam Ali and Nazar Ali Abbas, are also musicians.

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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