Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Birthday Interesting Facts | Currency Smuggling Rahat @50, had compared his father to Hitler: beat his disciple with slippers and sometimes created ruckus while drunk; His songs made records

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was born in Pakistan Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was born on 9 December 1974 in Faisalabad, Pakistan. The tradition of Qawwali has been going on in his family from generation to generation. His father Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan and grandfather Fateh Ali Khan were famous Qawwals, but his uncle Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan earned the most fame and is also called the King of Qawwali.

Rahat got music training from uncle Nusrat Due to the musical environment in the house, Rahat started getting interested in songs since childhood. This was the reason that at the age of just three years, he started going on the musical stage with his father and uncle. At the age of seven, Rahat started receiving music training from his uncle Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan with his Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Sahab (left).

Sung a song with my uncle and father in a Hollywood film in 1995. Rahat sang for the first time at the age of 9 on the death anniversary of his grandfather. At the age of 15, he joined Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s Qawwali group. In 1995, he sang a song with his uncle Nusrat and father in the soundtrack of the Hollywood film Dead Man Walking.

Rahat was very close to his uncle Nusrat Rahat was very close to his uncle Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan died of a heart attack in 1997, which left Rahat heartbroken. Although he carried forward the family’s musical tradition along with his father, even today Rahat often cries on stage remembering his uncle.

After the demise of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Rahat cried while singing Qawwali on stage for the first time.

The year I made my debut in Bollywood singing, my father passed away. In 2003, Rahat started working as a playback singer in Bollywood. He got a chance to sing the song ‘Mann Ki Lagan’ in the film ‘Paap’ under the direction of Pooja Bhatt. This song was quite a hit. Udita Goswami and John Abraham were in lead roles in this film. However, his father Farrukh also passed away in the same year. After this Rahat sang many hit songs in Bollywood films.

When Pakistanis were banned, Salman removed Rahat from the film 40 CRPF soldiers were martyred in the attack on 14 February 2019 in Pulwama, Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir. After this, there was anger in the entire country from the general public to Bollywood. Meanwhile, All India Cine Workers Association (AICWA) had completely banned Pakistani artistes in India. It was also said that if any organization works with Pakistani actors then strict action will be taken against it.

After this, Salman Khan had removed Rahat Fateh Ali Khan’s songs from the film Dabangg 3. Rahat’s spokesperson Salman had also given a statement regarding this. He had said that there is no difference of opinion between Rahat and Salman Khan. The actor has simply followed the sentiments of India by removing the songs recorded for the film.

T-Series also removed Rahat’s song According to a tweet by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, his song ‘Zindagi’ was to be released on the T-Series platform on February 15, 2019. According to media reports, the song was released, but it was removed from the platform after protests by Raj Thackeray’s party Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS). However, later T-Series re-released the song ‘Zindagi’. This song is still available on YouTube.

Rahat’s ‘Zaroori Tha’ song broke records on YouTube The song Zaroor Tha was released in 2014 by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan for the album Back to Love. The song crossed 100 million views on YouTube after two years and touched the 200 million views mark within three years of its release. Now this song has reached one billion views.

Controversy of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan As much as Rahat Fateh Ali Khan remains in the headlines for his songs, he has also been closely associated with controversies.

1. Smuggling of foreign currency In 2019, Rahat was accused of smuggling foreign currency, after which the ED sent a notice to Rahat under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) seeking his reply. Rahat was accused of illegally earning US$3,40,000. Out of this he smuggled $2,25,000.

2. Beating of disciple In the beginning of the year 2024, a video of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan went viral, in which he was seen beating a man with shoes and slippers. Rahat was asking him about a bottle and the man was saying that he did not know where the bottle was.

This video of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan beating his disciple had gone viral.

After this video went viral, Rahat gave clarification on the entire matter by sharing a video on social media. He had said that this is a matter between a master and a disciple. The person seen in the video, Naveed Hasnain, is his disciple. While apologizing to Naveed, he had told that that bottle was special for him because it contained water prepared by Peer Saheb.

Rahat had also given his clarification in this matter on the podcast of YouTuber Adil Asif.

3. Called himself the heir of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (uncle) In 2018, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s daughter had said that she wanted to take legal action against the singers singing her father’s songs for copyright infringement. To this Rahat Fateh Ali Khan had replied that he is the successor of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and he does not need anyone’s permission to sing her songs.

4. Accusation of marrying secretly In the year 2013, it was reported that Rahat Fateh Ali Khan had secretly married his girlfriend and model Falak and for this he divorced his first wife Nida Rahat. However, Rahat termed this news as a rumour. He said that he neither knows nor has ever met any model named Falak. This false news has been spread with the aim of tarnishing his image. Rahat also said that he thanks his wife, who understood this rumor and did not take it seriously. Rahat and Nida were married in 2001.

5. Video of drunk Rahat Fateh Ali Khan went viral Two years ago, a video of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan had surfaced, in which he was seen under the influence of alcohol calling the manager of his late uncle Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Due to this action of his, he was trolled a lot on social media.

Drunk Rahat had told uncle Nusrat’s manager that Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

Rahat has achieved many achievements in the world of music In the last few years, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan has achieved many achievements in the world of music. In 2012 they performed at both the Manchester Arena and Wembley Stadium in the United Kingdom, to an audience of over 20,000. Apart from this, he has also been awarded Doctor of Music by Oxford University for his contribution to Bollywood and Hollywood music.

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