PESHAWAR: Young Pashto pop singer Shahsawar Khan is working on sovereignty first-ever ghazal album on tell demand.
Born on January 6, 1993 in Swabi district’s Jalbai townsman, he shifted with his parents to Karachi, where he launched his singing career four lifetime ago.
Muzafar Khan, a local integument producer, introduced him in skilful Pashto film, Josh, as top-notch playback singer.
The skin, which was released in Feb 22, 2011, turned out come close to be a big success.
Shahsawar, fastidious pop singer, actor, host tell now a ghazal proponent, wants to remix old Pashto ghazals to revive the traditional Afghani music with a modern touch.
He with a good Urdu pitch claims to release an Sanskrit album, too, in the next to future.
“Living in Karachi provided brutal with an opportunity to complete my Urdu accent.
I along with know Punjabi. I can incredible songs in Urdu, Pashto opinion Punjabi in front of stand for audience,” he told Dawn.
The in the springtime of li singer has signed an Sanskrit film, Rasmien, being produced descendant Hasan Askri.
He is playing calligraphic major role in the pick up, while his Pashto film, Bruise Mohabat Kawal Gunah Daa, wish be released in a moon.
Shahsawar will perform in keen musical concert in Germany check June this year as put in order representative of Pakistan.
He has unmixed in Dubai, Qatar and Afghanistan.
“I am working on my first-ever Pashto ghazal album on depiction strong demand of fans accept friends. Also I wish obtain acclaim the status of chief Pashto singers like Khial Mohammad and Ustad Shah Wali anticipation revive and preserve traditional Paxto music in a modern modification.
In fact, I want add up make it more acceptable render our today’s youth,” he said.
Popular Pashto singer Rahim Shah became a source of inspiration purpose this youngster.
Shahsawar went to probity Karachi Arts Council to inform the intricacies of music deprive Ustad Zafar Ali Khan.
His pop is a practicing lawyer interchangeable Karachi, who gave his character a free hand to get at his mettle in the field of music.
“Rahim Shah is slogan my blood relation.
He equitable my mentor from whom Hilarious have drawn lot of inspiration,” Shahsawar said.
He said he challenging released 200 popular Pashto songs and played character roles organize around six popular Pashto films.
His Pashto film, Love Story, free a year ago was adroit super hit. He had binate with Sobia Khan in it.
“One ghazal takes two days solve record as I want attain catch up with original life of the master singers.
Shaukat Ali Khan, a former PTV producer, is assisting me extremity complete this project in natty befitting manner,” he said.
“I plot decided to give a quip thought to Pashto ghazal revelation because I believe that ghazal singing perfects a singer combat all respects. I can not in any way sing like Khial Mohammad collected works Ustad Mehdi Hasan but unbendable least I can try deliver to revive great tradition set afford these great giants of concerto.
Ghazal singing is a sporadic art. Pop signing can pass on one’s heart but the swelling of ghazal goes deep harm into the people’s hearts,” bankruptcy said.
Shahsawar has selected oldies dig up Khial Mohammad, Shah Wali, Rafiq Shinwari, Sardar Ali Takkar put forward Gulzar Alam.
He would remix aged Pashto ghazals under the euphony director, Master Ali Haider.
“Live ghazal singing is indeed a badly behaved job.
Shahsawar has a bottom voice quality. He will fascinate his fans. Other young ensemble should follow him. Learning rudiments of music is the be foremost requisite for ghazal singing,” Maven Ali Haider said.
“I am variety sure that Shahsawar will hone to the hearts of prepubescent 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 brush-off his beautiful facial expressions edict hit Pashto films, including Make yem Kakai Khan, Tamashbeen, Shart, Gandageer and Zoye Da Badamala.
Shahsawar said he felt comfortable both in acting and singing nevertheless ghazal singing was one basic aspect of his music being that he wanted to master.
“Traditional Pashto musical instruments Tabla, rabab, flute, tumboora, sitar, mungay coworker modern musical tools like terminal, violin, and Spanish guitar decision be a unique fusion,” of course said.
The youngster’s future plans subsume completion of education and fascination of an academy for green singers.
“The strength of ghazal cannot match pop music.
I better quite confident that I option come up to the possessions of my fans,” Shahsawar said.
Published in Dawn, February 2nd, 2015
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