Khalil Haider ( ur, ) is a
Pakistani ghazal
The ''ghazal'' ( ar, غَزَل, bn, গজল, Hindi-Urdu: /, fa, غزل, az, qəzəl, tr, gazel, tm, gazal, uz, gʻazal, gu, ગઝલ) is a form of amatory poem or ode, originating in Arabic poetry. A ghazal may be understood as a ...
singer. He became famous after singing a famous poet
Nasir Kazmi
Nasir Raza Kazmi ( ur, was an Urdu poet from Pakistan. Kazmi was born on 8 December 1925 at Ambala, Punjab, (British India).
Kazmi used simple words in his poetry, including "Chand", "Raat", "Baarish", "Mausam", "Yaad", "Tanhai", "Darya" and ...
's
ghazal
The ''ghazal'' ( ar, غَزَل, bn, গজল, Hindi-Urdu: /, fa, غزل, az, qəzəl, tr, gazel, tm, gazal, uz, gʻazal, gu, ગઝલ) is a form of amatory poem or ode, originating in Arabic poetry. A ghazal may be understood as a ...
song, ''Nai kapre pehen ker jaooN kahaN'' in 1990. He has also performed as a singer in
UK,
Canada
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. and
United States
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.
Besides
Nasir Kazmi
Nasir Raza Kazmi ( ur, was an Urdu poet from Pakistan. Kazmi was born on 8 December 1925 at Ambala, Punjab, (British India).
Kazmi used simple words in his poetry, including "Chand", "Raat", "Baarish", "Mausam", "Yaad", "Tanhai", "Darya" and ...
's ghazals, he also uses poet
Mohsin Naqvi
Mohsin Naqvi (10 May 1947 − 15 January 1996) was a Pakistani poet, known for his ghazals.
Early life
Naqvi was born on 10 May 1947 in Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, British India (now in Pakistan). His father, Syed Chirag Hussain Shah, was a s ...
's poems.
Early life and career
He was born on 4 May 1965 in village
Lakhanwal,
Jalalpur Jattan
Jalalpur Jattan ( pnb, , ur, ) is a city in Gujrat District in the province of Punjab, Pakistan. It is the centre of Jalalpur Jattan Tehsil and about 50 km from Kashmir.
History
When Alexander the Great defeated King Porus, he establi ...
, District Gujrat
Punjab, Pakistan
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. He received his primary education there. In 1980, he moved to
Lahore
Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second List of cities in Pakistan by population, most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th List of largest cities, most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is th ...
with his family.
Ustad Sadiq Husain trained him in classical music. He has sung many ghazals of several Pakistani poets. He has also performed on the Pakistani TV shows, and he visited
UK,
Canada
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, and the
United States
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for his successful ghazal performances. He has also sung in Pakistani films as a playback singer including the film ''Anhoni'' (1993).
Khalil Haider as a film playback singer in film ''Anhoni'' (1993) on IMDb website, Retrieved 5 August 2017 A popular female singers group triple S sisters (Sana, Shereen, Saba) were his sisters.
Performances in live public concerts
* In 2012, Khalil Haider performed in a live concert called ''Ghazal Night'' at Pakistan National Council of the Arts in Islamabad
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along with other noted ghazal singers of Pakistan Ghulam Ali, Humaira Channa and Saira Nasim.[Musical night: With the soothing balm of ghazals, big names come to capital]
The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 26 May 2012, Retrieved 5 August 2017
Top Albums
10 Top Albums by Khalil Haider, including the four listed below, are shown on this website:
See also
* List of Pakistani ghazal singers
References
External links
TV Interview on YouTube
Khalil Haider ghazals on play.google.com website
Filmography of Khalil Haider on IMDb website
Khalil Haider's songs in Punjabi language on Academy of the Punjab in North America (APNA) website
1965 births
Living people
Pakistani ghazal singers
20th-century Pakistani male singers
Pakistani playback singers
Pakistani classical singers
People from Gujrat District
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