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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Music of Bangladesh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Azam Khan may refer to one of several people: Azam Khan (singer) Azam Khan (squash player) This is a disambiguation page and#8212; a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
Runa Laila: Ghazal singer and playback singer in 80's
Begum Akhtar was a Ghazal singer from Uttar Pradesh in India.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Music-of-Bangladesh   (4407 words)

  
 -=- AZAM KHAN -=- upcoming superstar of bollywood (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.cs.wisc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Azam Khan to meet the honorable Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Mr.Y.S.Rajashekhar Reddy to submit a memorandum for the development of Under Privileged children of Hyderabad.
Azam Khan was Felicitated by the "Syed Badpa youth Association" of Hyderabad on 5th august in Hyderabad.
The male singer is pradeep and the female singer is Sirisha.Azam khan is planning to release the audio in the afternoon at the orphanage in the presence of underprivileged kids and in the evening it will be at a star hotel with complete media celebrities and friends from all walks of life.
www.azamkhanactor.com.cob-web.org:8888 /Events.htm   (1128 words)

  
 Way to Volley, Girl!
Carla's grand-father, Azam Khan, won four British Open titles during the late fifties and the sixties and is unanimously regarded among the legends of world squash.
Azam's elder brother, Hashim Khan, was dubbed the 'father' of Pakistan squash and was the first global champion produced by Pakistan in any sport.
She got her game together at the Jahangir Khan Squash Complex in Wah, slashing through the draw as easily as she was racing through the chapters of the latest Harry Potter Book.
www.newsline.com.pk /NewsOct2005/sportsoct.htm   (1214 words)

  
 Social Pages - Sports - She's The Best
This 24-year-old beauty is the latest entrant from the Khans' clan who had dominated the squash scene for the longest time and captured almost every title that the sport had to offer during the last five decades.
Azam Khan, Carla's grandfather, is still remembered with awe for having won four British Open titles during the late fifties and the sixties and is regarded among the legends of world squash.
Azam Khan's elder brother was the actual hero of the circuit though; he was a global pioneer that Pakistan had produced in any sport.
www.socialpages.com.pk /125/sports.asp   (1597 words)

  
 The Hindu : Entertainment Chennai / Music : The Khan's Sohni
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan whose residence was in Pakistan visited India in the 1950s and simply enchanted the entire nation.
But the Khan wanted to know what was to become of his song and how it was going to be utilised.
The Khan was so engrossed by what was shown on the screen that after the song was over and the lights came on, he asked like a child, what happened to the girl!
www.hindu.com /fr/2006/01/13/stories/2006011300300300.htm   (625 words)

  
 The Hindu : The House of Arcot
In the 17th Century when the Marathas were holding sway in the Southern Carnatic from their stronghold at Gingee, Zulfikar Ali Khan came down and inflicted a crushing defeat on the ruler Rajaram.
Zulfikar Ali Khan who persevered to overthrow the Marathas, was made the first Nawab of the Carnatic in 1690 with control over all the territories south of the Krishna.
Anwaruddin Khan (1744-1749) who was a descendant of the Second Caliph of Islam founded the second dynasty.
www.hindu.com /mag/2004/02/01/stories/2004020100120200.htm   (1773 words)

  
 singer-shamshad-begum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Shamshad Begum, the nasal voiced legendary classical and playback singer of yesteryears was born in Amritsar.
Making her debut on radio in Lahore in 1937, the Amritsar-born singer captivated the hearts of listeners with the enchanting depth of her voice.
The then AIR Lahore helped her in entering the world of movies as frequent broadcasting of her songs induced music directors to use her voice for film songs.
www.hindilyrix.com /singers/singer-shamshad-begum.html   (455 words)

  
 Feroz Khan News
Now that Feroz Khan is planning a sequel to Qurbani with Kurbani, he has suddenly woken up to the fact that Universal Music has been using his music all along instead of HMV.
By Ashok Chowgule Two of the Khans of the film world made statements that were deemed to be controversial.
New Delhi: Pakistan today blamed Bollywood actor Feroz Khan for the unsavoury controversy created during an Indian film delegation's visit to Lahore in April, saying he was under the influence of liquor.
www.topix.net /who/feroz-khan   (734 words)

  
 

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Staying quiet for a while, Azam Khan centered his passion around the live performance stages.
Rising right next to Azam Khan came a new legend.
Ayub Bachchu is a song writer, music programmer and editor and singer at the same time.
www.csun.edu /~hbund341/bands.html   (675 words)

  
 Bangladesh ShowBiz - Bangla Music - Here is some background on some Bengali singers
Brought to Dhaka as child singer by late president Ziaur Rahman.
Fakir Alamgir, Feroz Shahi, Ferdous Wahid, Azam Khan are sometimes knownas the Four "khalifas" of pop music because of their pioneering contributions after independence.
Hamen and Shafen (the main musicians), are sons of Feroza Begum, the Nazrul geeti singer.
www.bangladeshshowbiz.com /alochona/background_singers.htm   (736 words)

  
 The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 4 Num 72   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Pop singer Azam Khan, dancer Shamim Ara Nipa and folk singer Kuddus Bayati were also present at the press conference.
Ahsan Khan Chowdhury, deputy managing director of PRAN Group, shows off a PRAN Cola bottle at a press conference organised to mark the launching of the first-ever local carbonated soft drink in Bangladesh at the National Press club in Dhaka yesterday.
Artistes Azam Khan, Shamim Ara Nipa and Kuddus Bayati are also seen at the conference.
www.thedailystar.net /2003/08/07/d30807050454.htm   (256 words)

  
 Tehelka - The People's Paper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
This Diwali, Shah Rukh Khan is going to be up against none other than his own role model, Dilip Kumar, at the box office.
She has recently become the first Indian professional singer to send a recorded song to her music director by e-mail.
Next up for the quiet Khan is a Yashraj Films release, to be directed by Kunal Kohli of Hum Tum fame.
www.tehelka.com /story_main8.asp?filename=Va111304GRAPEVINE.asp   (609 words)

  
 Rambles: Sevara Nazarkhan, Yol Bolsin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Vocally speaking, she is a contrast of fire and ethereality.
Not since Vas singer Azam Ali and possibly Norwegian Saami singer Marie Boine or Yungchen Lhamo burst onto the world scene has a voice been so captivating.
With influences that range from Bjork, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Botir Zakirov to Sade and Youssou N'Dour, she is indeed a talent to be reckoned with in the years to come.
www.rambles.net /nazarkhan_yol03.html   (391 words)

  
 Karachi News
Levies’ Bahadur Solangi and BRP’s Noor Bahar Khan were killed on the spot while Levies constable Shaukat Ali Khoso died of injuries in the District Headquarters Hospital, Naseerabad.
One of the rockets landed in the house of Haji Nawab Khan, an Afghan refugee, in Kacheri Gate inside Bannu cantonment.
The bodies of Munirullah Borakhel Wazir, Ahmad Hassan Dawar and Azam Khan Borakhel Wazir, were taken to Mirali sub-divisin in North Waziristan for burial.
www.karachipage.com /news/Aug_04/083104.html   (2836 words)

  
 Redhotcurry.com - Bollywood Films. Mughal-E-Azam (The Mogul) is re-released by the British Film Institute
R D Mathur's cinematography captures glorious song and dance sequences, with Naushad's outstanding score including two songs by noted classical singer Bade Ghulam Ali Khan.
One song alone employed a chorus of 100 singers.
With films from Moulin Rouge to The Guru springing from the Bollywood phenomenon, this is a rare chance to see where it all began.
www.redhotcurry.com /entertainment/films/bollywood/mughal_e_azam.htm   (280 words)

  
 Senators criticize army’s control of relief effort -DAWN - Top Stories; November 12, 2005
He demanded that all funds, both from local and foreign sources, be put in one account under the State Bank authority and public representatives at the union council level be involved in the reconstruction work.
Muhammad Azam Khan Swati of MMA said that during his visit to Texas for fund-raising he was questioned by donors if there was any guarantee that another few generals will not become tycoons as had happened under General Ziaul Haq’s regime.
Mr Swati made a fervent appeal for being given 50 orphans as he was “the largest patron of such children in the country” and provided them with the comfort of a home at the orphanage.
www.dawn.com /2005/11/12/top4.htm   (861 words)

  
 Bangladesh ShowBiz - Focus
This is the ultimate story on this singer.
Rock guru Azam Khan is giving a historic concert at the Army Stadium of Dhaka on the
Azam Khan will perform his old hits including some new numbers from his latest album "Didima".
www.bangladeshshowbiz.com /focases.htm   (591 words)

  
 India readies to screen Pakistani films-Indo-Pak Ties-World-NEWS-The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Post Mughal-E-Azam, the premiere in Pakistan of Akbar Khan's Taj Mahal - An Eternal Love Story further strengthened the emerging cultural ties between the countries.
Khan went with a high-powered Indian delegation, including Tourism and Culture Minister Ambika Soni, who invited Pakistani filmmakers to screen Punjabi films in India.
Initiated by well-known filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, who has roped in several Pakistani artists like actress Meera and singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan in his ventures, this initiative is now being joined by Bollywood greats like Naseeruddin Shah and Aamir Khan, amongst others.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/1540429.cms   (267 words)

  
 Star of the week: Lata Mangeshkar - bollywood news : glamsham.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
This Diwali when Dilip Kumar and Shah Rukh Khan clash at the box office in "Mughal-e-Azam" and "Veer-Zaara" respectively, there'll be one link binding the glorious past and the glamorous present -- Lata Mangeshkar.
From Madhubala in K. Asif's "Mughal-e-Azam" to Preity Zinta in "Veer-Zaara"; from a love legend 44 years ago to another one in the new millennium -- the complete ethos and ambience of movie-making has changed.
And music composer Naushad has gone on record to say the melodies were made possible by the quality of singing provided by the singer.
www.glamsham.com /movies/scoops/04/nov/03lata.asp   (906 words)

  
 Az   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
The Wahhabi mullah ("maulana") '''Azam Tariq,''' (March 1962 - October 4, 2003) was chief of the terrorist organisation and political machine Sipah-e-Sahaba ("warriors of the Prophet's companions"), and was one of Pakistan's most powerful s
'''Azar Habib''', born November 28 1945 in Lebanon, is a lebanese singer.
He is mostly known for his love ballads and that he mixes traditional arabic music with modern western pop.
www.gateserver.net /Topicsbycategory.aspx?catid=54&name=   (1577 words)

  
 ALOCHONA Bangladeshi Forum: Topic of the Month Page
Disclaimer: There is much more to Bengali singers than can be summarized in a few lines.
* Fakir Alamgir, Feroz Shahi, Ferdous Wahid, Azam Khan are sometimes known as the Four "khalifas" of pop music because of their pioneering contributions after independence.
One of few singers to "yodel." (Songs: Ai Je Nodi) * Kumar Bisshojit (aadhunik) - Good voice, playback singer for movies.
www.gps.caltech.edu /~zchow/alochona/month/dec1998_T2_musician.html   (927 words)

  
 Naushad's story: From rags to riches
Lata Mangeshkar, India's greatest playback singer -- whom Naushad gave an opportunity to sing in the early days -- once remarked that the music he composed for Baiju Bawra had surprised her.
HeĀ also utilised the services of distinguished classical vocalists like Amir Khan and D V Paluskar in Baiju Bawra (1952) and Bade Ghulam Ali Khan in Mughal-e-Azam (1960) to telling effect.
The 86-year old's last composition was for the recently-released Taj Mahal - An Eternal Love Story, directed by Akbar Khan.
www.rediff.com /movies/2006/may/05naushad1.htm   (556 words)

  
 Personalities of Indian Cinema - Singers
f songs are the jaan (life) of Indian films then singers are the prana (life force) - conveying moods, enhancing emotions, or simply lingering in the mind as unbidden fragments.
Many a film has achieved immortality through a perfect synchronization of singer /performer /situation.
Born in Kotta Sultansingh village of Punjab, Mohammed Rafi received classical training from Khan Abdul Waheed Khan, Jeevanlal Matto and Ghulam Ali Khan when his family moved to Lahore.
www.indiaheritage.org /perform/cinema/person/singers.htm   (615 words)

  
 Desi 'Gone With the Wind' comes to Pakistan | DesPardes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Dilip Kumar was born Yusuf Khan, in Peshawar, capital of modern-day Pakistan's North West Frontier Province.
Madhubala, whose face was as iconic to Indian audiences as Greta Garbo's had been in the West, was born Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi.
At that time, the going rate for popular Indian playback singers such as Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammad Rafi was below Rs.
www.despardes.com /pakistan/ent/2006/20060423-mughal-e-azam.html   (1029 words)

  
 Mughal-e-Azam
Tailors were brought from Delhi to stitch the costumes, Hyderabad goldsmiths made the jewellery, Kolhapur craftsmen the crowns, Rajasthani ironsmiths fabricated the shields, swords, spears, dagger and armour, specialists from Surat-Khambayat were employed for the exquisite zardosi embroidery on the costumes while the elaborate footwear was ordered from Agra!
Premiered simultaneously in 150 theatres all over the country the film became the biggest money grosser in those times.
Naushad's superb musical score stands out particularly the two songs by noted classical singer Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (Shubh Din Aayo and Prem Jogan ke Sundari Pio Chali).
www.upperstall.com /films/mughaleazam.html   (694 words)

  
 Naushad
Mehboob Khan - Anmol Ghadi (1946), Elaan (1947), Anoki Ada (1948), Andaaz (1949).
In Mughal-e-Azam, Naushad's musical score was outstanding particularly the two songs by noted classical singer Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (Shubh Din Aayo and Prem Jogan ke Sundari Pio Chali) not to mention the Lata Gems (Mohabbat ki Jhooti Kahani pe Roye, Pyaar Kiya to Darna Kya) and Mohd.
Pakeezah (1972) after Ghulam Mohammed's death and continued doing an occasional film right up to the 1990s but the magic of old was missing.
www.upperstall.com /people/naushad.html   (769 words)

  
 Classical voice continues to enthrall Bollywood : HindustanTimes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
While that may not be the kind of premium a classical singer can command today, the appeal of the classical voice in a film soundtrack is intact.
And filmmaker Akbar Khan, who roped in Kolkata-based Ajoy Chakraborty to recreate the effect of Tansen and Baiju Bawra for Taj Mahal – An Eternal Love Story, says: “You have to make a judicious use of a classical voice.
While a film song will sound the same in its umpteenth repetition, a classical singer singing the same raga can bring in a different sound at every subsequent rendering.” And it works both ways.
www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1799847,0011.htm   (592 words)

  
 Music of Bangladesh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Many singers of Adhunik Music genre and from New wave of Bangladeshi folk Music category also worked with pop at some points.
In fact, by the very nature of pop it is hard to clearly identify singers, exclusively pop in style.
Hassan (associated with Ark) and James (associated with Feelings and, later, Nogor Baul) contributed quite a bit (although more so to pop/rock than to metal/rock).
music-of-bangladesh.iqnaut.net   (2498 words)

  
 PodioIndia.com - Podcasts and Indian Podio Content
An extremely talented singer, he talks about his early years in music, takes us through few Kishore Kumar and Kumar Shanu songs and shares with us his views on life and music in Canberra.
She was featured earlier in the Lata Mangeshkar birthday episode.
As we bring to you new performers, do send your feedback and let us know if you would like us to bring back any one of your favorite singers featured in the past.
www.podioindia.com /index.html   (656 words)

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