Mehdi Hassan is one of the biggest musicians of Pakistan as well as the South Asian region. He is known as Shahanshah e Ghazal meaning The King of Ghazals and his songs are evergreen. People from all walks of life are his fans and he was massively praised by his collegaues from both sides of the bordr due to the technical acumen he had in singing and the beautiful melodies he gave.
Mehdi Hassan’s son Imran Mehdi Hassan has taken his legacy forward as they come from a big musical family. He is singing beautiful ghazals and keeping the talent in the family alive and well.
A few days back, Pakistani musician Ustad Tafu spoke about Ustad Mehdi Hassan sahab. He commented that he does not agree with Lata Mangeshkar’s words that Mehdi Sahab had Bhagwan in his throat as Mehdi Hassan could only sing to a particular scale. It must only be Bhagwan’s peon as he cannot sing above a certain scale.
Mehdi Hassan Sahab’s son Imran Mehdi Hassan has come forward and spoke about Ustad Tafu’s insulting comment. He said that they have always respected Ustad Tafu as a family but he just lowered his own status by saying something so negative. The world knows how big a legend Mehdi Hassan is and Ustad Tafu will never get the same respect that he had before he said this.
Here is how gracefully Imran Mehdi replied to Ustad Tafu’s comments:
People are siding with Imran Mehdi Hassan in this feud: