here is the video link: http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/57866/beti-no-1-to-jwm-javed-ali-is-the-next-big-thing.html
i guess javed might have sung sahana song's hindi version in sivaji On Jan 31, 2008 5:51 PM, Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * > http://www.ibnlive.com/news/beti-no-1-to-jwm-javed-ali-is-the-next-big-thing/57866-8.html > * > ** > *Mumbai:* He has been singing for a while without making it to the A-list. > He believes in going slow and steady and so he kept on singing and waiting > for that big song. A fresh voice that doesn't resemble anyone else's and a > current favourite with A R Rehman, we think singer Javed Ali is the Next Big > Thing. > > Ali's voice is across the music channels these days. After his first song > with music composer A R Rehman congratulatory calls have been pouring in. > For 29-year-old Javed Ali, it's been a long struggle since he first sang for > an easily forgettable film called *Beti No 1* in 2000. > > "After I sang for *Beti No 1*, there were no offers for me. I thought I > can't become a playback singer. However I kept on trying anyway," Ali > recalls. > > Born and brought up in Delhi, Ali started singing since he could remember. > He started out with his dad — a popular *qawwali* singer, Ustad Hamid > Hussain. Music composer Kalyan*ji* once heard him at a stage show, and > impressed with his voice asked him to try his luck at playback singing. From > jingles and title track for TV soaps, he gradually moved to films. > > But that big song never came his way or even if it did, his voice was > later replaced with someone else's voice, which is quite the norm with many > new singers. > > "It's frustrating but after sometime you get used to it. Sometimes your > voice doesn't suit the actor and there are many other reasons. There is no > way out," Ali says. > > So, he waited for lady luck to smile at him and continued singing for > films like *Kyun Ho Gaya Na*, *Haasil*, *Paagalapan*, *Chameli*, *Bunty > aur Babli* and more recently in *Golmaal* and *Malamaal Weekly*. > > It was in 2007 that he struck big time with *Jab We Met's* *Nagada Nagada*and > then followed it up with > *Ek Din* from *Naqaab*. And when AR Rehman asked him to sing for *Jodha > Akbar* he could not believe his luck, *because to sing for Rehman was his > ultimate dream*. And now in spite of singing for chartbusters, there is > someone who is still very difficult to please. > > "Daddy keeps on correcting my singing. How to do, what to do, but mom is > always happy with whatever I sing," Ali adds. > > Like many others,* Rehman is surely impressed with him, as the maestro has > repeated Ali in Sivaji's Hindi remake and Subhash Ghai's musical Yuvraaj.* > > > -- > regards, > Vithur > > A.R.RAHMAN - MY BREATH & LIFE FORCE > >
