Mohammed Aziz

Mohammed Aziz is an Indian playback singer. Mohammed Aziz, is a singer of the Indian film industry. His nickname is Munna and his real name is Syed Mohammed Azizunnabi. Being an ardent lover of music and Mohammed Rafi, he started singing from the very childhood and gained appraisal. Very soft spoken and versatile with a high vocal quality and a sweet voice, he became the favourite of music lovers and his number of fans grew. Aziz made his film debut in a Bengali language film, Jyoti. His first Hindi film was Ambar (1984). Aziz started out his musical career as a singer in a renowned restaurant GHALIB in Calcutta. He got a big break when the music director Anu Malik got him to sing the song Mard Taangewala for the movie Mard, picturised on Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan. Aziz became a popular singer, and was patronised by leading music directors including Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Rajesh Roshan, Rahul Dev Burman, Anu Malik, Usha Khanna, Anand-Milind, Naushad, O. P. Nayyar, Bappi Lahiri and Kalyanji-Anandji.  Mohd.Aziz is now busy in the Oriya film industry. He has sung several Oriya bhajans, private albums, and Oriya film songs since 1985. Some of his Oriya bhajans (Lord Jagannath's Bhajans) are famous almost in every oriya family. He has been performing many stage shows in India and abroad. Mohd. Aziz was nominated twice for best male playback singer award. At his peak, he used to be considered as an heir to Mohd. Rafi. He is one of the rare singers who can sing at the 7th note (saatwan sur). He has done playback singing for famous actors such as Amitabh Bachchcan, Govinda, Rishi Kapoor, Mithun chakraborty and several others.

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