pretty sure they’re brothers… think I saw it mentioned somewhere…
yeah they were reality tv singers, but once they’ve been discovered… they should be given the due recognition… first we biatch and moan that they’ve gone to India. and once they do come back, we make them sit home… instead mummy daddy baysuraays like Atif Aslam, Ali Zafar, Hadiqa Kiyani etc are all over TV… at least Atif Aslam sang a couple of good songs… but I’ll never figure out why Hadiqa Kiyani and Ali Zafar are so famous… Ali Zafar’s most famous song Channo… the guy bought that off a poor singer for 500 rupees or some ridiculous amount like that… how sad… is that a real artist?
either way, now that people like Zaheer Abbas, Ali Abbas, Sara Raza Khan, Akbar Ali, Musarrat Abbas, Amanat Ali, etc, have been discovered, make sure they get chances. make sure they’re remembered… they’re extremely talented artists… Amanat Ali got some push from Geo… and one can see Ali Abbas and Sara Raza Khan here and there on PTV, etc… but Zaheer Abbas, Musarrat, Akbar Ali have totally disappeared. and dare I say that Zaheer Abbas was as good as Ali Abbas… maybe even better than Ali Abbas… (yes, I know I called Ali Abbas the best vocalist in the country up there).
back to Ali… the most amazing thing about Ali Abbas is his ability sing Punjabi folk/sufiana kalaam just as well as a soft ghazal or a shoakh filmi song… remarkable singer really. the likes of Ali Abbas, Sara Raza, Zaheer Abbas are the ones who should be working with Rohail Hyatt, Shoaib Mansoor, Meekaal Hasan and getting chances on Coke Studio, etc.
I’ll post more of Ali Abbas’ performances here. especially the ones with Sara Raza are a real treat…