In today’s video treat, Wasim Akram remembers how the team won the World Cup & How much obsessed they were with “Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan” . It was 1992, and cricketers like Javed Miandad  were already die-hard NFAK fans. NFAK himself started taking interest in cricket those days as he was becoming a good friend of the Pakistani cricket team. Just before the team left home for World-Cup, NFAK personally recorded many songs specially for the team on request of Javed Miandad. Team played these songs pretty much every time (before match-after match, during practice sessions, during breaks and of course  to celebrate the victory)…

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PS: We are trying our best to Make the recordings from this concert Available….

An Awesome BBC Program Exploring  the Legacy & Influence of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

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Sameena researched, scripted, narrated, packaged, interviewed, anchored & produced sub-continent’s prominent personalities based prog. series Shakhsiyat, episode no. 21 featuring world known qawwali singer/ vocalist from faisalabad punjab pakistan, rizwan ali khan & moazzam ali khan, nephews of legendary ustad nusrat fateh ali khan , for rajya sabha tv

This audio was recorded in Anand Bakshi’s house in 1997 during a NFAK Welcome Party,  many guest celebrities were present to meet NFAK … and Anand’s Bakshi forced NFAK to sing hislatest composed “Ishq Di Galli Wich " ..

“Ishq Di Galli Wich " was a uper-hit song from movie “Kachche Dhaage” , composed by NFAK. However he offered the song to Hanj Raj Hans (who did a good job) , wonder how it would have been if he wound have sang it himself

“The following Article was published on January 22, 1993, just one day before NFAK’s Unforgettable performance at Meany! in Seattle Times and is posted here with their permission. Read Along”

Tomorrow: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan in concert, Meany Theater, 8 p.m., sold out. 543-4880. In Pakistan and North Indian mausoleums, singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is widely celebrated as a powerful conveyor of the spiritual message. In the West his versatile voice, melodic sensibility and deeply passionate delivery have made him one of the most popular performers of contemporary world music. Last September, Khan came to Seattle at the invitation of the University of Washington ethnomusicology department as a visiting artist. Khan will be teaching there through March. Tomorrow, he gives his first public performance here, accompanied by an ensemble of nine musicians.

Hans Raj Raj is an artist with not only a beautiful voice but also a pure and beautiful heart, In an interview in Pakistan , he remembers two best moments of his life. One when Lata Ji invited him for her birthday and second when Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan offered him a song in Kachche Dhaage (Ishq Ki Galli Vich). (Look at how he hold’s his ears while taking NFAK’s name)

[caption id=“attachment_1203” align=“alignleft” width=“300”] Malkit Singh - The Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Fan[/caption]

We all know and love Malkit Singh for  the songs “Gur Nalo Ishq Mita”, “Tootak Tootak Tootiyan”, “Kurri Garam Jayee”, “Dekh li vilyait”, as well as “Chal Hun,” and “Jind Mahi” from the blockbuster Bend It Like Beckham film soundtrack.

Malkit Sing was obsessed with NFAK from late 80’s but could never get a chance to see the man himself. He kept asking people around him so make it possible as soon as possible, and the big day came as a surprise. It was a Sunday afternoon in early 1990 when he got a call from Mohammad Ayyub from Oriental star Agency for a meeting. When Malkit reached there , he was surprised, it was NFAK sitting there waiting for him…. What happened next..