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Talat Aziz took his initial training in music from Kirana Gharana. He was trained primarily by Ustad Samad Khan and later by Ustad Faiyyaz Ahmed Khan. After the initial training, Aziz learnt music from the Ghazal maestro Mehdi Hassan. On many occasions, like on a concert tour of the US and Canada in 1986, he shared the stage with him on concerts in India and abroad. Mehdi Hasan Saheb once remarked on Talat’s purity of voice and how well he learnt and imbibed Mehdi Saheb’s knowledge and gayaki and yet carving his own path. Contact Talat Aziz for shows and events.
He released his first album in Feb 1980, under the baton of Jagjit Singh . Jagjit Singh composed this album titled ‘Jagjit Singh presents Talat Aziz’. This was a runaway hit and the ghazals from this album like Kaise Sukoon Paoon, Chahenge Tujhe par… to name a few which are still favourites of all ghazal lovers. Subsequently, in 1981 Khayyam Saheb the legendary music director introduced Talat Aziz in the classic film Umrao Jaan with the famous ghazal’ Zindagi Jab bhi’ and followed it by Bazaar, with the immortal ghazal ‘ Phir Chidi Raat’ which he sang along with Lata Mangeshkar. He has also sung film songs composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal in the film Dhun (where he also acted as a main lead and sang a bhajan along with Mehdi Hasan). Rajesh Roshan in the film Daddy ‘ Aaina mujhse meri’ to name just a few. All these numbers are still most sought after in his concerts.
Talat has also composed music for TV serials and has also acted in several of them. He composed music for teleserials like Deewar, Baaz, Adhikaar, Ghutan, Sailaab, Aashirwaad and the magnum opus, Noorjehan. He also composed the music and sang too for a feature film titled ‘Majaz-Ae Ghame dil’ recently in 2016. This film was produced by Shakeel Akhtar and was a biography of the iconic poet Majaz Luckhnawi.
As an actor he has acted in serials like Sahil, Manzil, Dil Apna Aur Preet Parayee and Noorjehan a TV serial written by Nida Fazli. He also acted as the main lead in the film ‘Dhun’ directed by Mahesh Bhatt where his co stars were Anupam Kher and Sangeeta Bijlani with the music by Laxmikant Pyarelal and lyrics by Anand Bakshi. The music album was released by HMV in 1991 at a glittering event where all the who’s who of the Indian Film industry were present. The music album was a hit. Songs like ‘Yaad Aane wale’, ‘Laagi Prem dhun laagi’, ‘Main Aatma’ are still remembered by music lovers. One interesting fact is that Mehdi Hasan sang a bhajan along with Talat “Main aatma tu Parmaatma” for the first time in an Indian film.
Recently Aziz acted in the feature film Fitoor produced and released by Disney in 2015 where he had a cameo. This film, directed by Abhishek Kapoor, had Aditya Roy Kapur, Katrina Kaif, Tabu, and Rahul Bhat in key roles.
Talat released many albums like Talat Aziz live, Images A team Come True, Lehren, Ehsaas, Suroor, Saughaat, Tasavvur ( The first video album of ghazals in 1987), Manzil, Storms, Dhadkan, Shahkaar, Mehboob, Khubsoorat, Irshaad, Khushnuma, Caravan e Ghazal in which Sonu Nigam also participated in a duet ‘Qurbaton mein bhi‘ a ghazal written by Ahmed Faraaz. He also recorded an album ‘A Tribute to his Master’ which was recorded in Los Angeles as a tribute to his guru Mehdi Hasan and the tabla accompaniment for this unique album was none other than the great maestro Ustad Tari Khan. This album got a nomination in the best ghazal album category in the prestigious GIMA (Global Indian Music Awards).
The singer was the first ghazal artiste to release a ghazal music video of Tasavvur, in 1987 when a video album was not even thought of. He is often seen on the small screen in various roles as a music judge. Contact Talat Aziz for shows and events by clicking on the link below
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