"I am not the one who can sing for movies. Ghazal is my first love and it is really close to my heart. I cannot sing any song if someone just asks me to. The song should also appeal to me, I should like it," Ghulam Ali said. Hailing from west Punjab's heartland of Sialkot in Pakistan, the musical genius has been singing ghazals for the past 55 years. He made an entry in Indian cinema with his popular song "Chupke Chupke Raat Din" for B.R. Chopra's "Humko kis ke gum ne mara," "Kal chaudavi ki raat thi," and "Hungama hai kyon barpa."
"The era of '90s was the best time for ghazals as the genre was at its peak with singers like Jagjit Singh, but later the popularity started dwindling. And I can feel the genre is once again gaining its feet. People are actually coming to hear wherever I perform - whether in India or abroad," he added.
