The ultimate goal for any Pakistani artist is receiving international recognition for his or her work, and many of our Pakistani singers have successfully made their way into Bollywood; however, only rarely anyone has managed to meander their way into the vicinity of Hollywood or leave a mark on the more thriving Western music scene. We have witnessed only the great Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan accomplishing this great challenge via his collaborations with Peter Gabriel and Michael Brook and the appreciation of his talents was ubiquitous with films like The Last Temptation of Christ (1985), Natural Born Killers (1994) and Dead Man Walking (1995). He may not have rivaled the popularity of their biggest pop acts but Nusrat is still mentioned with reverence by Western musicians who had never heard anything like the prowess of the extraordinary qawwal.
Like his legendary uncle, the next in line to bring Pakistan this honour and prestige is his nephew, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, who has overtime building himself up in terms of talent and skill. There is a lot to be said for riyaz, the fact that practice does make perfect. Rahat's work demands and deserves the admiration it receives. Versatility seems to be a powerful attribute which he possesses, and no praise can be enough for the variety of work and music that he has come up with time and again, from the melancholy starkness of Charkha to the hummable melodies that he makes for Bollywood. With his new album, Nazrana-e-Aqeedat, Rahat reminds us yet again, how he can successfully bring so much variety to the table.
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