![]() After his father's death, The Sabri Brothers were led by Amjad's uncle Maqbool Ahmed Sabri, Amjad took up the role of a supporting vocalist and also used to play the Bongos. Amjad also recited Allama Iqbal's poem Lab Pe Aati Hai Dua in the same film. In which his father and uncle recited their famous golden hit Tajdar-e-Haram. He also appeared alongside his father Ghulam Farid Sabri and uncle Maqbool Ahmed Sabri at the age of 6 years old, along with the Sabri Brothers in Pakistani film Saharay which was released in 1982. From then on he remained one of the most acclaimed qawwali singers on the Indian subcontinent and performed around the world.Īmjad used to be in the chorus and would clap in his father's and uncle's band the Sabri Brothers. Sabri presented the work of his family and travelled widely to India, America and Europe where he was known as the "rock star" of qawwali. ![]() For this training Sabri had to get out of bed in the middle of the night, then after performing tahajjud (a midnight prayer), he practiced the baja. His father trained him in Raag Bhairon, which is practiced in early morning. ![]() ![]() A young Amjad Sabri with The Sabri Brothers led by his uncle Maqbool Ahmed Sabri in New York, 1996īorn in Karachi, Sindh, Amjad began learning qawwali music from his father at age nine and joined his father on stage to perform in 1982.
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