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If it comes to the most popular and powerful voice of Hindi cinema, how can you forget the funkar Mohammad Aziz? His birth anniversary takes place on 2 July. Born on 2 July 1954 in Guma, Kolkata, Saeed Mohammad Aziz-ul-Nabi left an indelible mark not only in Hindi cinema, but also Oriya and Bengali cinema with his singing. The voice of Mohammad Aziz’s velvet and high tone (he was famous for singing in the seventh sur) became the basis of his identity.

Mohammad Aziz was interested in music since childhood and was a fan of Mohammad Rafi. While listening to Rafi Saheb’s songs on the radio, he used to hum and try to imbibe his style. Aziz, who started his career as a restaurant singer from Kolkata, stepped into the music world with his hard work and dedication. His voice’s sweetness and the ability to sing in the seventh Sur (Seventh Sur) soon gave him a special identity.

Beginning of career

Mohammad Aziz started the film’s career with the Bengali film ‘Jyoti’. After this, he came to Mumbai in 1984 and made his mark in Hindi cinema. His first Hindi film was ‘Ambar’ in 1984, but the real identity was received from Anu Malik’s music direction from the song ‘Mard Tangewala’ from the film ‘Mard’ (1985). This song made him famous overnight. The magic of Aziz’s voice made the audience crazy.

Voice made of these stars
His pairing with Laxmikant-Pyarelal was particularly famous, for which he sang more than 250 songs. His voice touched the high in playback singing for stars like Amitabh Bachchan, Dilip Kumar, Dharmendra, Jitendra, Shah Rukh Khan, Sunny Deol, Anil Kapoor.

Singing more than 20 thousand songs

Mohammad Aziz sang more than 20 thousand songs, which were in more than ten languages ​​including Hindi, Oriya, Bengali. The biggest feature of Mohammad Aziz was the art of singing in his seventh Sur, which is an example of Rishi Kapoor and Rekha starrer ‘Azad Desh Ke Ghulam’. He was nominated for the Playback Singer Award twice, but never was awarded the award. In an interview, he shared his sorrow, saying that his career was going well, but he went into the darkness of oblivion and no one tried to know this.

When died

Mohammad Aziz’s love and simplicity towards music was part of his personality. On 27 November 2018, he died due to a heart attack at Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai at the age of 64. The singer’s daughter Sana Aziz is also on her father’s path. Sana is active in the Bengali film industry and has decorated many songs with her voice.

Also sing devotional hymns
Be it romantic songs, devotional hymns or patriotic songs, Aziz’s voice used to express every sense deeply. Songs like ‘Aye Watan Tere Liye’ (‘Karma’) present their patriotism on screen.