In 1995, he made his Hollywood debut by contributing to a soundtrack of a film, Dead Man Walking.In 1985, he gave his first stage performance at the age of 10 when Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan toured United Kingdom.He considers his uncle, Ustaad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and his father, Ustaad Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan as his inspirations, with whom he used to attend live concerts.At the age of 13, he started his formal training in music.
When Rahat was 7 years old, he started learning music from his father.His family has its roots in Ghazni in Afganistan. During the era of Mahmud of Ghazni, his forefathers migrated to India with the saint, Sheikh Darwesh.the house of Qawwal Children),’ a primordial qawwali group of 12 children said to have been assembled by Amir Khusro in the 13th century ACE for a musical dialogue with a Hindu religious luminary. Rahat is popularly known as a Qawwal and belongs to the ‘Qawwal Bachon ka Gharana ( lit.Does Rahat Fateh Ali Khan drink alcohol?: Not Known.Some Lesser Known Facts About Rahat Fateh Ali Khan On 31 December 2015, he was deported from Hyderabad where he was invited to perform on the New Year's Eve at Taj Falaknuma Palace, this was because Pakistani nationals can only enter India through Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai.Īmitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Hrithik Roshan and Farhan Akhtarīade Ghulam Ali Khan, Amir Hussain Khan, Alla Rakha, Shaukat Ali Khan, Parveen Sultana, Farida Khanum, Ghulam Ali.But, he later clarified that there is nothing truth about it. On November 2013, there was a rumour in the media that he is getting a divorce from his first wife Nida and marrying a model, Falak.Listed in CNN's list of the twenty most iconic musicians from the past fifty years in 2010įather- Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan (Musician).Appeared on NPR's (National Public Radio) 50 great voices list in 2010.Listed on 14th position in UGO's list of the best singers of all time in 2008.Time magazine's issue of 6 November 2006 "60 Years of Asian Heroes" listed him as top 12 artists and thinkers in the last 60 years.He holds Guinness World Record for the Most Qawwali Recordings.Legend Awards at UK Asian Music Awards in 2005 posthumously.Arts and Culture Prize of the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizes in 1996.Grand Prix des Amériques at Montreal World Film Festival in 1996.President of Pakistan's Award for Pride of Performance by Government of Pakistan in 1987.Singing Debut: Kisi Roz Milo Hamein Shaam Dhaley (Pakistani film - Mard Jeenay Nahi Detay (1997) Shahenshah-e-Qawwali (Kings of Kings of Qawwali)