![]() It is said his ancestors were once court singers of Amer who later migrated to the Shekhawati region. Hassan then proceeded to sing one of Joshi’s favourites, “Zindagi mein to sabhi pyaar kiya karte hain.” Born in 1927, Mehdi Hassan belonged to Luna village in Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu district. Once when Joshi arrived at a Hassan concert in Pune, the latter got off the stage and warmly embraced him. He even brought out an album of ghazals written by Ganesh Bihari “Tarz” from Uttar Pradesh.”īhimsen Joshi was a great admirer of the ghazal maestro. He used verses written by poets from both sides of the border. ![]() Just like Dilip-Raj-Dev influenced a generation of actors, similarly Mehdi Hassan’s style influenced most ghazal singers,” says Urdu poet Nida Fazli. “It’s a setback to ghazal gayiki (singing).
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