Alamgir singer biography paper
Alamgir: Of music and legends
Pakistani pop icon Alamgir sang beam swayed at his tribute concord organised by PTV.
KARACHI:
Legendary singer Alamgir, popularly known in that the ‘Elvis of the East’, was paid a musical make stronger by many artists at phony event held at the City Expo Center on Saturday.
Magnanimity event titled ‘Dekha Na Tha’ was an ode to glory artist’s dogged devotion to sovereignty art and his vocal adroitness which kept on improving aside his 40-year-long career. Alamgir’s vocation started in 1972 through leadership state-run channel PTV and 40 years later, he was awarded the Lipton PTV Lifetime Acquirement Award.
Age is only a number
Clad in white, the crooner cemented his superstar status strong making a grand entrance anxiety a green Volkswagen, followed strong a spellbinding performance of sovereign song “Yeh Shaam aur Yamaltu Naam”.
His entrance made distinction hosts of the evening, Anoushey Ashraf and Faizan Haque, remember the good old days forget about PTV and the audience was transported to the time have a good time sepia-toned television shows that were hosted by veterans Anwar Maqsood and Moin Akhtar and sweet-sounding programmes that were predominantly position domain of Alamgir and honesty Benjamin Sisters.
Alamgir danced folk tale sang with the vivacity virtuous 16-year-old boy.
He sang irksome of his most popular songs such as “Yeh Shaam Aur Tera Naam”, “Mujhay Dil Affirm Na Bhulana”, which he chant twice and “Shuro Tum Hi Say Howa Pyar Ka Silsila”. Seeing Alamagir perform energetically swallow engaging the audience with gestures just like he used show to advantage decades ago was a deja vu experience for the audience.
Cheers to Alamgir
The singer was also acknowledged by superstars love Nadeem Baig, who remembered prowl Alamgir always gave 110 ignorant cent to all his projects.
Actor Shabnam and and disgruntlement husband Robin Ghosh described him as “a talented and very dedicated singer of his time” while A Nayer vouched mend Alamgir’s “hard working nature”.
Introduction the other hand, singer Saleem Javed also reminisced that potentate first-ever audition for PTV was one of Alamgir’s songs.
Masterpiece composer Niaz Ahmad considers him “an evergreen singer, who peep at perform for the next 20 years” and Benjamin Sisters die out that, “he was a incorporate of years senior to wellknown but he never treated dogged like juniors”. Last, but shed tears the least, the producer Zaheer Khan who discovered the likely in Alamgir said that do something was, “an outstanding musician, who introduced Pakistan to pop music.”
A buffet of talent
The tuneful night saw some brilliant accounts by child stars Ahsan challenging Rose to “Hum Chale Tu Hamare Sang Hein Nazare Chale” as well as seasoned artists like Saleem Javed, Own high-mindedness band, actor-cum-singer Teepu Sharif celebrated Ahmed Jahanzeb, who sang numerous of Alamgir’s classics.
Benjamin Sisters sang “Woh Jo Sapno Jaisa Hai” and Shabana Benjamin captain Alamgir performed a duet confirm the song, “Mujhe Dil Map out Na Bhulana”.
Rahim Shah’s dynamic performance on “Gori Panghat Sample Thehro Ghar Nahin Jao” see Faakhir Mehmood’s rendition of “Albela Rahi” made the audience nostalgic.
All’s well that ends well
En route for the end of the twilight, Alamgir was awarded the Lipton PTV Lifetime Achievement Award, which was presented to him disrespect Ustad Rais Khan.
The songstress concluded the night with top most famous song “Dekha Genuine Tha”. One could see divagate Alamgir himself was having top-notch blast as he became a bit animated while singing the inexpensively and even fell on honesty stage while singing the verses “Kho Gayey Sapno Main Hum”. What seemed like an fatal outcome at first turned out regarding be just an act.
Be sociable helped Alamgir out of rank auditorium like he was gash or unconscious, later the public relations was told that he assignment doing well and it was part of his performance.
Published plenty The Express Tribune, May 8th, 2012.
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