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Actor, composer and, above all, a ghazal singer
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Talat Aziz
Talat Aziz

Real Name: Talath Abdul Azeez Khan
Birth: May 14, 1955 at Hyderabad

Hit Songs:
Phir chidi raat, Ab kya ghazal sunaoon, Har ek zakhm-e-jigar ko, Apne haathon ki lakiron mein, Itna to hua ay dil, Khushik hi sahi aankhen, Pyar tumhara bhool to jaoon, Kya milega kisiko kisise.

Talath Abdul Azeez Khan aka Talat Aziz was born to Abdul Azeem Khan and Sajida Abid. Talat’s mother, Sajida, is a famous Urdu, writer and poet. Talat’s family loved fine arts. He took his initial training in music from Kirana Gharana. Talat was trained primarily by Ustad Samad Khan and later by Ustad Fayaz Ahmed who were famous in classical music industry.

Talat’s parents helped in developing a flair for singing in him. They used to arrange mehfils every Saturday at their place in which great artists like took part. This influenced young Talat and he was into music from an early age.

His first major performance was in Hyderabad at a place called King Kothi. He sang before a crowd of over 5,000. He sung "Kaise Sukoon Paoon" and some ghazals by noted shaayars of Hyderabad. Though he was nervous at his first performance in front of audience yet he performed well.

After the initial training Talat decided to learn music from music maestro Mehdi Hassan. On many occasions, he shared the same stage with Mehdi Hassan during concerts in India and abroad.

Jagjit Singh suggested Talat to move to Mumbai after his graduation in 1979. With Jagjit Singh’s help, he released his first album in 1979, titled Jagjit Singh presents Talat Aziz. Talat also sang some ghazals in films like Umrao Jaan and Bazaar, which were super-hit.

Talat also composes music for TV serials and has also acted in several of them. He composed music for teleserials like Deewar, Baaz, Adhikaar, Ghutan, Sailaab, Aashirwaad and the magnum opus, Noorjehan. His acting was appreciated in serials like Ghulam, Manzil, Sahil, Sailaab, Dil Apna Aur Preet Parayee and Noorjehan a TV serial written by Nida Fazli. Talat released many albums like Talat Aziz live, Lehren, Ehsaas, Suroor, Manzil, Saughaat, Dhadkan, Irshaad, etc.

The singer also has the first ghazal musical video of Tasavvur, a ghazal sung by him, to his credit.

www.talataziz.com

This site is the official site of Talat Aziz. This site gives full information on Talat. The different sections of the site are Talat as a person (biography), as a singer, as an actor, as a composer. Other sections of the site are about the albums he launched till date. A section where we can hear the songs is the download section that is available on the right side bottom of the page.

www.musicindiaonline.com/music/l/02010O

This is the site where we can find many songs of Talat Aziz. This page provides the link of the albums. The songs of the albums can be viewed by clicking on the album name. Ghalib ghazals, Kaise Sukoon Paoon, Khubsoorat, Kuch Meethe Lamhe, Live Concert, Mehboob, Rukhse Parda Hata Dijiye, Shabnam Ke Aansoo are some of the links provided on this page. This site does not allow us to download the songs though we can select the songs and listen them online.

The most popular song (duet with Lata Mangeshkar), Phir Chidi Raat (Bazaar), can be downloaded from the site.