Rahim Shah () is a Pakistani pop singer,

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

and music producer, predominantly working in

Pashto music Pashto music () or ''Də ṭang-ṭakór'' is commonly performed in Afghanistan and Pakistan among Pashtun people. Genres Tappa Tappa () is the oldest and most popular genre of the Pashto poetry. The Tappa is a composition of two unequal met ...

industry. He sings primarily in

Pashto Pashto ( , ; , ) is an eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family, natively spoken in northwestern Pakistan and southern and eastern Afghanistan. It has official status in Afghanistan and the Pakistani province of Khyb ...

, however he has also created songs in

Urdu Urdu (; , , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the Languages of Pakistan, national language and ''lingua franca'' of Pakistan. In India, it is an Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of Indi ...

and Punjabi.سندرغاړى رحيم شاه مو ميلمه وو
Profile of Rahim Shah in Pashto language on BBC News website, Published 5 December 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2021

Early life

Rahim Shah was born on 3 April 1975 in

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to a Tirmizi syed

Pashtun Pashtuns (, , ; ;), also known as Pakhtuns, or Pathans, are an Iranic ethnic group primarily residing in southern and eastern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan. They were historically also referred to as Afghans until 1964 after the ...

family, with his paternal roots in

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. In an interview he revealed that Rahim Shah is not his real name and, in fact, it is his elder brother's name. He recently disclosed his original name, which is Muhammad Rahim, on ARY Qtv.

Career

Rahim Shah's solo career began in the late 1990s with successful singles. ''Ghum'' album containing the single ''Pehle Toh Kabhi Kabhi Ghum Tha'' was particularly successful.

Audience in India

Shah attracted the attention of Indian audience with his 1999 song ''Pehle Toh Kabhi Kabhi Ghum Tha''. According to a major English-language newspaper in Pakistan, "Ghum is not Rahim Shah's personal composition. It is a Pashtun folk song or tappa, sung by famous

singer, Haroon Bacha. Rahim Shah translated the "tappa" into Urdu and changed the arrangement."Profile of Rahim Shah on Pakistan Herald newspaper
Retrieved 14 July 2021 This was later completely copied by Indian singer

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Discography

Albums

Dheerey Dheerey (1999) * ''Ghum'' (2000)Immortal hits
Dawn (newspaper), Published 9 June 2021, Retrieved 14 July 2021 * Sadma Bewafa Ka (2001) * ''Channa'' (2002) * ''Laila'' * ''O Peera'' * ''Jhoola'' (playground swing) (song dedicated to Rahim Shah's mother, also written by him) Bacha * ''Saba Ru'' (2008) * ''Pyar Nahin Milta'' (2009) * ''Yarana'' (2009) * Allah Hoo Allah ( 2010) * ''Chercha'' (2010) * ''Maa'ma Dey'' (2011) * ''Gul Jana'' (2013

Film career

* Pakistani film Yeh Dil Aap Ka Huwa (2002) (playback singer)Filmography of Rahim Shah on IMDb website
Retrieved 14 July 2021 * In 2011, Rahim Shah announced at Peshawar Press Club that he would play a lead role in a Pashto language film which would also depict the true Pakhtun culture.Singer Rahim Shah to act in Pashto film
Dawn (newspaper), Published 31 May 2011, Retrieved 14 July 2021 In June 2020, Rahim Shah tested positive for COVID-19, self-isolated himself and asked his followers to pray for his fast recovery.Rahim Shah tests positive for Covid-19
The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 15 June 2020, Retrieved 14 July 2021

References

External links

* 1975 births Living people Pakistani pop singers People from Swat District Singers from Karachi Pashtun people Pashto-language singers Punjabi-language singers Pakistani playback singers Urdu-language singers {{Pakistan-singer-stub