Bade Gulam Ali Khan
| Bade Ghulam Ali Khan | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Sabrang |
| Born | April 2, 1902 Kasur, Punjab, British India |
| Died | April 23, 1968 Hyderabad, India |
| Genres | Hindustani classical music |
| Occupation(s) | singer - Qasur-Patiala gharana |
| Years active | 1923–1967 |
| Labels | HMV, Times Music |
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (Devanagari:बड़े ग़ुलाम अली ख़ान, Shahmukhi/Urdu: بڑے غلام علی خان) (c. 2 April 1902 – 23 April 1968) was a Hindustani classical vocalist, from the Kasur Patiala Gharana.
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan was born in Kasur, a small town near Lahore the Punjab province in British India; after partition, Kasur became a part of Pakistan. His father Ustad Ali Baksh Khan was a singer in a West Punjabi family of musical heritage. He belonged to famous Musical Gharana Named Kasur of Punjab.
At the age of five, Ustad Bade Ghulam Khan sahib started learning vocal music from his paternal uncle Ustad Kale Khan sahib , and later from his father Ustad Ali Baksh Khan sahib of Kasur Gharana.He had three brothers namely Barkhat, Mubarak and Amaan ali Khan.
Though he started his career by singing a few compositions of his late father Ustad Ali Baksh Khan sahib and uncle Ustad Kale Khan sahib of Kasur Gharana, Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan amalgamated the best of four traditions his own Patiala-Kasur style, the Behram Khani elements of Dhrupad, the gyrations of Jaipur, and the behlavas (embellishments) of Gwalior. His raga expositions were brief contrary to convention and while he agreed that the beauty of classical music lay in leisurely improvisation, he believed that the audience would not appreciate long alaps and he had to sing for the masses and change the music to what the audience wanted.
After the partition of India in 1947, Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan went to his home in Pakistan, but returned to India later to reside permanently in 1957, with the help of Bombay chief minister Morarji Desai, he acquired Indian citizenship and moved to a bungalow at Malabar Hill Mumbai. He lived at various times in Lahore, Bombay, Calcutta, and Hyderabad.
For a long time, he stayed away from singing in films despite requests and persuasions from well known producers and music directors.However he was coaxed and convinced by K Asif to sing two songs based on ragas Sohni and Rageshree for the 1960 film Mughal-e-Azam with the music directed by Naushad. He demanded an extremely high price, reportedly to the tune of Rupee Rs 25,000 per song, when the rate for popular and star playback singers such as Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammed Rafi was below Rs. 500 per song.
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