Oct 28, 2007

Farida Khanum Concert in Mumbai

Farida Khanum, the Malika-e-Ghazal has present her singing to her fans in Mumbai on friday night for the first time. A new music academy has been announced after her name in the function which will allow students form SAARC countries to learn classical music.

Bollywood actor Shatrughan Sinha inaugurated the concert while the concert was attended by many distinguished personalities from both Bollywood and music circles.
Earlier, during her three days visit she had met with Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhonsle and had created huge enthusiasm among her music lovers.

Waqt Par Bolna - Hariharan's New Album

Hariharan has recently launched his new album Waqt Par Bolna at Jos, Kalaghoda. The album has 10 songs with the fusion of indian singing in a contemporary style. The function was attended by many distinguished singers like Ghulam ali, Anup Jalota, Suresh Wadekar, Leslie Lewis and Abhijeet Sawant. Hariharan made the occassion special for everyone present with is melodious singing.

Sarhad - Lata Mangeshkar's New Ghazal Album

'Sarhad' is the new ghazal album of Lata Mangeshkar and the lyrics are by Javed Akhter. Singers from both India and Pakistan will be singing for the album.

Ghulam ali and Farida Khanum are among the singers from Pakistan while Hariharan, Sonu Nigam and Suresh Wadekar will be contributing from Indian side. Lata said that there will also be a song of Mehdi Hassan which he had composed for her.

Oct 26, 2007

Lata Mangeshkar Latest Ghazal Album 'Saadgi' Released

Lata Mangeshkar has launched her latest album Saadgi on the occasion of World Music day on Thursday.

Jagjit Singh and Chitra Singh released the album 'Saadgi'. The launch ceremony was held at The Club in Andheri on thursday Usha Mangeshkar, Meena Mangeshkar, Suresh Wadkar, Javed Akhtar were also present.

Mona Singh acted in the music video of Saajda. "Mujhe khabar thi" is a soulful song and already touched the heart and soul of many.
Lata believed that it is the destiny that played a role in this album and said, ''There is no reason why the album happened, but it just happened. Nothing was planned but everything just fell into place. The lyrics appealed to me and I could relate with it. Music is my life. As long as I am, so will my music.''

Lata Mangeskar Ghazal from Saadgi - Mujhe khabar thi

Mujhe Khabar Thi woh mera nahi paraya tha
Par dharkano ne usi ko khuda banaya tha

Mai khwab khwab jise dhoondh ta phira barson
Woh ashq meri ankh me samaya tha

Tera qasur nahin jaan meri tanhai
ye rog maine hi khud jaan ko lagaya tha

Tamam shehar me ek woh hai ajnabee mujhse
Ke jisne geet mera shehar ko sunaya tha

Deifnition of Ghazal?

Ghazal is a collection of Sher's which follow the rules of 'Matla', 'Maqta', 'Beher', 'Kaafiyaa' and 'Radif'.

For example:

1. koi ummid bar nahi aati koi surat nazar nahi aati.
2. aage aati thi haale dil par hasi ab kisi baat par nahi aati
3. hum waha hai jaha se hum ko bhi kuch hamari khabar nahi aati
4. kaaba kis mu se jaoge Ghalib sharm tumko magar nahi aati

A 'Sher' is a poem of two lines and every Sher in itself is a poem. So the four stanzas in the above example are independent poems or Sher. Ghazal is a collection of two line poems called Sher.

Oct 25, 2007

Welcome to the World of Ghazals

This blog is dedicated to Hindi and Urdu ghazals sung by famous ghazal singers. You can share you views on the beautiful world of ghazals.