User:Ghazal singer

'ANURAG SHARMA' Born on 5th September 1973 to Mr. Radhey Shyam Sharma & Mrs Manju Sharma in Deoband, UP. His parents are from Academic background. Anurag along with his parents moved to Roorkee where he got his formal education.He is an IITian with a mellifluous voice.

He is currently based in Mumbai and work as a Senior Human Resource Professional in a Big Indian Corporate House.

Educational Background : Had formal education in Roorkee, also did BE from IIT Roorkee, and joined Tatas in 1996. He has also holds an MBA degree from NMIMS,Mumbai

Musical journey: He gave his first stage performance at the tender age of four. Henceforth his parents identified his talent and felt the need of formal training in Classical Music.He have grown up listening to Ghazals from Masters of the art like Ghulam Ali, Mehdi Hassan and Jagjit Singh and they have all  inspired him to venture in this field in the long run. Training: His training in Classical Music started at the age of seven under the seasoned guidance of Late Ustaad Jameel Ahmed Khan Saheb of Roorkee. The inputs continued till the untimely demise of Ustaadji in 1993. Khan Saheb disseminated almost all the aspects of Gayaki, traversing from Traditional Khayal gayaki, thumri and finally bhajans and ghazals. Apart from the various attributes which all these Streams have the most important which unifies them all is the bhaav or the feeling which is like the atman of any art form. And it is this bhaav which was the integral part of Khan Saheb’s gayaki.

Artist profile: After learning the intricacies of classical music Anurag mainly concentrated on the ghazal gayaki and light music including film songs.

Accolades, achievements and performances: •	Gave first stage performance at tender age of 3 years. •	Regularly performed on AIR New Delhi during the period of 1992-97 while he was doing my engineering. •	Was elected the Music Secretary of University of Roorkee 1996 and was involved with both participation and organization of many music concerts. •	Perfomed with Shruti Sadolikar at a Musical evening organized by SPIC-MACAY in 1993 at Civil Auditorium, IIT Roorkee. •	Shared stage with Saveeta Devi in Swar Sandhya organised in 1995 At Civil Auditorium University of Roorkee. •	Shared the stage along with Ahmed and Mohammed Hussain on the occasion of Sham-e-Ghazal organised in memory of Late Ustaad Jameel Ahmed Khan Saheb.(1996) organised under the auspices of Cultural Society University of Roorkee and Swar Sadhan Mahavidhya, Roorkee. •	Performed at a Corporate ghazal evening organized by Andrews Hauser at Powai in 2003. •	Performed at Khazana - Festival of Ghazals at Hilton towers Mumbai in 2004. •	Performed at Taj Hotel Mumbai on the occasion of a party hosted for NYSE Listing of Tata Motors in year 2004. •	Performed at a Ghazal Evening at JW Marriot organized by Mr. PS Chadda in the presence of Mr. Yash Chopra in October 2005 •	Performed at Taj President in evening of Ghazals organized by Tata Motors In April 2006. •	Co-performed with likes of Anup Jalota, Pankaj Udhas, Ahmed Hussain Muhommed Hussain, Roop Kumar Rathore in various mehfils from 2002 till date. •	Got Blessings from Mehdi Hassan Khan Saheb during his visit to Mumbai in 2005. •	Recorded a Music album of Ghazals in year 2003-04 •	An inventory of around 400 ghazals of renowned poets of national and International fame. •	Is a talented composer and sets tune to ghazals, bhajans and geets.

Awards Won the award of Best Male Singer award in the prestigious Saregama on Zee network, which was  aired from Oct’00 – Jan’01. Was adjudged winner by Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty and Begum Abida Parveen also won the Most popular performer (Viewers Choice ). Participated & won in the Megafinals of Saregama,  an event in which the winners of past three years participated. Out of 12 male participants, Was declared winner by a panel of Judges comprising of greatest musicians and artists of their times, (Ustaad Amjad Ali Khan, OP Nayar, Dr.L.Subramanium, Kavita KrishnaMurthy, Bappi Lahiri).

Vision for future:” To carve out a special niche in the musical world by mastering a distinctive style which celebrates the reverberations and serenity of soulful singing. Aims to be a leading singer for India.”

Creative Contribution • Did a 100+ episodes of ARZ KIYA HAI, a ghazal show which was telecast on DD Urdu and was on Air from 2006 to 2012 on various other channels like ETV Urdu and Geo TV.

Performed in "Young Ghazal Idols" - Concert Organised by Perfect Harmony Productions Mumbai on 24th November 2006 in the presence of Ghazal King Jagjit Singh.Mr. Suresh Wadekar and famous poet Farhat Shehzad were also present and they also appreciated his talent.

Anurag Shared stage with the king of ghazals Jagjit Singh in 2010.

Anurag Sharma's Debut Ghazal Album - " Naye Manzar " was launched by Saregama in 2013 by Shri Suresh Wadekar.

Anurag has sung and composed the Title Tracks of a lot of TV serials on various channels :

Some of them are as mentioned below:

1.Savera - On air on DD Urdu 2.Joshilay - An animation based series 3.Aabshar - On air on DD Urdu 4.Mehfil-e sama - A series based on Qawaali aired on DD Urdu 5.Farogh- e-Husn - A series on Hamd and Naat currently on aired on DD Urdu 6.Teri Shaan Mein - for DD Urdu 7.Sada- e - Dil - A series on ghazals 8.Sami Sanjhana Shamana - A Gujarati Soap currently on air on Zee Gujarati 9.Dur Ke Dhol Suhane - A Daily soap 10.Ghazal Ghazal Mehke Gulshan - A series on Ghazals - Telecast on Geo TV

External Links

1. A ghazal of Farhat Shahzad sung by Anurag 2. A masterpiece of a dadra sung by Anurag Sharma 3. Anurag Sharma sings Dum a Dum Mast Kalandar