Rahim Shah Pashto Urdu is a Pakistani pop singer. He started from Peshawar NWFP and is currently based in Karachi Sindh. He sings in Urdu Punjabi and his native Pashto language. In an interview he revealed that Rahim Shah is not his real name and in fact it is his elder brothers name. His real name is yet unknown to the public. He is the most notable Pakistani pop idol from Pakhtun Pathan background.
Early years and personal life:
Rahim according to him his nick is Babloo was born on April 3 1976 and bred in Karachi. Swat is his ancestral home but he speaks fluently the native lingo. This was the reason for the dearth of apparent Pashto vision in his life. The singer realized he had hair thinning problem so in 2004 he had hair transplant in Karachi Pakistan which he televised for commercial purpose.
Music career:
He started his career in late 90s as a solo singer with a lot of hits to his credit from the day he started his career including Ghum that broke the records of popularity.Ghum is not Rahim Shahs personal composition.It is an Afghani folk song or tappa sung by an anonymous singer.Later famous Pushto singer Haroon Bacha also sung it but the credit goes to Rahim Shah who translated the tappa into Urdu and gave it his own arrangement. In a short span of time Rahim has proven his singing talent beyond all questions.
He sang Ghum under the supervision of Salman Alvi. He recorded his album and tried to work hard on making it different from what others are churning out. The song turned out to be a huge hit and whosever listened to that song appreciated the touch. Rahim Shah was bitter over the recent plagiatism of his song by Indian singer Altaf Raja. He copied Rahims song Ghum and gained popularity on satellite channels. Eight of his albums have been released till date of which four are in Pushto and four in Urdu
Most popular single hits:
Bewafa
Ghum
Chhum Chhum
Channa
Jhula he especially sung this song for his mother as he loves his mother a lot
Payal
Rahims favorite singers are Salman Alvi Nayyara Noor and Asha. He has interest in welfare work but doesnt like to ask for donation. If God willing he will carry out the welfare project from his own pocket. He said about his short hair that better singer is known by his cheerfulsweet vocalssound not by his long hair .
Dicography :
Albums :
His albums are as follows:
Ghum - debut 1999
Saba Ru 2001
Laila
Peera
Channa 2003
Pyar Nahin Milta 2004
Yarana 2005
Chercha 2007
Allah maula
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