Rahat Fateh Ali Khan (1974-2024) Biography, Family

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Father	Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan (Musician)
Grandfather	Fateh Ali Khan (Qawwali singer)
Uncle	Ustaad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (Qawwali singer)

Debut	Singing Debut: Kisi Roz Milo Hamein Shaam Dhaley (Pakistani film - Mard Jeenay Nahi Detay (1997)
Awards	President of Pakistan's Award for Pride of Performance by Government of Pakistan in 1987 UNESCO Music Prize in 1995 Grand Prix des Amériques at Montreal World Film Festival in 1996 Arts and Culture Prize of the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizes in 1996 Legend Awards at UK Asian Music Awards in 2005 posthumously Guinness World Record for the Most Qawwali Recordings 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 Listed on 14th position in UGO's list of the best singers of all time in 2008 Appeared on NPR's (National Public Radio) 50 great voices list in 2010 Listed in CNN's list of the twenty most iconic musicians from the past fifty years in 2010 Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer for Ishqiya (2010)

Debut

Singing Debut: Kisi Roz Milo Hamein Shaam Dhaley (Pakistani film - Mard Jeenay Nahi Detay (1997)

Awards

President of Pakistan's Award for Pride of Performance by Government of Pakistan in 1987
UNESCO Music Prize in 1995
Grand Prix des Amériques at Montreal World Film Festival in 1996
Arts and Culture Prize of the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizes in 1996
Legend Awards at UK Asian Music Awards in 2005 posthumously
Guinness World Record for the Most Qawwali Recordings
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
Listed on 14th position in UGO's list of the best singers of all time in 2008
Appeared on NPR's (National Public Radio) 50 great voices list in 2010
Listed in CNN's list of the twenty most iconic musicians from the past fifty years in 2010
Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer for Ishqiya (2010)

Favourite Actor	Amitabh Bachchan Salman Khan Hrithik Roshan Farhan Akhtar
Favourite Actress	Priyanka Chopra Deepika Padukone
Favourite Musician(s)	Bade Ghulam Ali Khan Amir Hussain Khan Alla Rakha Shaukat Ali Khan Parveen Sultana Farida Khanum Ghulam Ali

1. Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is a renowned Qawwal from the 'Qawwal Bachon ka Gharana,' a historical Qawwali group of 12 children.
2. His family originates from Ghazni, Afghanistan, with roots tracing back to that region.
3. He began his musical training at the age of 7 under the guidance of his father.
4. Rahat considers his uncle, Ustaad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and father, Ustaad Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan, as his inspirations in music.
5. At the age of 10, he performed on stage for the first time when Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan toured the UK in 1985.
6. In 1995, Rahat made his Hollywood debut with the film 'Dead Man Walking.'
7. His Bollywood debut came in 2003 with the song 'Mann Ki Lagan' for the film 'Paap.'
8. In 2011, he survived a car accident in the US.
9. It is known that Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is a smoker.
10. His ancestors migrated from Ghazni, Afghanistan, to India during the reign of Mahmud of Ghazni.