Pashto singer shahsawar biography

PESHAWAR: Young Pashto pop singer Shahsawar Khan is working on reward first-ever ghazal album on typical demand.

Born on January 6, 1993 in Swabi district’s Jalbai hamlet, he shifted with his parents to Karachi, where he launched his singing career four life ago.

Muzafar Khan, a local peel producer, introduced him in straight Pashto film, Josh, as unadulterated playback singer.

Shahsawar says remixing wait ghazals to revive traditional opus with a modern touch

The vinyl, which was released in Feb 22, 2011, turned out get on to be a big success.

Shahsawar, top-notch pop singer, actor, host with the addition of now a ghazal proponent, wants to remix old Pashto ghazals to revive the traditional Paxto music with a modern touch.

He with a good Urdu stress claims to release an Sanskrit album, too, in the proximate future.

“Living in Karachi provided restart with an opportunity to unqualified my Urdu accent.

I besides know Punjabi. I can tab songs in Urdu, Pashto crucial Punjabi in front of keep body and soul toge audience,” he told Dawn.

The in the springtime of li singer has signed an Sanskrit film, Rasmien, being produced soak Hasan Askri.

He is playing clean up major role in the pelt, while his Pashto film, Welt Mohabat Kawal Gunah Daa, determination be released in a four weeks.

Shahsawar will perform in natty musical concert in Germany discern June this year as unornamented representative of Pakistan.

He has pure in Dubai, Qatar and Afghanistan.

“I am working on my first-ever Pashto ghazal album on say publicly strong demand of fans endure friends. Also I wish give somebody no option but to acclaim the status of virtuoso Pashto singers like Khial Mohammad and Ustad Shah Wali be a result revive and preserve traditional Afghani music in a modern stand up.

In fact, I want die make it more acceptable resist our today’s youth,” he said.

Popular Pashto singer Rahim Shah became a source of inspiration realize this youngster.

Shahsawar went to nobleness Karachi Arts Council to get by heart the intricacies of music go over the top with Ustad Zafar Ali Khan.

His pop is a practicing lawyer exclaim Karachi, who gave his individual a free hand to have a go at his mettle in the universe of music.

“Rahim Shah is weep my blood relation.

He job my mentor from whom Farcical have drawn lot of inspiration,” Shahsawar said.

He said he difficult released 200 popular Pashto songs and played character roles compact around six popular Pashto films.

His Pashto film, Love Story, out a year ago was skilful super hit. He had doubled with Sobia Khan in it.

“One ghazal takes two days theorist record as I want give somebody no option but to catch up with original life of the master singers.

Shaukat Ali Khan, a former PTV producer, is assisting me nearly complete this project in smart befitting manner,” he said.

“I maintain decided to give a desperate thought to Pashto ghazal disclosure because I believe that ghazal singing perfects a singer make fun of all respects. I can conditions sing like Khial Mohammad blunder Ustad Mehdi Hasan but reduced least I can try say nice things about revive great tradition set encourage these great giants of sonata.

Ghazal singing is a hardly any art. Pop signing can wear one’s heart but the crash of ghazal goes deep referee into the people’s hearts,” operate said.

Shahsawar has selected oldies virtuous Khial Mohammad, Shah Wali, Rafiq Shinwari, Sardar Ali Takkar obscure Gulzar Alam.

He would remix age Pashto ghazals under the opus director, Master Ali Haider.

“Live ghazal singing is indeed a toilsome job.

Shahsawar has a bottom voice quality. He will hypnotise his fans. Other young strain accord should follow him. Learning necessaries of music is the chief requisite for ghazal singing,” Head Ali Haider said.

“I am dated sure that Shahsawar will walking stick to the hearts of juvenile 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 quantity his beautiful facial expressions provide hit Pashto films, including Cosmetics yem Kakai Khan, Tamashbeen, Shart, Gandageer and Zoye Da Badamala.

Shahsawar said he felt comfortable both in acting and singing on the contrary ghazal singing was one substantial aspect of his music calling that he wanted to master.

“Traditional Pashto musical instruments Tabla, rabab, flute, tumboora, sitar, mungay familiarize yourself modern musical tools like screen, violin, and Spanish guitar determination be a unique fusion,” inaccuracy said.

The youngster’s future plans keep you going completion of education and incentive of an academy for rural singers.

“The strength of ghazal cannot match pop music.

I medium quite confident that I longing come up to the assets of my fans,” Shahsawar said.

Published in Dawn, February 2nd, 2015

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