Ghazal
singer
Mehdi
Hassan,
who
is
known
for
his
songs
like
'Patta
patta,
boota
boota'
and
'Kab
ke
Bichhare',
died
at
the
Agha
Khan
Hospital
in
the
southern
port
city
of
Karachi
today.
The
84-year-old
Ghazal
legend
was
suffering
from
multiple
organ
failure.
His
son
Arif
Hassan
has
confirmed
the
news
about
his
death.
Mehdi
Hassan
had
multiple
lung,
chest
and
urinary
tract
ailments.
He
had
been
ill
for
the
last
12
years,
but
this
year
his
condition
had
deteriorated
significantly.
He
was
recently
admitted
in
the
ICU
of
Agha
Khan
hospital
for
last
one
week,
but
he
is
not
on
a
ventilator.
Talking
to
PTI,
Arif
Hassan
said,
"My
father
passed
away
at
12:22
PM
after
a
long
battle
against
different
ailments."
The
Kab
ke
Bichhare
singer
was
born
into
a
family
of
traditional
musicians
at
Luna
village
in
Rajasthan,
India
in
1927.
His
father
Ustad
Azeem
Khan
and
uncle
Ustad
Ismail
Khan
who
were
both
traditional
Dhrupad
singers,
were
his
first
music
gurus.
He
started
to
perform
at
a
young
age.
Mehdi
Hassan's
first
concert
of
Dhrupad
and
Kheyal
with
his
elder
brother
was
said
to
have
been
held
in
Fazilka
Bungla
in
1935.
His
family
migrated
to
Pakistan
at
the
time
of
Partition
in
1947.
Despite
the
hardships,
his
passion
for
music
didn't
wither
and
he
kept
up
the
routine
of
practice
on
a
daily
basis.
Mehdi
Hassan
had
records
of
as
many
as
25
Ghazal
collections
and
received
several
national
and
international
awards.
He
cut
back
on
his
performances
in
the
late
1980s
due
to
illness.
However,
the
news
about
his
sudden
demise
has
shocked
his
fans
across
the
globe.
Hundreds
of
his
fans
gathered
at
the
hospital
on
learning
of
his
death.
We,
at
Oneindia,
express
our
heart-felt
condolences
to
his
family
and
friends.
May
his
departed
soul
rest
in
peace.