Aziz Mian, a lost voice
LAHORE: While Coke Studio might have brought qawwali to a mainstream and highlighted a series of yesteryear qawwals and gharanas, there are still many other distinguished personalities who mastered a genre in a past and are now mislaid in skinny air. Late Aziz Mian, a renouned and iconic qawwal is one such name that has been erased from song memory. While his contributions to a song attention might be overlooked, what will always be remembered is his singular voice, graphic character of singing and pan-filled mouth.
The mythological thespian belted out mixed hits in his some-more than five-decade prolonged career, with Main Sharabi Sharabi and Tari Surat Nighaoun Main Phirti being a many popular. His genocide anniversary was distinguished in Multan on Tuesday, during an eventuality hosted by his dear colleagues and family members. “Young qawwals of currently always demeanour adult to a work of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Amjad Sabri and Aziz Mian. However, Aziz was a many opposite of them. He was gifted and unequivocally prepared and introduced his possess style. Each of his qawwalis was opposite from a other and that’s what was many entertaining,” pronounced a musician hermit twin Sher Ali and Mehr Ali. “He never copied anyone though everybody copied him. He done a republic unapproachable and currently we are unequivocally blank him since he was truly a legend.”
Known as one of a many famous qawwals of South Asia, Aziz started training in a margin when he was only 10 years old, underneath a organisation of Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan. He complicated from Lahore Data Ganj Baksh School and after did his postgraduate in Urdu Literature, Persian and Arabic from Punjab University. Interestingly, his character of singing was opposite from other qawwals. He joined qawwali with his possess communication and a works of other poets such as Allama Iqbal and Qateel Shifai. “Besides qawwali, his communication was entirely enjoyed by everyone. He narrated regretful communication in his possess character and we can quietly contend there can be no one in a universe like Aziz Mian,” pronounced folk thespian Shoukat Ali.
Aziz breathed his final 16 years ago in Tehran, where he was invited by a supervision to perform during a concert. Sadly, a day before a event, he upheld divided and his physique had to be flown behind to his hometown, Multan, where he was buried. Ironically, Aziz died in a same nation where he rose to celebrity and became recognized internationally, after being awarded a bullion award from a afterwards Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. “Aziz Mian’s work was enriched with spiritualism. Wherever he performed, he was famous to be an consultant during gripping a assembly entertained and everybody appreciated his verses. His work was an item to a country,” combined Ali. He was also given a Pride of Performance from a Government of Pakistan in 1989.
Recordings of his songs such as Allah Hi Jane Kaun Bashar Hai and Nabi Nabi Yaa Nabi Nabi are still accessible in many qawwali libraries today. “His singular character of singing while behaving harmonium was smashing and he achieved in many other countries besides Iran,” mentioned Ali.
Three of his sons – Tabraiz, Imran and Junaid – are qawwals and have attempted to follow his character by their performances though there’s no denying that no one can furnish a kind of work Aziz did.
Published in The Express Tribune, Dec 7th, 2016.
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