okay so his come back to pakistan showbiz made me wanna start a thread on him. he is an amazing lyricist and music composer and knows what he is doing…we seriously are in dire need of people like him. I remember on nks he said his composition “aaj jane ki zid na karo” sung by farida khanum was completely copied in the monsoon wedding (film) in all its originality without his permission and they didn’t even bother to give him or the singer credit for the song. he is planning to file a law suit against the director of the movie. and he also said several other of his songs were copied by so called “great” singers like asha bhosle and others who never asked for his permission. what are your thoughts on copyright infringements. and also please share your memories of songs composed by sohail rana and his movies.
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who is he:hmmm: any pictures??
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^ this is sohail rana
he composed music for classics like ‘sohni dharti’, jeway Pakistan’ ‘main bhi Pakistan hoon’ and many many more hits of the 70’s and 80’s. i remember him for hosting this childrens music programme on PTV in the 80’s, used to love it.
http://www.paklinks.com/gs/video-gallery/315327-sohail-rana-classics.html?highlight=sohail+rana
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I ABSOLUTELY LOVE HIM!!! :) Well maybe because I grew up on his kids' songs. I remember when I was young, I went to one of his tv shows for kids (sung sung chaltay rehna was it??) Can't remember the name of the show since I was quite young. And I remember I couldn't sit on the folding chair too well since my weight couldn't hold the chair down far enough for me to sit on it LOL so all the while I was there, I had to sit on the edge of the folding chair and maybe that's why I remember going to the show so well HAHA!
Apart from that memory, his children's songs are engraved in my brain! It was absolutely fabulous to see him on Bushra's show and waiting for the Geo special as well. I did not know about his film contribution. I only learned about that after watching Brunch with Bushra :)
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I passed the audition to one of his shows. I was 5 then. During the recording, when they turned the lights on, I started crying 
. Producer came and took me away.
Damn it, if I stuck around, I could be a famous singer.
Have u guys heard of his composition called ‘khyberMail’. If you have not, u should. Its a train journey from peshawar to karachi, all musical.
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^ you were almost a celebrity! you must have been good, those kids on the show could really sing well. lots of kids came out as big musicians from that show, here's an interesting excerpt i found on the net:
Sohail Rana’s program for children were telecast from Pakistan television for 19 years from 1968 to 1987, from ‘Kaliyoan Ki Mala’, to ‘Sung Sung Chalain.’ In those days, he wrote and composed more than two thousand songs for children. Given here below are the names of some of Sohail Rana’s bright students who attained name and fame for themselves and for their mentor as well:
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**Mohammad Ali Shehki, Amjad Hussain, Alamgir, Mona sisters, Benjamin sisters, Adnan Sami, Wasim Baig, Nazia Hasan, Zohaib Hasan, Afshan Ahmed, Nazneen Wahidi and Fatima Jaffrey. Among the above talented students, Anwar Ibrahim, the youngest student made a special name in naat khwani and hamd-o-sana.