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Ghazals and Famous Ghazal Singers
A
ghazal may be understood as a poetic expression of both the pain of
loss or separation and the beauty of love in spite of that pain. This
lens will introbuce you to ghazal, its origin in Persia and great ghazal
singers.
Contents at a Glance
GHAZALS
WHAT IS A GHAZAL?
About Ghazals -
* Ghazal is simply the name of a form, and is not language-specific. Ghazals exist, for example, in Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Turkish, Kashmiri, Gujarati, Malayalam, Punjabi, Kurdish and Pashtu and many other languages.
* A ghazal is composed of five or more couplets.
* The second line of each couplet (or sher) in a ghazal usually ends with the repetition of a refrain of one or a few words, known as a radif, preceded by a rhyme known as the qaafiyaa. In Arabic, Persian and Turkic the couplet is termed a bayt and the line within the bayt is called a misra. In the first couplet, both lines end in the rhyme and refrain so that the ghazal's rhyme scheme is AA BA CA etc.
* Enjambment across lines or between couplets is not permitted in a strict ghazal; each couplet must be a complete sentence (or several sentences) in itself.
* All the couplets, and each line of each couplet, must share the same meter.
* In languages of Indian sub-continent ghazals occasionally contain no radif. Such ghazals are termed "gair-muraddaf" ghazal. The pre-Islamic Arabian qasida was in monorhyme; like the rest of the qasida, the ghazal itself did not have a radif.
* Although every sher may be an independent poem in itself, the shers may share the same theme or even display continuity of thought. This is called a musalsal ghazal, or "continuous ghazal". The ghazal "chupke chupke raat din aasUU bahaanaa yaad hai" is a famous example of a musalsal ghazal.
* In modern Urdu poetry, there are a few ghazals which do not follow the restriction that the same beher must be used in both the lines of a sher. But even in these ghazals, qaafiyaa and, usually, radif are present.
* By placing his or her takhallus (pen name) in the maqta or final sher, the poet traditionally attempted to secure credit for his or her work. Poets often made elegant use of their takhallus in the maqta.
Ghazals are very melodious and soothing. I listen to them at night when everything around is calm and quiet.
The central theme of ghazals is pain, separation and love
* Ghazal is simply the name of a form, and is not language-specific. Ghazals exist, for example, in Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Turkish, Kashmiri, Gujarati, Malayalam, Punjabi, Kurdish and Pashtu and many other languages.
* A ghazal is composed of five or more couplets.
* The second line of each couplet (or sher) in a ghazal usually ends with the repetition of a refrain of one or a few words, known as a radif, preceded by a rhyme known as the qaafiyaa. In Arabic, Persian and Turkic the couplet is termed a bayt and the line within the bayt is called a misra. In the first couplet, both lines end in the rhyme and refrain so that the ghazal's rhyme scheme is AA BA CA etc.
* Enjambment across lines or between couplets is not permitted in a strict ghazal; each couplet must be a complete sentence (or several sentences) in itself.
* All the couplets, and each line of each couplet, must share the same meter.
* In languages of Indian sub-continent ghazals occasionally contain no radif. Such ghazals are termed "gair-muraddaf" ghazal. The pre-Islamic Arabian qasida was in monorhyme; like the rest of the qasida, the ghazal itself did not have a radif.
* Although every sher may be an independent poem in itself, the shers may share the same theme or even display continuity of thought. This is called a musalsal ghazal, or "continuous ghazal". The ghazal "chupke chupke raat din aasUU bahaanaa yaad hai" is a famous example of a musalsal ghazal.
* In modern Urdu poetry, there are a few ghazals which do not follow the restriction that the same beher must be used in both the lines of a sher. But even in these ghazals, qaafiyaa and, usually, radif are present.
* By placing his or her takhallus (pen name) in the maqta or final sher, the poet traditionally attempted to secure credit for his or her work. Poets often made elegant use of their takhallus in the maqta.
Ghazals are very melodious and soothing. I listen to them at night when everything around is calm and quiet.
The central theme of ghazals is pain, separation and love
GHAZAL SINGERS
Some notable ghazal singers are:
* Ahmed Rushdi
* Asha Bhosle
* Ahmed and Mohammed Hussain
* Anup Jalota
* Ataullah Khan
* Aziz Mian
* Begum Akhtar
* Chitra Singh
* Ghulam Ali
* Jagjit Singh
* Salma Agha
* Yateesh M. Acharya
* Kiran Ahluwalia
* Mahwash
* Ustad Amanat Ali Khan
* Najma Akhtar
* Talat Aziz
* Iqbal Bano
* Mohammed Rafi
* Mehdi Hassan
* Munni Begum
* Malika Pukhraj
* Hariharan
* Cassius Khan
* Ghulam Abbas Khan
* Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
* Farida Khanum
* Runa Laila
* Master Madan
* Talat Mahmood
* Lata Mangeshkar
* Penaz Masani
* Habib Wali Mohammad
* Nayyara Noor
* Noorjehan
* Shishir Parkhie
* Abida Parveen
* Anuradha Paudwal
* Reshma
* Sabri Brothers
* Mohammad Hussain Sarahang
* Mohammad Reza Shajarian
* Bhupinder and Mitali Singh
* Jasvinder Singh
* Tahira Syed
* Manhar Udhas
* Pankaj Udhas
* Ahmad Wali
* ( Ghazal Srinivas)
Many Indian and Pakistani film singers are famous for singing ghazals. These include:
* Asha Bhosle
* Ahmed Rushdi
* Chitra Singh
* Jagjit Singh
* Mehdi Hassan
* Talat Mahmood
* Hariharan
* Mohammad Rafi
* Noor Jehan
* Lata Mangeshkar
* Srilekha Parthasarathy
* K. L. Saigal
* Ghulam Abbas Khan
* Ghulam Ali Khan
* Ahmed Rushdi
* Asha Bhosle
* Ahmed and Mohammed Hussain
* Anup Jalota
* Ataullah Khan
* Aziz Mian
* Begum Akhtar
* Chitra Singh
* Ghulam Ali
* Jagjit Singh
* Salma Agha
* Yateesh M. Acharya
* Kiran Ahluwalia
* Mahwash
* Ustad Amanat Ali Khan
* Najma Akhtar
* Talat Aziz
* Iqbal Bano
* Mohammed Rafi
* Mehdi Hassan
* Munni Begum
* Malika Pukhraj
* Hariharan
* Cassius Khan
* Ghulam Abbas Khan
* Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
* Farida Khanum
* Runa Laila
* Master Madan
* Talat Mahmood
* Lata Mangeshkar
* Penaz Masani
* Habib Wali Mohammad
* Nayyara Noor
* Noorjehan
* Shishir Parkhie
* Abida Parveen
* Anuradha Paudwal
* Reshma
* Sabri Brothers
* Mohammad Hussain Sarahang
* Mohammad Reza Shajarian
* Bhupinder and Mitali Singh
* Jasvinder Singh
* Tahira Syed
* Manhar Udhas
* Pankaj Udhas
* Ahmad Wali
* ( Ghazal Srinivas)
Many Indian and Pakistani film singers are famous for singing ghazals. These include:
* Asha Bhosle
* Ahmed Rushdi
* Chitra Singh
* Jagjit Singh
* Mehdi Hassan
* Talat Mahmood
* Hariharan
* Mohammad Rafi
* Noor Jehan
* Lata Mangeshkar
* Srilekha Parthasarathy
* K. L. Saigal
* Ghulam Abbas Khan
* Ghulam Ali Khan
Important poets of Urdu ghazal
In
Urdu some important and respected ghazal poets are Wali, Aatish, Mir
Taqi Mir, Mirza Rafi Sauda, Mirza Ghalib, Zauq, Dard, Daagh, and Jigar
Moradabadi. Post-partition poets include Firaq Gorakhpuri, Majrooh
Sultanpuri, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Jaun Elia, Habib Jalib, Munir Niazi, Jan
Nisar Akhtar, Shakeb Jalali, Parveen Shakir, Tanwir Phool, Qamar
Jalalabadi, Qateel Shifai, Aghar Gondvi, Nasir Kazmi, Ahmed Faraz,
Makhdoom Mohiuddin, Sahir Ludhianvi, Nida Fazli, Gulzar, Ali Arman,
Vikram Singh, Raees Warsi, Mir Dard, Hasrat Mohani, Momin Khan Momin,
Altaf Hussain Hali
Ghulam Ali
My favorite Ghazal singer
USTAAD Ghulam Ali is a Pakistani ghazal singer of the Patiala gharana.
Ghulam Ali is considered as one of the best ghazal singers of his era .His style and variation in singing Ghazals has been noted as unique.
Ali started singing for Radio Lahore in 1960. Along with singing ghazals, Ghulam Ali composes music for his bhajan. His compositions are raga-based and sometimes include a scientific mixture of ragas. He is known for blending gharana-gaayaki into ghazal and this gives his singing the capability to touch hearts. He beautifully sings Punjabi songs too. Most of his Punjabi songs have been extremely popular. Though from Pakistan, Ghulam Ali remains as popular in India as in Pakistan.
He entered Hindi Cinema with a Hindi film song Chupke Chupke Raat Din in B. R. Chopra's film, Nikaah. Other popular ghazals include Hungama hai kyon barpaa and Awaargi.
Ghulam Ali is considered as one of the best ghazal singers of his era .His style and variation in singing Ghazals has been noted as unique.
Ali started singing for Radio Lahore in 1960. Along with singing ghazals, Ghulam Ali composes music for his bhajan. His compositions are raga-based and sometimes include a scientific mixture of ragas. He is known for blending gharana-gaayaki into ghazal and this gives his singing the capability to touch hearts. He beautifully sings Punjabi songs too. Most of his Punjabi songs have been extremely popular. Though from Pakistan, Ghulam Ali remains as popular in India as in Pakistan.
He entered Hindi Cinema with a Hindi film song Chupke Chupke Raat Din in B. R. Chopra's film, Nikaah. Other popular ghazals include Hungama hai kyon barpaa and Awaargi.
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GHULAM ALI
This is a famous ghazal by Ghulam Ali. It has been an all time favorite.
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Ghazal and its popularity
Understanding
the complex lyrics of ghazals required education typically available
only to the upper classes. The traditional classical ragas in which the
lyrics were rendered were also difficult to understand. The ghazal has
undergone some simplification in terms of words and phrasings, which
helps it to reach a larger audience around the world. Most of the
ghazals are now sung with various styles which are not limited to
khayal, thumri,. raga, tala and other classical and light classical
genres
Which is your favourite ghazal?
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nikitakapoor Apr 23, 2012 @ 9:09 am@CheryIK Ghulam Ali is no doubt a legendary maestro, but there other good artist such as Legendary artist Mehendi Hasan,Ahmed Hussain n Mohd. Hussain, Jagjit Singh, Talat Aziz etc.
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CherylK Jan 15, 2012 @ 7:41 pmWell, I certainly did enjoy this page. Learning about the ghazals was a pleasure. I enjoyed listening to the singer Ghulam Ali. I wonder what he was singing?
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Amitabh1702 Oct 24, 2011 @ 2:09 amThe ghazals of Mirz Ghalib sung by Jagjit Singh are my personal favourites. I also love Sajda by Lata and Jagjit.
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