Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan

Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan was a Pakistani musician, who played the harmonium in qawwali music. He was also a member of a well-known family of qawwali musicians, the Qawwal Bacchon gharana (Delhi gharana), he was the younger brother of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the son of Fateh Ali Khan, the nephew of Mubarak Ali Khan, and the father of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. He started his career in 1974 with a duet song in the film Bahisht. He always claimed famous singer Ahmed Rushdi as an important contributor to his career as he learned film playback singing from him. Nayyar and Akhlaq Ahmed remained dominant playback singers of the Pakistani film industry in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s. He won five Nigar Awards and the Pride of Performance Award for his singing. He sang over 4200 film, radio and television songs in his singing career. He was also a student of legendary musician Wajahat Atre and sought guidance from ghazal maestro Mehdi Hassan. He was inspired by Mohammad Rafi, Talat Mahmood and Saleem Raza. He died of a heart attack in Faisalabad on 7 September 2003 at the age of 50.