Meraj-E-Ghazal: Asha Bhosle & Ghulam Ali’s Ghazal Gold
Timeless Tales is back again to rekindle the immortal soundtracks that get better with time. Pin your ears on to a dazzling Ghazal album by two of the subcontinents most revered artists. The 12 ghazals penned with sensitivity pertaining to the most used yet evergreen human emotion of love are etched in eternity.
The year was 1983. Asha Bhosle and Ghulam Ali were at the peak of their careers.
Meraj-E-Ghazal (Peak of Ghazal Art) was the epic coming together of the icons to give us one of the most enduring ghazal gifts music lovers could ask for. The tracks composed by Ghulam Ali, intricate and complex were difficult to render because of the sheer range in the compositions. Loaded with the Ghulam Ali stamp of Harkat, Murkis and Taans, it also brought forth his appreciation of Asha Bhosle as he fearlessly went on to conjure compositions showcasing her incomparable range. The evocative Ghazals by renowned Shayars like Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Nasir Qazmi, Ahmad Faraz, Naqsh Lyallpuri are another integral part of the work.
Salona Sa Sajan Hain, Hairaton Ke Silsile, Raat Jo Tune Khwab Dikhayen, Naina to Se Lage, are master classes of composing, writing, and rendering the ghazal. Maintaining the purity of the rendering and embellishing it with contemporary musical arrangements apart, the scale changes like in the ghazal Hairaton Ke Silsile are truly an incredible composition device employed by Ghulam Ali and executed to perfection by the incredible Asha Bhosle. Such was the power of the album that it continues to do phenomenally well even today with ghazal lovers endorsing it as their favorite. How much is the true value of a music video to the success of the album? If you go by the flying colors Meraj- E-Ghazal came out with the answer is plain. Melody rules. A sleek gatefold sleeve cover added another elegant nugget to this gem
Vibhav Rao