Ustad Fateh Ali Khan: The Foremost Exponent of Classical music in Pakistan

Ustad Fateh Ali Khan was born in Patiala in 1935 to Akhtar Hussain Khan, who himself was an accomplished musician. According to Ustad Fateh Ali Khan, the Patiala Gharana was founded in the mid to the late 19th century by his great-grandfather Mian Kallu who had received training from the last Mughal king Bahadur Shah Zafar’s court musician Mir Qutub Bakhsh ‘Tanras’ Khan. Mian Kallu became the court musician to the Maharaja of Patiala and the mantle was later passed on to his son, ‘General’ Ali Baksh Khan, who performed in a duo with his friend ‘Colonel Fateh Ali Khan. The titles general and colonel of music were bestowed upon the virtuosos by the British viceroy victor Alexander Bruce, the ninth Earl of Elgin after they had enthralled him with their performance. The dynamic duo was called ‘Aliya-Phattu ki Jodi’ and trained with Tanras Khan. Ustad Fateh Ali Khan was named after his grandfather’s friend and singing partner, ‘Colonel Fateh Ali Khan.
The Amanat Ali-Fateh Ali duo, as they came to be known, were arguably the best classical vocalist twosome that Pakistan has had in that it was a pairing of equals who complemented each other. While Ustad Fateh Ali Khan provided the sound architectural foundation in their Khayal renditions, Ustad Amanat Ali Khan’s melodic ornamentation brought the ragas to climax with the culmination in fast-paced arenas in which the former exhibited his genius with matchless gamakas and the latter with the progressive intensification of tana in some of the richest pieces of the Hindustani classical music. The Patiala Gharana in Pakistan would now be represented by Ustad Fateh Ali Khan’s sons and his youngest brother Ustad Hamid Ali Khan and his sons Nayab Ali Khan and Inam Ali Khan. Khan developed lung disease in late 2016 and was admitted to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad where he died on 4 January 2017 at the age of 82. However, the late maestro was one of his kind and would be a very tough act to follow. One is compelled to paraphrase Nietzsche that there would have been no life without Ustad Fateh Ali Khan’s music. You enriched our lives and edified our souls, rest in peace Khan sahib; you will be deeply missed.
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[@ArifulIslamMithuBD]

sabse Jyada favourite Ustad Fateh Ali Khan sahab!!

[@mithibabavoice7344]

Great voice & great controller of voice 👌. Taans r supreme & in round depth 👌

[@hanmanthkulkarni1024]

Excellent, love from hindustan

[@chhinderpalsingh2119]

The great legend. I love Ustad’s renditions.

[@chandanhazipuria8506]

Amazing. No word to say anything

[@prakashchile3482]

Wa क्या बात है l उस्ताद जी जबाब नही 🙏🙏🙏

[@supriya488]

Very well researched video. Nice please upload more

[@supriya488]

Sunkar Dil khush ho gya. Apke video behetarin hote hai

[@lota71]

Very good thanks for sharing I was so fortunate meeting Ustad Ji over the years 🙏🙏🙏

[@AsadAli-ss4tq]

بہت اچھی انفارمیشن ویڈیو۔ خوش رہیں

[@SureeleDinonKiDastan]

Dear Friends, It is very surprising to see some people making a Malefice attempt to make blatantly false allegations in their comments without carefully listening to the DASTAN. At the beginning of the video, it is told that the father of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Fateh Ali Khan was related to Lyallpur and was originally a qawwal, while the Bade Fateh Ali Khan's family migrated from India to Pakistan after the partition. Their family was related for many generations to Hindustani classical music. You are requested to listen carefully to the story and then comment responsibly.

[@sunilsir.7]

सैल्युट

[@siddharthpullerivadhyan5165]

🙏 pranaams to the legend...!!! 🙏❤️

[@rashidmujawar4725]

Excellent presentation.

[@SureeleDinonKiDastan]

Thank you kindly!

[@user-gv6ct8bt4u]

بہت دنوں کے انتظار کے بعد ایسی ہی ویڈیو کا آنا بنتا تھا

[@SureeleDinonKiDastan]

بہت بہت شکریہ میں ہر ایک معلومات کافی تحقیق کے بعد دیتا ہوں۔ آپ سے گزارش ہے کہ غور سے سنیں۔

[@mbgaho1420]

Thank you gentleman for bringing such a :SADA BAHAR RAAG,we feel cool & happiness. We hope that these programs will be brought before the listeners****

[@qaisarqureshi4623]

Love this ghraana ❤❤❤

[@shahzad7866]

❤️🌹MashahAllah 🌹❤️

[@aslambegg]

Very important video. Thanks for sharing.

[@jagbirsinghmann1966]

इंतज़ार का फल मीठा होता है। काफी दिनों बाद नया विडिओ आया मगर जानकारीपूर्ण, फतह अली को जीवन्त करता ऐपीसोड। धन्यवाद

[@shahirfan6059]

Ustad salamat Ali khan py vedio bnain

[@anuragkarel2572]

वाह वाह , बड़ी अद्भुत और रोचक जानकारी

[@sherazquraishi8810]

Phenomenally informative!

[@timmi1424]

Well researched video. All information is accurate. Ustad Bade Fateh Ali Khan chose to live in Pakistan, however, a great artist like him belongs to the world and not to any country. It’s somewhat unfair to imply that his art would be more appreciated in India, art does not and should not be bound by geography. Ustad G also emphasized In his various interviews that it was his grand father who laid the foundation and tradition of Patiala Ghrana. Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali we’re the proponents of Patiala style of singing. Thank you for preparing and posting this video, much appreciated.

[@kutubsyed6249]

बंधू बडा एहसान कीया माशाअल्हा नामी गायक का परीचय कराया धन्यवाद सर

[@BijenderSiwan]

bahut achchi jankari

[@BhaiHiraSinghRattan]

Umeed Hai Aap Ustad Salamat Ali Khan (shamchurassi ghrana) ke bare me bhi video upload karege

[@haridaas8329]

हमारा भी आपको बहोत बहोत प्यार 💕 भरा नमस्कार 🙏🏻

[@abhinavrathore3856]

Ustad salamat ali khan sahab k baare m bhi video banaye

[@AliHaider-pu6ui]

bha jan plz wo interview ka link share kr dain jis main khan sahib ne hindustan main rehney ki khawahish zahir ki..ye baat theek hai k hindustan main kala k jo qadardaan hain wo Pakistan main nahi ..lekin khan sahib is k bawjood Pakistan se bohoot payar krtey they..

[@tanveersinghsapra]

Please do make a video on KrishnaRao Shankar Pandit of Gwalior.

[@FarhanAmin1994]

There used to be some lovely features on him by the Films Division. Another (DD?) feature called 'Gharana' on the Gwalior gharana where his son LKP shares some interesting anecdotes related to their family + sings a rare bandish.

[@FarhanAmin1994]

In case you are interested in articles/interviews of Pt KRSP saheb, there is the late journo/biographer Mohan Nadkarni’s blog.

[@user-gv6ct8bt4u]

میں کسی طرح کا تعصب نہیں برت رہا۔ صرف معلومات میں اضافے کے لئیے جاننا چاہتا ہوں کہ استاد فتح علی خان صاحب مرحوم کو آپ نے ہندوستانی کلاسیکل موسیقی کا تعارف کروایا آپ نے

[@farwatahira7169]

آپ سب کو نمستے ۔۔اداب ۔۔ست سری اکال

[@SureeleDinonKiDastan]

میں آپ کی بات سمجھتا ہوں، لیکن باقی سامعین بھی سمجھتے ہیں، اس لیے آپ اپنی بات اردو میں کہہ سکتے ہیں، لیکن اس کے لیے رومن رسم الخط کا استعمال کریں یا انگریزی میں لکھیں۔

[@wallikhan5534]

Ustad loag