Saturday, 2 July 2016

Happy Birthday Mohammad Aziz- Singer

Happy Birthday(62nd) Mohammad Aziz 

Born on 2nd July 1954 is a well known singer.He got a break when the music director Anu Malik got him to sing the song Mard Taangewala for the movie Mard, starring Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan. People thought it was a Shabbir Kumar's song and the song became a hit and Aziz became a popular singer, and was patronised by leading music directors including Kalyanji-Anandji, Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Rahul Dev Burman, Naushad, O. P. Nayyar, Bappi Lahiri, Rajesh Roshan, Usha Khanna, Anand-Milind, Nadeem-Shravan, Jatin Lalit, Anu Malik, Damodar Raao, Anand Raj Anand and Aadesh Shrivastava.
At his peak, he was considered an heir to Mohd. Rafi. He is one of the rare singers who can sing at the 7th note (saatwan sur) - example being his song, "Saare Shikawe Gile Bhulaa Ke Kaho".

 Laxmi-Pyare recognized his potential very early and repeated him in a lot of their movies.Some of his memorable songs are from Khuda Gawaha,Mard ,Tridev and Karma.
His daughter Sana Aziz is also a singer. She has sung for a Bengali album, tele films etc. She has studied under A.R. Rahman.
Aziz is busy in the Odia film industry. He has sung several Odia bhajans, private albums, and Odia film songs since 1985. Some of his Odia bhajans (Lord Jagannath's Bhajans) are famous. He has performed stage shows in India and abroad, and has been nominated twice for best male playback singer award.

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