Javed Ali

Javed Ali is an Indian playback singer who predominantly sings in Hindi. He has also sung in various Indian languages including Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi, Odia, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.

Early life

Javed Ali was born as Javed Hussain in Panchkuian Road, Delhi. He studied in Ramjas School 4, Paharganj. Javed Ali started singing at a very early age with his father Ustad Hamid Hussain, a popular qawwali singer. Ghazal singer Ghulam Ali heard Ali's voice and felt that he could become a great singer in future. Ghulam Ali not only guided Javed, but also gave him chance to sing in his live concerts. As a tribute and honour to his guru Ghulam Ali, Javed changed his name from Javed Hussain to Javed Ali.

Career

In 2007, Javed Ali came into limelight for his song "Ek Din Teri Raahon Mein" from the film Naqaab and thereafter he sang "Jashn-e-Bahaaran" from '' Jodhaa Akbar'', "Arziyan" from '' Delhi-6'', "Kun Faya Kun" from '' Rockstar'', "Guzarish" from '' Ghajini'', "Aa Jao Meri Tamanna" from '' Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani'', "Gale Lag Ja" from '' De Dana Dan'', "Tu Hi Haqeeqat" from '' Tum Mile'', "Tum Tak" from '' Raanjhanaa'', Jab Tak Hai Jaan title track from the film '' Jab Tak Hai Jaan'', "Deewana Kar Raha Hai" from '' Raaz 3'', "Ishaqzaade" title track from the film '' Ishaqzaade'', "Galat Baat Hai" from '' Main Tera Hero'', Daawat-e-Ishq film's title track, "Maula" from '' Wazir'', "Nagada Nagada" from '' Jab We Met'', "Tu Jo Mila" from '' Bajrangi Bhaijaan'', "Saanson Ke" from '' Raees'', "Kuch Nahi" from '' Tubelight'', and "Naina Lade" from '' Dabangg 3''.

He has done playback singing in various regional Indian languages like Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. He judged reality shows like '' Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2011'' on Zee TV, Great Music Gurukul 2015 on Colors Bangla, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2017 on Zee TV and Indian Idol Season 10 in 2018 on Sony Entertainment Television. Javed Ali also hosted Zee TV's singing reality show '' Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2012''. He was one of the three judges on Super star singer (in 2022 and 2023).

Discography

He has also sung many devotional songs with popular singers like Debashish, Preeti, Pinky, Charanjeet Singh Sondhi, Soham Chakraborty, Kalpana, Priya Bhattacharya etc. In 2018 he sang for Manju Warrier-starrer Malayalam film Aami. The song 'Chand Hoga' was written by Gulzar and music by Taufiq Qureshi. The film is a biopic on Indian English writer Kamala Das.

Recently Javed Ali worked on his single's Music Video 'Rangreziya'. He sang as well as composed the song for this Video.

Television career

* Mentored the singing reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2011 on Zee TV.
* Hosted Zee TV's Singing Reality Show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2012.
* Mentored Bengali Singing Reality Show on Colors Bangla named ''Great Music Gurukul'' in 2015.
* One of the Judges of Zee TV's Singing Reality Show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2017
* One of the Judges of ''Indian Idol'' Season 10 (Replacement of Anu Malik)
* One of the judge of Superstar Singer
* One of the judge of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2020 (Replacement of Udit Narayan and Kumar Sanu with Himesh Reshammiya
* One of the Contestant of Colors TV's Controversial Reality Show Bigg Boss 16
* One of the judge of Zee Bangla's Singing Reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Bangla 2024

Awards and nominations

Awards won

* IIFA Awards 2009 in The Best Male Playback Singer category for the song ''Jashn-E-Bahara'' from the film Jodhaa Akbar.
* 19th Screen Awards 2012 in The Best Playback Singer Category for the Title Track of the film named Ishaqzaade.
* Won Radio Mirchi's Mirchi Music Awards (4 Awards) in 2012 in the following categories: Best Song Representing the Sufi Tradition – ''Kun Faya Kun'' from the film Rockstar, Best Indipop Song "Mera Kya Saheb Haitera" from "Dil Ki Baatein", Best Album of the year and Mirchi listener Award for Rockstar.
* Uttar Pradesh Government honoured Javed Ali with the state's prestigious award, Yash Bharti Samman.
* India TV awarded Javed Ali with the Yuwa Award 2015.

Nominated for awards

* Filmfare Awards (2010) for The Best Male Playback Singer category for the song ''Arziyan'' from the film Delhi-6.
* 63rd Filmfare Awards South (2016) for The Best Male Playback Singer category for the song ''Sanje Veleli'' from the film Luv U Alia.
* Zee Cine Awards (2013) for The Best Male Playback Singer category for the song Ishaqzaade from the film Ishaqzaade.
* South Indian International Movie Awards (2022) for Best Male Playback Singer (Telugu) category for the song ''Nee Kannu Neeli Samudram'' from the film Uppena.

Live performances

Javed Ali performs live with his band all over the world. In July–August 2016, Javed Ali performed in 9 cities of the United States of America. He also regularly performs in maestro A.R Rahman's worldwide live concert tours. On 15 August 2016 Javed Ali performed in the Headquarters of the United Nations with A.R Rahman to celebrate India's 70th Independence Day.

Social works

Along with playback singing & live performing, Javed Ali is associated with various social works. He performs live for various social causes to raise funds.

In 2016 Javed Ali performed in Mumbai at a fundraiser event for war widows.

He performed for a fund raiser for an old age home at Satpala, Virar in Palghar, Maharashtra on 10 November 2018.

References

External links

* Javed Ali Official Website
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''"Tum Mile" Music Review on IMDb''
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Living people
Indian male pop singers
Bollywood playback singers
Bengali playback singers
Kannada playback singers
Malayalam playback singers
Marathi playback singers
Odia playback singers
Tamil playback singers
Telugu playback singers
Urdu playback singers
Indian qawwali singers
Screen Awards winners
International Indian Film Academy Awards winners
Year of birth missing (living people)
Singers from Delhi