It was a late Friday afternoon in 1990 when I got a call at the Los Angeles Times office inviting me to see a show by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan that evening. The qawwali master was performing in, of all places, a conference room at the LAX Airport Hilton, headlining a benefit to help build a cancer hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, hosted by that nation’s cricket hero Imran Khan.
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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Live in Concert at Wembley Conference Centre London UK 1993
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Live in Wembley
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Live in Concert at Wembley Conference Centre London UK 1993 (Imran Khan Cancer Charity Appeal Show ) Full Concert Video (Low Quality but still nothing less than a treasure)..
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How We Won the World Cup – “‘We played Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan all the time”
Wasim Akram talking about Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
In today’s video treat, Wasim Akram remembers how the team won the World Cup & How much obsessed they were with “Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan” . It was 1992, and cricketers like Javed Miandad were already die-hard NFAK fans. NFAK himself started taking interest in cricket those days as he was becoming a good friend of the Pakistani cricket team. Just before the team left home for World-Cup, NFAK personally recorded many songs specially for the team on request of Javed Miandad. Team played these songs pretty much every time (before match-after match, during practice sessions, during breaks and of course to celebrate the victory)…
We all know the result of World Cup…. “The team brought the trophy home”
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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Imran Khan Cancer Appeal Concert 1993
Did you knew that back in 1990’s Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan contributed over 350 Millions to Imran Khan Cancer Appeal by Performing in over 20 countries almost continuously …….
Cancer Appeal Fund Raising Night , London 1993
Coming back to this performance , I remember this Concert for an literally alive version of “Tum Ek Gorakh Dhandha Ho” performed on special request of Imran Khan , Special Guests include none other than Amitaab Bacchan and Mike Jagger.
You can also see many other famous people here , (if yo are somehow able to keep ears off NFAK) like Sting’sWife. Coming back to the Man himself, as one of our fans wrote in comments , Even though there are many stars present , Nusrat Shines the Most ( Both Visually and Spiritually).
Amitaab Bacchan – Immersed In Qawwali
Ya one more thing, a very few of you might be knowing this but Amitaab Bacchan himself became a NFAK fan after attending this night , you can notice him being immensely involved in the Qawwalis unable to hide his excitement (specially during Gorakh Dhandha) .
The other songs performed includes : Allah Hoo, Yeh Jo Halka Halka, Ali Da Malang(twice), Mast Qalandar, Kinna Sonna, Shahbaaz Qalandar ….. aaaah all the greatest stuffed into one performance… Continue reading
A Voice From Heaven – A Film by Giuseppe Asaro , A Must Watch
Official Poster – “A Voice from Heaven”
Released On the first day of 21st century, A Voice From Heaven (2001) is probably the best documentary ever made in the beloved memory of legendary Sufi qawwali singer, Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.