Raheem Shah

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Rahim Shah
Also known as Rahim Shah
Born April 3, 1976 (1976-04-03) (age 32)
Origin Karachi, Pakistan
Genre(s) Pop
Bhangra
Occupation(s) Singer
Musician
Years active 1999 - Present
Label(s) Sound Master

Rahim Shah (Pashto/Urdu: رحیم شاہ) is a Pakistani pop singer. He started from Peshawar, NWFP, and is currently based in Karachi, Sindh. He sings in Urdu, Punjabi and his native Pashto language. In an interview he revealed that Rahim Shah is not his real name and, in fact, it is his elder brother's name. His real name is yet unknown to the public. He is the most notable Pakistani pop idol from Pashtun (Pathan) background.

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[edit] Early years and personal life

Rahim (according to him his nick is Babloo) was born on April 3, 1976 and bred in Karachi. Swat is his ancestral home, but he speaks fluently the native lingo. This was the reason for the dearth of apparent Pashto vision in his life. The singer realized he had hair thinning problem so in 2004 he had hair transplant in Karachi, Pakistan, which he televised for commercial purpose.

[edit] Music career

He started his career in late 90's as a solo singer with a lot of hits to his credit from the day he started his career including "Ghum" that broke the records of popularity. "Ghum" is not Rahim Shah's personal composition. It is an Afghani folk song or tappa, sung by an anonymous singer. Later famous Pushto singer, Haroon Bacha, also sung it, but the credit goes to Rahim Shah who translated the "tappa" into Urdu and gave it his own arrangement. In a short span of time Rahim has proven his singing talent beyond all questions. He sang "Ghum" under the supervision of "Salman Alvi". He recorded his album and tried to work hard on making it different from what others are churning out. The song turned out to be a huge hit and whosever listened to that song appreciated the touch. Rahim Shah was bitter over the recent plagiatism of his song by Indian singer Altaf Raja. He copied Rahim's song "Ghum" and gained popularity on satellite channels. Eight of his albums have been released till date, of which, four are in Pushto and four in Urdu

[edit] Most popular single hits

  • Bewafa
  • Ghum
  • Chhum Chhum
  • Channa
  • Jhula (he especially sung this song for his mother as he loves his mother a lot)
  • Payal
  • Ghanam rangi

Rahim's favorite singers are Salman Alvi, Nayyara Noor and Asha. He has interest in welfare work but doesn't like to ask for donation. If God willing he will carry out the welfare project from his own pocket. He said about his short hair that "better singer is known by his cheerful/sweet vocals/sound not by his long hair".

[edit] Dicography

[edit] Albums

His albums are as follows:

  • Ghum - debut (1999)
  • Saba Ru (2001)
  • Laila
  • Peera
  • Channa (2003)
  • Pyar Nahin Milta (2004)
  • Yarana (2005)
  • Chercha (2007)
  • Allah maula

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