Ahmad Rushdi
The current youth in Pakistan is unaware of the legendary musical figures, this country has produced. Melody Prince Ahmed Rushdi is one of them. When I grew up and started listening to music, Ahmed Rushdi had long gone from this world. Courtesy to PTV, one day I heard his song “Akelay na jana, hamain chor ker tum”, and I was hooked.
When I started exploring him, a new world opened to me. A world full of soft and delicate feelings. A world full of deep heart beats and a world full of elusive sweet songs. After his song “Tumhain kaisay bata doon, tum meri munzil ho”, “kash koi muj ko sumjhata” engulfed me, then came to me “Haan is mor per is jaga baith ker”, and it soon followed by “kisi chaman mien raho, tum bahar bun ker raho”, and then the song “lug rahi hai mujey aj sari fiza, very soon followed by the all time hit, “ko ko korina”.
Ahmed Rushdi is among those versatile play back singer, who single-handedly could ensure the success of a movie. They are the giants whose name is a synonym with success. In the Pakistans music heritage his voice is written with golden letters. He sits among the giants like Mohammad Rafi and Kishore Kumar.
I wasn’t present in this world, when he was ruling on the hearts of billions of people in sub-continent, but what I read and hear, he was a maestro, and a class act. His songs were ubiquitous every where and lips of billions of people used to sing him.
After listening to the Pakistani singers of my age, and then comparing them with Indian singers, I was thoroughly surprised that Indian singers were decades ahead of us. Udit Narayan, Sonu Nigam, Kumar Sanu, Abhijeet, Babul and others have become music icon in Pakistan, but most of youth didnt know that once we also had a man from us, who was better all of them, and his name was Ahmed Rushdi.
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February 29th, 2008 15:29 GMT
yes i absolutely agree with you that ahmad rushdi was undoubtedly the greatest singer pakistan has ever produced. to me as far as his voice and expertise are concerned he was simply the best after mohd. rafi.
November 16th, 2008 01:01 GMT
Ahmed Rushdi is such a great singer of subcontinent with whom Kishore Kumar,Mukeash and Talat Mahmud could not able to compete.Critics are unanimous that Rushdi has no match in giving expressions and taking voice to high notes.Other than Ahmed Rushdi,only Mohd Rafi qualifies this criterian.In last sixty years nobody is able to copy his style even,copying his voice is a big job.He also holds the title of”Awaz ka jadugar”Its our badluck that now a days our media is promoting indian and local nonworthy singers.But Indians have a well recognition of Ahmed Rushdi s talents.Sonu Nigam came to Karachi and started his concert with a tribute to Ahmed Rushdi.Its being now more than 25 years of his death,but Ahmed Rushdi s Legend still travels.
November 17th, 2008 02:01 GMT
Syed Ahmed Rushdi is a real leagend of Play back singing.His voice had a unique quality of changing scales and turning into expressions without leaving the perameters of “Sur”.His voice was not only tailor made for Waheed Murad but also suitable to every actor,comedian and character actor of film industry.This is on record that Ahmed Rushdi is the only singer of asia who has not got any sort of formal training of classical singing.But once it comes for difficult songs with classical touch or happy songs or sad songs,last word for music directors was Ahmed Rushdi.He has sung the greatest number of songs and there is no chance of breaking this record as far as Pakistani film industry is concerned.