Name: Shafqat Amanat AliBIOGRAPHY
Shafqat Amanat Ali is the son of Ustad Amanat Ali Khan Sahib, making him part of the 9 generation old Patiala Gharana. He has been a student of Eastern classical music since age four, his grandmother being his first teacher. His main influences in music come from his father and his uncle Ustad Fateh Ali Khan sahab as well as Roshanara Begum, to name a few.
Shafqat Amanat Ali is also the lead vocalist of a Pakistani pop band known as "Fuzon" which belongs to the Patiala gharana of classical music. The gharana is famous for its concentration on intricate taan-patterns and sargams. With his family, he has been part of the Pakistani musical tradition for eight generations now.He got his first chance in the Bollywood music scene when director Karan Johar Let him sing a song in his recent movie Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna .The song Mithva was a #1 song on the Charts after the CD came out and is curently #1 in the UK and USA.This was the first Pakistani singer ever to have a song in a Karan Johar directed film.
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