At the age of five, Rahat began studying tabla under Pandit Ravi Shankar. His father, Saleem Khan, was a classical musician and his mother, Shabnam, played piano. Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was born in Mumbai to Pakistani parents. In 1989, he won the National Music Award for Best Male Vocal Performance for his rendition of “Jinhe Deewana”. Rahat later studied under Shaukat Hussain Rizvi, a prominent vocalist and composer. At the age of five, Rahat was given lessons by his uncle Nusrate Fateh Ali Khan, who taught him how to sing ghazals. Rahat began learning music from a very early age at the age of three, he was often seen playing along with his uncle and father while they sang and played instruments. His father, Fateh Ali Khan, was a well known playback singer and musician. He learned the art of qawwali from his grandfather and became a renowned performer himself.

His grandfather, Farrukh Fateh, was one of the most famous qawwalis of Pakistan. Rahat was born into a Pakistani family of qawwals and classical musicians. They have three children together Rizwan, Zainab and Iqra. On 9 December 1974, he married Indian film actress Shabana Azmi.

In 2012, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Lux Style Awards. In June 2007, he was conferred the Nishan-e-Imtiyaz, one of the highest civilian honours in Pakistan. Khan has been awarded numerous awards including the Pride of Performance, Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Hilal-e-Imtiat, Tamgha-e-Imtiazi, and Pride of Performance. He went on to record several albums with him including the Grammy nominated Kuch Kar Dikhayengi (1988), which sold over 10 million copies worldwide. A few months later he joined the band of Pakistani pop singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

In 1986 he performed at the World Music Festival in Montreux, Switzerland, and won the Golden Wreath Award for best newcomer. In 1982 he moved to Lahore, where he studied classical music under Pandit Omkar Nath Sharma. His father, Ghulam Haider Khan, was a musician himself and taught Rahat how to play sitar. He began his music career performing live at weddings and religious ceremonies. Rahat Fateh Ali Kahn was born in Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan. Nahi jeena, nahi jeena (x2) (tere baaju: without you)

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