Music

Akhlaq Ahmed (January 1946 – 4 August 1999) was a Pakistani film playback singer and is still considered one of the leading voices of the film industry. He was born in Delhi in 1946 and started as a stage singer in the 1960s in Karachi, when he was a member of a famous singing group with two other artists, Masood Rana and Nadeem. Akhlaq Ahmad was the third generation of male playback singers in the Pakistan film industry. He struggled for many years, but gained some recognition in the 1970s as a playback singer. The song “Sona Na Chandi Na Koi Mahal” in the film Bandish (1980), and “Sawan Aye Sawan Jaye” in the film Chahat (1974), are his big hit film songs. Both these songs were composed by music director Robin Ghosh. His song tally is under one hundred songs.