Mahmood Khan – The Enchanting Singer Of Pakistan

Since ages Pakistan has given birth to numerous singers who shot to fame internationally for their enchanting voices and soulful lyrics. But who is worth mentioning from the new age singers is certainly Mahmood khan. His superior style of singing and heart touching lyrics have been favored by the audiences all over the world. Though by birth, he is a Pakistani, it shouldn’t be incorrect if we call him a global singer, because in his career span, he travelled to USA and Australia to learn music and enthralled the audiences with his songs that very few Pakistani singers have achieved.  

Early life

He travelled to the USA in the year 1980 and joined JAM POWER as a second lead singer and created a good many number of compositions which came in the top of the USA chart list. He composed several songs in Hollywood. After meeting Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan his life took a turn and he started working on solo albums like Only One, Alive, etc and shot to fame internationally. To give his career a new dimension, he came to Australia to study in Sydney film school and successfully completed the graduation in film and music. After that this singer, song writer and sound engineer started working on projects like ‘Like the River’, by which he became a household name in Australia and this album also went to the top of the mainstream Australian music charts.

Other activities 

He not only confined himself to being one of the best singers or lyricists of Australia, but also to his credit did so many works that reflect his responsibility to the society. Along with Red Cross society in Australia he initiated a fundraising program to help the talented singers, in which he himself composed a song and produced and directed the video clip named ‘we could be paradise’ for the promotion of the initiative. For this noble gesture of him the Australian government awarded him with the title ‘distinguished talent’. Not only in Australia, at the time of the 9th South Asian Federation Games in Pakistan, he composed and sung the opening and closing ceremonial song. In 2012 he undertook a film ‘Labrador’ as the writer, director and song writer of the film.

Conclusion

He is one such singing personality who has international music to his credit. With his god gifted voice and talent he has amazed the global audience and we hope that he continues to enchant the people in the future also.