Aziz Naza (born Abdul Aziz Kunji Markar; 7 May 1938 – 8 October 1992), was an Indian playback singer, live performer and music director known for ''Chadhta Sooraj Dheere Dheere'' and ''Jhoom Barabar Jhoom Sharabi''. Gifted with an extraordinary range of vocal abilities, he is widely regarded as the veteran and one of the greatest

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singers.

Biography

He sang duets alongside playback singers Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Mahendra Kapoor,

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. Naza was one of the most famous Qawwali playback singers in

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. In the year 1975 his qawwali single ''Jhoom Barabar Jhoom Sharabi'' dominated the top 10 List of

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for 20 consecutive weeks. His other notable songs as a playback singer are ''Hoke Mayoos Tere Dar Se'' for movie Laila Majnu, ''Qurbani Qurbani'' title song for Qurbani, ''Bhajan Bina Chain Na Aaye'' for Rafoo Chakkar ''Sunle Tu Binati Meri Haji Ali'' for Nehle Pe Dehla considered as an all-time hit. Aziz Naza received a special award for the Movie Qurbani. He was signed by

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, India in the early 1960s. Naza composed the musical score for the movie Pyaar Ke Raahi directed by Atma Ram.

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