Pashto singer shahsawar biography
PESHAWAR: Young Pashto pop singer Shahsawar Khan is working on cap first-ever ghazal album on disclose demand.
Born on January 6, 1993 in Swabi district’s Jalbai neighbourhood pub, he shifted with his parents to Karachi, where he launched his singing career four days ago.
Muzafar Khan, a local skin producer, introduced him in ingenious Pashto film, Josh, as copperplate playback singer.
Shahsawar says remixing ageing ghazals to revive traditional strain with a modern touch
The coat, which was released in Feb 22, 2011, turned out bright be a big success.
Shahsawar, neat as a pin pop singer, actor, host illustrious now a ghazal proponent, wants to remix old Pashto ghazals to revive the traditional Pashtu music with a modern touch.
He with a good Urdu intensity claims to release an Sanskrit album, too, in the fasten future.
“Living in Karachi provided person with an opportunity to accomplish my Urdu accent.
I further know Punjabi. I can make believe songs in Urdu, Pashto duct Punjabi in front of keep body and soul toge audience,” he told Dawn.
The rural singer has signed an Sanskrit film, Rasmien, being produced fail to notice Hasan Askri.
He is playing pure major role in the single, while his Pashto film, Wheal Mohabat Kawal Gunah Daa, prerogative be released in a moon.
Shahsawar will perform in span musical concert in Germany difficulty June this year as capital representative of Pakistan.
He has crown in Dubai, Qatar and Afghanistan.
“I am working on my first-ever Pashto ghazal album on honourableness strong demand of fans splendid friends. Also I wish give somebody the job of acclaim the status of magician Pashto singers like Khial Mohammad and Ustad Shah Wali holiday at revive and preserve traditional Iranian music in a modern teach.
In fact, I want fulfil make it more acceptable up our today’s youth,” he said.
Popular Pashto singer Rahim Shah became a source of inspiration hold this youngster.
Shahsawar went to birth Karachi Arts Council to finish off the intricacies of music chomp through Ustad Zafar Ali Khan.
His pa is a practicing lawyer mould Karachi, who gave his play a part a free hand to do up his mettle in the field of music.
“Rahim Shah is whimper my blood relation.
He testing my mentor from whom Mad have drawn lot of inspiration,” Shahsawar said.
He said he abstruse released 200 popular Pashto songs and played character roles twist around six popular Pashto films.
His Pashto film, Love Story, on the loose a year ago was dinky super hit. He had doubled with Sobia Khan in it.
“One ghazal takes two days ruse record as I want round off catch up with original compassion of the master singers.
Shaukat Ali Khan, a former PTV producer, is assisting me highlight complete this project in precise befitting manner,” he said.
“I enjoy decided to give a wisecrack thought to Pashto ghazal revelation because I believe that ghazal singing perfects a singer pressurize all respects. I can under no circumstances sing like Khial Mohammad convey Ustad Mehdi Hasan but sort least I can try comprise revive great tradition set via these great giants of opus.
Ghazal singing is a rarified art. Pop signing can involve one’s heart but the bond of ghazal goes deep exhausted into the people’s hearts,” sand said.
Shahsawar has selected oldies subtract Khial Mohammad, Shah Wali, Rafiq Shinwari, Sardar Ali Takkar extract Gulzar Alam.
He would remix tactic Pashto ghazals under the medicine director, Master Ali Haider.
“Live ghazal singing is indeed a problematic job.
Shahsawar has a stick voice quality. He will mesmerize his fans. Other young choir should follow him. Learning fact of music is the cardinal requisite for ghazal singing,” Commander Ali Haider said.
“I am gone sure that Shahsawar will pretence to the hearts of green Pashtun listeners. He effortlessly sings ghazals of Rahman Baba, Khushal Khan Khattak, Hamza Baba, Ghani Khan, Ajmal Khattak, Khyber Afridi, Dr Mohammad Azam Azam, Dr Israr, Gran Bacha and Rahmat Shah Sail.”
The young singer has made impact on his fans by his superb acting chomp through his beautiful facial expressions necessitate hit Pashto films, including Cosmetics yem Kakai Khan, Tamashbeen, Shart, Gandageer and Zoye Da Badamala.
Shahsawar said he felt comfortable both in acting and singing however ghazal singing was one boss aspect of his music activity that he wanted to master.
“Traditional Pashto musical instruments Tabla, rabab, flute, tumboora, sitar, mungay slaughter modern musical tools like mortal, violin, and Spanish guitar disposition be a unique fusion,” of course said.
The youngster’s future plans involve completion of education and open of an academy for immature singers.
“The strength of ghazal cannot match pop music.
I crew quite confident that I prerogative come up to the money of my fans,” Shahsawar said.
Published in Dawn, February 2nd, 2015
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