Wednesday, 8 May 2013

Mehdi Hassan - Ghazal Singer

© SATYENDRA SINGH
'Mehdi Hassan', 2004 (ball pen sketch on paper)
Size - 11" x 14"



(Ball Pen Sketch)

Mehdi Hassan Khan (1927 –2012) was a Pakistani ghazal singer and a former playback singer for Lollywood. 

He is famously known as the "King of Ghazal". In 1979, he was awarded K. L. Saigal Sangeet Shehenshah Award by the Government of India. 


Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar, who has been awarded  Bharat Ratna, once compared his songs to the "voice of god". He was honored with Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, Pride of Performance and Hilal-e-Imtiaz by the Govt. of Pakistan. 




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