Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan is the son of Late Ustad Amanat Ali Khan. He is the 7th generation of Patiala Gharana. He has been a student of classical music since age foue. His first teacher was his grandmother. He is the youngest brother of Asad Amanat Ali Khan. He received his bachelors degree from Government College University Lahore. He was also awarded by President’s Pride of Performance on 14th of August,2007.
Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan was also the lead Vocalist Of Pakistani Pop Band “Fuzon”.
He is highly respected among music circles due to his classically trained voice and his command over contemporary music. Ankhon Ke Saager, Khamaj, Akhiyan and Neend Na Aye are some of his fine works. He recently sang a song (Phir Wohi Raastey) for a pakistani film named Ramchand. While he is one of the best current singers in Pakistan, Shafqat has earned a lot of admiration in India. He sang Mitwa for the Indian film Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna that topped all charts for weeks. He was also the voice behind the critically acclaimed song Yeh Hausla from the Indian film Dor’. He has sung for the films “Hello”, “Mumbai Cuttings” and “Aashayen”.
After leaving the band Fuzon in 2006, Shafqat is concentrating on his solo career.Former band members Imu and Shallum have accused him of many charges.One of the charge was that he wanted to take complete control of financial affairs of the band.Second charge was that he went on doing solo performances in India without asking Imu and Shallum.
Shafqat’s New album TABEER has been released
Based on Folk and sufi works the album “Tabeer” was commissioned and released by Music today world over mid September 2008. However, the rating of this album remained averege. The album was released by Fire records in Pakistan last week of September 2008 as their Mega Eid release. The entire album has been recorded, mixed and mastered in Pakistan by Shani (Zeeshan) at “Couple of good studios”. All songs except “Naina” and “Tu hi tu hai” have been composed by Shafqat. All Lyrics except original Sufi Lyrics (Ameer Khusro’s Rung le and Bhulley Shah’s Awo saiyo) have been written by Shafqat. The first video of the premier song of the album “Kherhyan de naal” is now being aird on all channels in India and Pakistan.The video is directed by Shiraz Bhattacharya.
He has fondly been nick named the Rock star Ustad by Saleem Merchant of the Saleem- Suleman duo.
You can find out more about Shafqat Amanat Ali on his official website www.shafqatamanatali.com
