Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (b. 1974 in Faisalabad, Punjab^[1], Pakistan) is a musician, and primarily, a singer of Qawwali, a devotional music of the Sufis. He is the nephew of Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.^[2] In addition to Qawwali, he also performs ghazals and other light music. He has toured extensively and performed in Pakistan, India and all around the world.^[3]

[edit] Biography

He was born in 1974 in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan into a family of traditional musicians. The son of Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan, Rahat was trained by his uncle Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan in the art of classical music and Qawwali^[4]. Under the tutelage of his uncle, his first public performance was at the age of eleven.

[edit] Soundtracks and international contributions

In a subordinate role with his uncle Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, working in collaboration with Eddie Vedder, of the American rock band, Pearl Jam, Rahat contributed to the soundtrack of the 1995 Hollywood film Dead Man Walking.^[5]

In 2002, he worked on the soundtrack of Four Feathers in collaboration with the American composer of orchestral and film music, James Horner.^[6]

Also in 2002, Rahat guested with The Derek Trucks Band on the song "Maki Madni" for Trucks' album, Joyful Noise.

More recently, his vocals were featured on the soundtrack of Mel Gibson's Apocalypto.

His recent works include Pakistani nationalistic songs such as "Dharti Dharti" and "Hum Pakistan", and songs from Indian films such as "Jaoon Kahan" from the film "Billu Barber", "Teri Ore" from "Singh Is King", "Rabba" from "Main Aur Mrs. Khanna", "Aaj Din Chadheya" from "Love Aaj Kal" and "Rishte Naate" from " De Dana Dan".

[edit] References

In india first song is from film paap ( man ki lagan ) after that Kalyug ( Jiya Dhadak Dhadak ) both from vishesh film production mahesh bhatt & Namasty Landon ( Rafta Rafta ) composed by music director Himesh reshammiya lyrics by Javed Akhtar & Directed & produced by Vipul amritlal Shah, film Omkara ( Nano ki mat maniyo re )directed & music by Vishal Bhardwaj, Joom Barabar Joom ( Bool na Halke halke )which was yash raj production & music directored by Shankar - Ehsaan - Loy. after that blockbuster song of movie Om Shanti Om ( Jaag Suna Suna Lage ) which was home production of shahrukh khan & farah khan & composed by music directors vishal & Shekhar. "Jaoon Kahan" from the film "Billu Barber", "Teri Ore" from "Singh Is King", "Rabba" from "Main Aur Mrs. Khanna", "Aaj Din Chadheya" from "Love Aaj Kal" and "Rishte Naate" from " De Dana Dan".

[edit] External links

• Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Profile - IMDb.com
• Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Biography All Music Guide