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Monday, September 03, 2007

The Age of "Mitwa"







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It would not be so untrue to call 2006 the year of "Mitwa". The song has swept off all types of music lovers! It is one of those songs that keeps playing in your head till you start singing or listening to it again.

This is another wonderful addition to the compositions of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy! The composition is one of the most beautiful and creative compositions of our time. Shankar did the sargam and alaap in the middle of the song beautifully and momentarily stole the show! The rest of the song debuted Shafqat Amanat Ali who really put his heart and soul into it. Shafqat is no stranger to the music world. He is the son of Pakistan's most famous Ustad Amanat Ali Khan. Following is a brief history of the family from wiki:

"Ustad Amanat Ali Khan(1932-1974) was a Pakistani classical music singer of Patiala Gharana. He was the elder of the singing duo Amanat Ali-Fateh Ali brothers, who enjoyed immense prestige and success in Pakistan as well as India, until his death.

"Ustad Amanat was the son of Akhtar Husain Khan and grandson of Ali Baksh Khan, the founder of 'Patiala Gharana.' Along with Ustad Fateh Ali Khan, Ustad Amanat started singing for gatherings ('mehfils') at an early age and they were recognised singers in the court of the Patiala king.

"After independence the brothers migrated to Pakistan where they continued to sing, gaining popularity not only in Pakistan but the entire sub-continent.

"Ustad Amanat received the 'Pride of Performance' award form the government of Pakistan.Ustad Amanat Ali Khan died in Lahore in September 1974.

"Ustad Amanat Ali Khan's elder son Ustad Asad Amanat Ali Khan inherited his father-like beautiful voice and talent. After a very successful music career, and contributing unforgettable treasure to ghazal singing, he died of heart attack on 8th April 2007 in London. The baton of the Patiala gharana has been carried on of sorts by Ustad Amanat Ali Khan's younger son, Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan."

To read more on the legacy of "Patiala" gharana, please visit: Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan

About six months ago, one of my friends Bilal suggested that I should take a shot at this song. I kept postponing till recently when I started to look for the track and could not find it in Taranaa library. When I requested the track from Taranaa, I was delighted to see it posted in a few days. I kept procrastinating ... till today when I decided to give it a shot! I hope you will like it too. Please do send in your comments!

32 comments:

  1. Heard the song at a friend's request. Excellent job.

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  2. khansaab...aap kahan gum hue the?? Really wonderful effort ji.Since I have sung the same song on my blog, i know how difficult it is to sing this! Please keep on actively posting more songs...

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  3. Pradip bhai, I have been on other fronts :). I am glad to hear from you. Yes, I have heard your rendition of the same song and must say you did superb. I will be posting more songs here! Thanks.

    Naseem, thanks for visiting my blog. I am glad you liked my song!

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  5. Great rendition.. Sounds totally different.Mitwaa lines are fentabulous.Waah Khan saahab..Expecting more from you.

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  6. Azam:

    It is a welcome effort from you to have gone away from your forte (Rafi) and attempt something like this. It clearly is a very difficult song and your performance is very good.

    Please throw a little more attention to your akaar aalaap and sargam. If you do that, I believe u will sound even better.

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  7. Azam wonderful rendition of this tuff song, u proved urself.
    Hats off to u.

    Just heard it with a normal ear. :)
    Since could'nt resist after seeing ur message.
    Will write to u about it in details once i listen to it very very carefully :)

    Good job and determination

    Leena

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  8. Azam,
    Heard your "Mitwa" WOW Jawab Nahin...Perfect 10 on 10. I liked your rendition so much that I have no words to express. simply amazing.
    Azam, you are doing better and better and wish you to do your best
    in every attempt. Keep up the good job.

    Regards & wishes,
    Dinesh Pithia

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  9. Paras, thanks so much for listening!

    Gautam, I will do my best to meet your expectations :)

    Murali, thanks for listening! I will take another shot at this song so please send me more detailed comments and I will try and work those into the next version.

    Dinesh bhai, you are very kind. Thank you very much for your encouragement.

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  10. wow Khan Sahab!Wonderful rendition!
    you have paid attention to all the little details of the song in terms of singing and effects!Excellent!

    Regards,
    Bhavana

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  11. That was an awesome performance, Azam..u have sung this song effortlessly

    Keep it up !!

    Deblina

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  12. Bhavana, Deblina,
    Thanks a bunch for spending your time to listen. I appreciate it very much!

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  13. Azam bhai, I am in love with your songs. Your voice reminds me of AR Rehman, Rafi, all depending on the mood. I would really really appreciate if you could sing the Telugu song Devudu Karnusthadani from Prema Katha as well.

    I really looked into our history, our roots and taught myself the devnagri hindi script. Not fluent but can read it and write some. Also fell in love with Sanskrit , amazing but so many words in our language have sanskrit roots, eg the city Peshawar is a sanskrit word Pash Pur which means beautiful rose ! I never cared about urdu, or any local dialects when i was still living in Pakistan but being away for so long brought me to the point of exploring our history, our roots from Buddhism, Hinduism etc.

    Take care my friend!

    Mahmood

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  14. Very nicely done, A great effort.

    With this song you could not hide your REAL voice and or immitate anyone else.

    One comment - " Jaaniye " did not have to sound like a fake punjabi accent. Since the entire song is in simple "urdu" therefore "JaanDiye" can also be in Urdu.

    The rest of the songs is Great. Simply love your singing.

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  15. Azam,
    Just heard your Mitwa rendition.It was simply fabulous !! Loved the way you sang such a difficult song so effortlessly especially the alaaps !! Great job done !

    Bharti

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  16. Mahmood, thanks a lot for visiting my blog! It was great to hear from you after a long time.

    Dear Anonymous bhai, the way you made suggestions suggest that you are a close friend. "Fake" punjabi accent was a personal preference! Thanks for visiting here and your encouragement!

    Bharti, welcome to my blog! Thank you very much for visiting!

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  17. sang really well.great job. this song is a tough song and you have done it effortlessly.

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  18. Reshma, thanks a lot for your comments! I fell in love with the number as soon as I heard the song! Appreciate your appreciation :)

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  19. Hi Azamji,
    For some reason... your player says wrong format... but anyways I download the song and listened to it.
    Excellent rendition. This is one toughe but you carried out so well. Keep these numbers coming.
    It shows how much you fell in love with the song by singing out of your favorite Rafi Sahab numbers.

    Keep Singing... me listening,
    Shantha

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  20. Shantha,

    Happy to see your comment! I agree with you! I have to do quite a bit for my blog! Most of the links for songs are gone bad for one reason or another!

    Thanks for listening and I will try to find time to re-construct some of this as soon as possible.

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  21. Shantha, most of the links are back :D. Thank you and a few other friends for your reminders! I will be adding a multi-player to bring all my songs to one place.

    "Mitwa" is being updated and will be added back soon!

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  22. Azam,

    I wish I could sing like this and impress Paras.
    Very well done!

    Ajay

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  23. Ajay, here is the good news: you do NOT have to sing like this to impress Paras :D. A poet like you can impress anyone anytime :)

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  24. kya kahoon azamji, la jawaab! aap gaate rahiyae...my best wishes to you always. i have added you on my blog (itsmesinging.blogspot.com)

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  25. Very nice effort. You have a nice voice. Looking forward to hear more. Keep singing :)

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  26. Chota Khan Here:

    Arey baaap re what a jump. I indeed love your breaks in the song on the carnatic side. It is very very nice.

    One thing I would mention that the music on it needs to come up just a bit more, to match your voice. This song has been handsomely song.

    One song you have to sing for me is TANHAII from dil chahta hai. Waiting to hear your rendition on this one. Common you can do it, I know.

    Bahut Pyar
    Chota Khan Out

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  27. Suchin, Jenni, and Anshu chhotay brother!!!

    Thanks for your encouragement! I am very happy that you guys enjoyed my rendition!

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  28. Azam Bhai,
    Your voice has an amazing effect on the listners. I have to say that you sing the more difficult songs with such an ease that one cannot stop admiring you. The other song that you sang during the recent Eid Mela 'Lagan lagey tujh se man ki lagan' is also something that your admirers can listen to again and again!!
    Best regards,
    Imran

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  29. I thought this song was meant for your voice and I was going to request you to sing it. When I found out that you had, I was happy and enjoyed listening to it.

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  30. Great singing Azam sahab!

    don't mind but just for nitpicking- i think the gamapa ni re nisa taan in the middle of song is off at the Ni..

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  31. sorry i forgot to mention my name- the earlier comment was by vaibhav

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  32. Khan Saab...

    Wow...very nice singing...Liked it immensely..You have a great voice and great modulations and harkatein...Keep it up...Would love to hear more...
    N V K

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