Inayat Hussain Bhatti
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Inayat Hussain Bhatti was a Pakistan
i singer, actor
, producer
, director
, script writer
, social worker, columnist
, religious scholar and a protagonist of the development of Punjabi language
and literature.
on 12 January 1928, the son of Fazal Ellahi Bhatti, a Bhatti Muslim Rajput, who was a prominent social worker in Gujrat. He attended public high school and later graduated from Zamindar College, Gujrat. During the early phases of his life, Bhatti enjoyed his association with two persons, both from Gujrat. They were Syed Ijaz Hussain Gilani, a practising lawyer, whose abrasive interest in fine arts, especially music and drama, and Asghar Hayat Jaura, a Kabbadi player from Gujrat with whom Bhatti sahib shared many common interests. The late artiste from Mohalla Fattupura, Gujrat, spend several formative years of his life in the company of these individuals in Gujrat and Lahore
. He became interested in the lives and works of the Sufi
saint
s and the poetry of Waris Shah
, Bulleh Shah
, Baba Farid, Mian Muhammad Bakhsh
since his early college days, Mainly because of his association with the said two persons.
In December 1948, he came to Lahore with the intention to study law and initially stayed at MAO College
hostel, Lahore. A few months after his arrival in Lahore, he made his first performance on stage in the YMCA Hall, Lahore
, in a play produced by Syed Ijaz Hussain Gilani, which focused on the freedom struggle of the Kashmiri
freedom fighters. After his YMCA auditorium performance, Bhatti accompanied Ijaz Gilani to Radio Pakistan, Lahore, where he met and became a formal pupil of Master Niaz Hussain Shami, a composer then working for Radio Pakistan in Lahore. It was his association with and training under Shami, which facilitated Bhatti sahib's participation in regular radio programs as a singer. He sometimes used to accept character roles in plays broadcast by the Lahore station of Radio Pakistan. Once he was memorizing some lines while having tea at the radio canteen when Rafi Peer, a play writer, overheard him. He went up to him and asked whether he would act as the hero in his play Akhian (Eyes). Rafi Peer wanted Bhatti sahib to speak Punjabi in the Sargodha dialect, which he did.
Bhatti was introduced to composer Ghulam Ahmed Chishti
by Shami in 1949, who offered him an opportunity to record a few songs in producer-director Nazir's film Phairey (1949). The song "aakhiyan laanveen naan", a duet
with Munnawer Sultana. Other songs of that movie, includes the solo
recorded in the voice of Bhatti. Courtesy G.A.Chishti and the movie Phairey. After his debut in the films as playback singer, Bhatti's vocal recourses were employed by several music directors including Ghulam Haider
, Master Inayat Hussain and Rashid Attrey, for recording their songs in a number of films. Producer-director Nazir offered Bhatti sahib the leading role in his Punjabi film Heer (1955) against Sawaran lata.
His career spanned almost five decades. In 1997, he suffered an attack of paralysis
, which impaired his speech and kept him bed-ridden for most of the time thereafter. A few days before his death, Bhatti was taken to his native home Gujrat where, on 31 May 1999, he died and laid to rest beside his late parents.
theatre acting and singing, and toured the rural hinterland of the Punjab
along with his theater group, sung and recited Sufi poets like Waris Shah
, Bulleh Shah
, Mian Muhammad Bakhsh
, Sultan Bahoo, Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai
.
In 1996, Bhatti was invited to attend a cultural Mela
in Mohali
, India
, by the then Minister
of East Punjab
, Harnek Singh Gharun, the Indian National Congress
leader. Beginning with "Heer", he sung songs from his own films, "Urdu
ghazals", "Maheeya", and ended with "Mirza
".
In 1997, he was invited to attend a musical event at Chandigarh
, India. The event was organized by "the Punjabi Aalam", a cultural organization.
(1962), based upon the life and works of the Sufi poet of Punjab. His second film as a producer Moonh zoor (1965) was also not successful, but then in 1967 his third film Chan makhna in which he played the lead role received the Nigar
award as the best picture 1967. This was followed by a string of movies such as Sajjan paira (1968), Jind jan (1969), Duniya matlab di (1970), Ishq diwana (1971), and Zulam da badla (1972) which broke all the previous box office records. He also produced, directed and acted in three Saraiki language
films simultaneously. The themes of all movies produced by him, were based on some social malady of the Punjabi culture.
During his film career, spanning almost five decades, he produced 30 films under the banner of “Bhatti pictures” and acted in more than three hundred films. He sung for approximately 500 films, recording more than 2500 film and non-film songs in Urdu
, Punjabi, Sindhi
, Bengali
and Saraiki. One of his na'at in “Arabic” is regularly broadcast on Radio Pakistan Lahore, during the holy month of “Ramadan
” for the last four decades.
Bhatti's patriotic song "Allah-O-Akbar" from the film Genghis Khan (1958) has become a signature tune for the armed forces
of Pakistan.
Inayat Hussain Bhatti's talents were used by two generations of music directors. In the 1950s, Rasheed Attre and in the 1970s and 1980s, his son, Wajahat Attre, composed many songs by using his vocal talent.
His music directors include: G.A. Chisti, Master Inayat Hussain, Ghulam Haider
, Asghar Ali, Mohammad Hussain, Rasheed Attre, Safdar Ali, Gul Haider, Mehnu, Tufail Farooqi, Akhtar Hussain, Rehman Verma, Aashiq Hussain, Qadir Faridi, Rafiq Ali, Shad Amrohi, Taalib Hussain, Kamal Ahmed, Salim Iqbal, Tasudduq Hussain, Mohammad Ali Shabir, Wazir Ali, M. Ashraf, Tafoo, Bhagg Gee, Master Abdullah, Nazir Ali, Bakshi Wazir and Wajahat Attre.
Beside his solo career as a singer, he is credited with hundreds of film duet songs, from Noor jehan
and malika pukhraj
to Mala
, Irene parveen, Zubaida khanam, Munawar Sultana, Kousar Perveen, Naseem Begum
, Naheed Niazi
, Tasawur Khanum and Afshan.
Many of his songs have been remixed by the new generation of Pakistani singers including Abrar-ul-Haq
, Shazia Manzoor, Naseebo Lal
and Arif Lohar
.
His female co-stars include: Suran lata, Zeenat
, Nigar Sultana
, Bahar
, Meena, sherin
, Yasmeen, Sabira Sultana, Rani
, Firdous, Saloni
, Husna
, neelo
and Khannum.
al cum talk show
every week for a year. In the 1990s, Bhatti compered a series of TV programmes entitled Ujala on the Sufi saints of Pakistan, and wrote the scripts. It earned its producer, Qaisar ali shah, the PTV
Award for best religious program.
newspaper Daily Pakistan
.
ward
” for poor and needy patients in “Gulab devi hospital Lahore” in the name of his mother Barkat bibi. Until his death (1999), he supported it financially and with other services.
He was against sectarianism
; the Government of Punjab had on numerous occasions sought his help in creating religious harmony by way of appointing him as a member of “Ittihad banul muslimeen” and a member of the Peace committee.
of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
, in 1975. During the elections campaigns of 1977 and 1988, he campaigned for his party, often attending and addressing several different rallies in a day. During the late 1980s. He was appointed “secretary of party’s cultural wing”, a position which he held for a year and then resigned because of his various other commitments.
In the 1985 elections, during General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
’s regime, he contested for a seat in the National Assembly from NA 95, and lost by a narrow margin. Later in life, he joined “All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference” of Sardar Muhammad Abdul Qayyum Khan.
He was a protagonist of the development of Punjabi language and literature. In the 1970s, along with two other like minded personalities, Zia Shahid (now chief editor of daily newspaper, Khabrain
), and Masood khaderposh (a retired bureaucrat), he started the publication of a weekly magazine Kahani (story) for the endorsement of Punjabi language and literature. Bhatti sahib was also the chairman of “Punjab workers movement”, founded in the 1980s for the same objectives.
He was also a speaker on different themes of Islam, addressed hundreds of "majalis" and participated in Muharram
congregations regularly.
For his patriotic songs, Bhatti was bestowed with the following honors by the Pakistan armed forces:
Shields of honor from:
After his death in 1999, Mohan Singh Foundation Amritsar, announced the “Inayat Hussain Bhatti Memorial Award” as a tribute to him. The first award under this category was awarded to “Jasbir Jassi
Gurdaspuria of Kudi Kudi fame, in 2001 at Ludhiana.
. This was Bhatti's second marriage. Mohtarma Shahida Banoo died on 12 March 1997.
Bhatti's progeny includes three sons, three daughters, thirteen grandsons and six granddaughters. Bhatti's eldest son (from his first marriage) is Asmat Abbas. His son, Nadeem Abbas Bhatti, is a film producer, and played a lead role in the movie Ishq roug (1991) but then shifted his focus to film distribution. His youngest son Waseem Abbas
is a film, TV and stage artist. His grandson, Junaid Abbas Bhatti - the son of Asmat Abbas - is a member of the British
nobility
titled "The Baron
of Ballencrieff
".
Bhatti's younger brother Kaifi, was an actor and director from the mid 1960s until the late 1990s.
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
i singer, actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
, director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, script writer
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
, social worker, columnist
Columnist
A columnist is a journalist who writes for publication in a series, creating an article that usually offers commentary and opinions. Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and other publications, including blogs....
, religious scholar and a protagonist of the development of Punjabi language
Punjabi language
Punjabi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by inhabitants of the historical Punjab region . For Sikhs, the Punjabi language stands as the official language in which all ceremonies take place. In Pakistan, Punjabi is the most widely spoken language...
and literature.
History
Inayat Hussain Bhatti was born in GujratGujrat
Gujrat is a city in Pakistan. It is the capital of Gujrat District and the Gujrat Tehsil subdivision in the Punjab Province. People living in Gujrat refer to themselves as Gujratis, which sometimes leads to confusion with people from the Indian state of Gujarat which adjoins Pakistan...
on 12 January 1928, the son of Fazal Ellahi Bhatti, a Bhatti Muslim Rajput, who was a prominent social worker in Gujrat. He attended public high school and later graduated from Zamindar College, Gujrat. During the early phases of his life, Bhatti enjoyed his association with two persons, both from Gujrat. They were Syed Ijaz Hussain Gilani, a practising lawyer, whose abrasive interest in fine arts, especially music and drama, and Asghar Hayat Jaura, a Kabbadi player from Gujrat with whom Bhatti sahib shared many common interests. The late artiste from Mohalla Fattupura, Gujrat, spend several formative years of his life in the company of these individuals in Gujrat and Lahore
Lahore
Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...
. He became interested in the lives and works of the Sufi
Sufism
Sufism or ' is defined by its adherents as the inner, mystical dimension of Islam. A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a '...
saint
Saint
A saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...
s and the poetry of Waris Shah
Waris Shah
Waris Shah was a Punjabi Sufi poet, renowned for his contribution to Punjabi literature. He is best-known for his seminal work Heer Ranjha, based on the traditional folk tale of Heer and her lover Ranjha. Heer is considered one of the quintessential works of classical Punjabi literature...
, Bulleh Shah
Bulleh Shah
Bulleh Shah was a Punjabi Sufi poet, a humanist and philosopher.-Early life:Bulleh Shah is believed to have been born in 1680, in the small village of Uch, Bahawalpur, Punjab, in present day Pakistan. His father, Shah Muhammad Darwaish, was a teacher and preacher in a village mosque...
, Baba Farid, Mian Muhammad Bakhsh
Mian Muhammad Bakhsh
Mīān Muhammad Bakhsh was a Sufi saint and a Punjabi/Pahari poet; he belonged to the Qadiri tariqah. He is especially renowned as the author of a book of poetry called Saiful Malūk. He was born in a village called Khari Sharif, situated near Mirpur, Azad Kashmir.-Lineage:He belonged to the Gujjar...
since his early college days, Mainly because of his association with the said two persons.
In December 1948, he came to Lahore with the intention to study law and initially stayed at MAO College
MAO College
MAO College was founded by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, the leader of Muslim renaissance in Indian subcontinent, in 1875 at Aligarh. This later became Aligarh Muslim University in 1920....
hostel, Lahore. A few months after his arrival in Lahore, he made his first performance on stage in the YMCA Hall, Lahore
Lahore
Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...
, in a play produced by Syed Ijaz Hussain Gilani, which focused on the freedom struggle of the Kashmiri
Kashmiri people
The Kashmiri people are a Dardic linguistic group living in Kashmir Valley in Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir and parts of the Pakistani territory of Azad Kashmir who speak the Kashmiri language...
freedom fighters. After his YMCA auditorium performance, Bhatti accompanied Ijaz Gilani to Radio Pakistan, Lahore, where he met and became a formal pupil of Master Niaz Hussain Shami, a composer then working for Radio Pakistan in Lahore. It was his association with and training under Shami, which facilitated Bhatti sahib's participation in regular radio programs as a singer. He sometimes used to accept character roles in plays broadcast by the Lahore station of Radio Pakistan. Once he was memorizing some lines while having tea at the radio canteen when Rafi Peer, a play writer, overheard him. He went up to him and asked whether he would act as the hero in his play Akhian (Eyes). Rafi Peer wanted Bhatti sahib to speak Punjabi in the Sargodha dialect, which he did.
Bhatti was introduced to composer Ghulam Ahmed Chishti
Ghulam Ahmed Chishti
Ghulam Ahmed Chishti was a Pakistani music composer, attributed as being one of the founders of Pakistani film music. He is also sometimes referred to as Baba Chishti....
by Shami in 1949, who offered him an opportunity to record a few songs in producer-director Nazir's film Phairey (1949). The song "aakhiyan laanveen naan", a duet
Duet (music)
A duet is a musical composition for two performers. In classical music, the term is most often used for a composition for two singers or pianists; with other instruments, the word duo is also often used. A piece performed by two pianists performing together on the same piano is referred to as...
with Munnawer Sultana. Other songs of that movie, includes the solo
Solo (music)
In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...
recorded in the voice of Bhatti. Courtesy G.A.Chishti and the movie Phairey. After his debut in the films as playback singer, Bhatti's vocal recourses were employed by several music directors including Ghulam Haider
Ghulam Haider
Ghulam Haider was an early film music composer who worked both in India and Pakistan. Ghulam Haider was born in Hyderabad, Sind in 1908.-Erly Life:...
, Master Inayat Hussain and Rashid Attrey, for recording their songs in a number of films. Producer-director Nazir offered Bhatti sahib the leading role in his Punjabi film Heer (1955) against Sawaran lata.
His career spanned almost five decades. In 1997, he suffered an attack of paralysis
Paralysis
Paralysis is loss of muscle function for one or more muscles. Paralysis can be accompanied by a loss of feeling in the affected area if there is sensory damage as well as motor. A study conducted by the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, suggests that about 1 in 50 people have been diagnosed...
, which impaired his speech and kept him bed-ridden for most of the time thereafter. A few days before his death, Bhatti was taken to his native home Gujrat where, on 31 May 1999, he died and laid to rest beside his late parents.
Career in folk theatre
During the 1960s, Bhatti also took to folkFolk
The English word Folk is derived from a Germanic noun, *fulka meaning "people" or "army"...
theatre acting and singing, and toured the rural hinterland of the Punjab
Punjab (Pakistan)
Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...
along with his theater group, sung and recited Sufi poets like Waris Shah
Waris Shah
Waris Shah was a Punjabi Sufi poet, renowned for his contribution to Punjabi literature. He is best-known for his seminal work Heer Ranjha, based on the traditional folk tale of Heer and her lover Ranjha. Heer is considered one of the quintessential works of classical Punjabi literature...
, Bulleh Shah
Bulleh Shah
Bulleh Shah was a Punjabi Sufi poet, a humanist and philosopher.-Early life:Bulleh Shah is believed to have been born in 1680, in the small village of Uch, Bahawalpur, Punjab, in present day Pakistan. His father, Shah Muhammad Darwaish, was a teacher and preacher in a village mosque...
, Mian Muhammad Bakhsh
Mian Muhammad Bakhsh
Mīān Muhammad Bakhsh was a Sufi saint and a Punjabi/Pahari poet; he belonged to the Qadiri tariqah. He is especially renowned as the author of a book of poetry called Saiful Malūk. He was born in a village called Khari Sharif, situated near Mirpur, Azad Kashmir.-Lineage:He belonged to the Gujjar...
, Sultan Bahoo, Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai
Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai
Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai was a Sindhi Sufi scholar, mystic, saint, poet, and musician. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest poets of the Sindhi language...
.
In 1996, Bhatti was invited to attend a cultural Mela
Mela
Mela is a Sanskrit word meaning 'gathering' or 'to meet' or a Fair. It is used in the Indian subcontinent for all sizes of gathering and can be religious, commercial, cultural or sports. In rural traditions melas or village fairs were of great importance...
in Mohali
Mohali
Mohali is a city adjacent to Chandigarh, 18th District in Punjab, India. It is officially named after the eldest son of Guru Gobind Singh, Sahibzada Ajit Singh . It, along with Chandigarh and Panchkula, form a part of the Chandigarh Tricity...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, by the then Minister
Minister (government)
A minister is a politician who holds significant public office in a national or regional government. Senior ministers are members of the cabinet....
of East Punjab
East Punjab
East Punjab was the part of the Punjab region that went to India following the Partition of the Punjab Province of British India between India and Pakistan in 1947...
, Harnek Singh Gharun, the Indian National Congress
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
leader. Beginning with "Heer", he sung songs from his own films, "Urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
ghazals", "Maheeya", and ended with "Mirza
Mirza
Mirza , is of Persian origin, denoting the rank of a high nobleman or Prince. It is usually translated into English as a royal or imperial Prince of the Blood...
".
In 1997, he was invited to attend a musical event at Chandigarh
Chandigarh
Chandigarh is a union territory of India that serves as the capital of two states, Haryana and Punjab. The name Chandigarh translates as "The Fort of Chandi". The name is from an ancient temple called Chandi Mandir, devoted to the Hindu goddess Chandi, in the city...
, India. The event was organized by "the Punjabi Aalam", a cultural organization.
Career in the film industry
His first venture as a film producer was Waris ShahWaris Shah
Waris Shah was a Punjabi Sufi poet, renowned for his contribution to Punjabi literature. He is best-known for his seminal work Heer Ranjha, based on the traditional folk tale of Heer and her lover Ranjha. Heer is considered one of the quintessential works of classical Punjabi literature...
(1962), based upon the life and works of the Sufi poet of Punjab. His second film as a producer Moonh zoor (1965) was also not successful, but then in 1967 his third film Chan makhna in which he played the lead role received the Nigar
Nigar Awards
The Nigar Awards, the official awards of Pakistani film industry, are the oldest awards to honour the show business personalities of Pakistan. The awards were first introduced in 1958 by Ilyas Rasheedi, the editor of weekly Nigar magazine, with a purpose to recognize the achievements of those who...
award as the best picture 1967. This was followed by a string of movies such as Sajjan paira (1968), Jind jan (1969), Duniya matlab di (1970), Ishq diwana (1971), and Zulam da badla (1972) which broke all the previous box office records. He also produced, directed and acted in three Saraiki language
Saraiki language
Saraiki , transliterated as Sirāikī and sometimes spelled Seraiki and Saraiki, is a standardized written language of Pakistan belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages. It is a language spoken in the heart of Pakistan...
films simultaneously. The themes of all movies produced by him, were based on some social malady of the Punjabi culture.
During his film career, spanning almost five decades, he produced 30 films under the banner of “Bhatti pictures” and acted in more than three hundred films. He sung for approximately 500 films, recording more than 2500 film and non-film songs in Urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
, Punjabi, Sindhi
Sindhi language
Sindhi is the language of the Sindh region of Pakistan that is spoken by the Sindhi people. In India, it is among 22 constitutionally recognized languages, where Sindhis are a sizeable minority. It is spoken by 53,410,910 people in Pakistan, according to the national government's Statistics Division...
, Bengali
Bengali language
Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...
and Saraiki. One of his na'at in “Arabic” is regularly broadcast on Radio Pakistan Lahore, during the holy month of “Ramadan
Ramadan
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, which lasts 29 or 30 days. It is the Islamic month of fasting, in which participating Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex during daylight hours and is intended to teach Muslims about patience, spirituality, humility and...
” for the last four decades.
Bhatti's patriotic song "Allah-O-Akbar" from the film Genghis Khan (1958) has become a signature tune for the armed forces
Armed forces
The armed forces of a country are its government-sponsored defense, fighting forces, and organizations. They exist to further the foreign and domestic policies of their governing body, and to defend that body and the nation it represents from external aggressors. In some countries paramilitary...
of Pakistan.
A brief chronology of his songs
- "Aakhiyan Laanveen Naan" - Phairay (1949)
- "Suway chooray waliay" - Shammi (1950)
- "Treekaan bugtan ge tere Mapay" - Laarey (1950),
- "Baghaan walayoo naam japho Moula naam" - Shehri Babu (1953)
- "Hoon Birian noo kar lay band ni" - Heer (1955)
- "Sanoo Sajna de milne di tang ay" - Heer (1955)
- "Doli chardian marian Heer cheekan" - Heer (1955)
- "Nikal kar teri Mehfil se" - Ishq-e-laila (1957
- "Mohabbat ka jinaza ja raha hai" - Ishq-e-laila (1957)
- "Sadi nazraan toon hoian kahnu door das ja" - Zulfaan (1957)
- "Ajj muk gaiay a ghamaan wali shaam" - Kartar SinghKartar SinghKartar Singh is a Indian wrestler who won gold medals at the Asian Games in 1978 and 1986.-Life:Kartar Singh was born in Sur Singh village of the present-day Tarn Taran district in Punjab. He won gold medals in the 1978 Asian Games held in Bangkok and the 1986 Asian Games held in Seoul. He won...
(1959) - "Ajj akhaan Waris Shah nuAjj akhaan Waris Shah nuAjj akhaan Waris Shah nun is a famous dirge by Punjabi writer and poet Amrita Pritam about the horrors of the partition of the Punjab during the 1947 Partition of India...
" - Kartar SinghKartar SinghKartar Singh is a Indian wrestler who won gold medals at the Asian Games in 1978 and 1986.-Life:Kartar Singh was born in Sur Singh village of the present-day Tarn Taran district in Punjab. He won gold medals in the 1978 Asian Games held in Bangkok and the 1986 Asian Games held in Seoul. He won...
(1959) - "Kare na bhrosa koi Duniya de pyar da" - Mitti dian Moortan (1960)
- "Qadam barhao, Sathio" - Saltanat (1960)
- "Aithe wage ne Ravi te Channa, Belia" - Chacha Khamkha (1963)
- "Tehray ishq nachaya kar kay thaeya thaeya" - Waris ShahWaris ShahWaris Shah was a Punjabi Sufi poet, renowned for his contribution to Punjabi literature. He is best-known for his seminal work Heer Ranjha, based on the traditional folk tale of Heer and her lover Ranjha. Heer is considered one of the quintessential works of classical Punjabi literature...
(1964) - "Taynu suttian jaag na aye" - Hadd haram (1965)
- "Wah Moula, teri be-parwai" - Monh Zor (1966)
- "Duniya chala chali ka Mela" - Sham Sevayra (1967)
- "Chan mayreh makhna" - Chan Makhna (1968)
- "Sajjan pyara mile koi dukh pholiye" - Sajjan Paira (1968)
- "Jind aakhan ke Jan o sajana" - Jind Jan (1969)
- "O tak, dilbariya, a dilbariya" - Kochwan (1969)
- "duniya matlab di o yar" - Duniya Matlad di (1970)
- "Main labhna wan us Yaar noo" - Rab Di Shan (1970)
- "Sada na bagheen Bulbul bole" - Sajjan Beli (1970)
- "Baliye, chal Pind noo chali" - Duniya Paisay Di (1971)
- "O marn zara naeen dared" - Geo Jatta (1971)
- "Dushman mare te khushi na kariye" - Ishq Diwana (1971)
- "sucha souda pyar jhoot naeen bolna" - Sucha Souda (1971)
- "Zulf da Kundal khule na" - Dhol Jawanian mane (1972)
- "Dilbar milsi kayroo war" - Dil naal Sajjan de (1972)
- "Milay ga zulam da badla" - Zulam Da badla (1972)
- "Menda ishq vi toon iman vi toon" - Dhian Nimanian (1973)
- "Gum sum rehn layi" - Challenge (1974)
- "Dharti sadi bhagan wali" - Dharti Dey Lal (1974)
- "O jinday, wah jind apni" - Sohna Dakku (1974)
- "Jani raat reh poh gali kreasun" - Rab Da Roop (1975)
- "Nadde naal la ke yaari" - Dankay Di Chot (1976)
- "Chiti blor jeyi Naar" - Jagga Gujjar (1976)
- "Ki haal sunawan dil da" - Haider Dalair (1978)
- "Nashe diye botlay na eini att chukk ni" - Maula JattMaula JattMaula Jatt is one of the most popular films in the history of Pakistani cinema.It is a Punjabi film starring actor Sultan Rahi in the lead role and with Aasia and Mustafa Qureshi as the villain Noori Natt....
(1979) - "Tera torhan ga gharoor main Zaroor ni" – Jernail singh (1987)
- "Ranjhan yaara wai" – Jat Majah da (1988)
Inayat Hussain Bhatti's talents were used by two generations of music directors. In the 1950s, Rasheed Attre and in the 1970s and 1980s, his son, Wajahat Attre, composed many songs by using his vocal talent.
His music directors include: G.A. Chisti, Master Inayat Hussain, Ghulam Haider
Ghulam Haider
Ghulam Haider was an early film music composer who worked both in India and Pakistan. Ghulam Haider was born in Hyderabad, Sind in 1908.-Erly Life:...
, Asghar Ali, Mohammad Hussain, Rasheed Attre, Safdar Ali, Gul Haider, Mehnu, Tufail Farooqi, Akhtar Hussain, Rehman Verma, Aashiq Hussain, Qadir Faridi, Rafiq Ali, Shad Amrohi, Taalib Hussain, Kamal Ahmed, Salim Iqbal, Tasudduq Hussain, Mohammad Ali Shabir, Wazir Ali, M. Ashraf, Tafoo, Bhagg Gee, Master Abdullah, Nazir Ali, Bakshi Wazir and Wajahat Attre.
Beside his solo career as a singer, he is credited with hundreds of film duet songs, from Noor jehan
Noor Jehan
Noorjehan or Noorjehan was the adopted stage name for Allah Wasai who was a legendary singer and actress in British India and Pakistan. Her career spanned seven decades...
and malika pukhraj
Malika Pukhraj
Malika Pukhraj was a highly popular singer of Pakistan. She was generally called as "Malika" meaning "The Queen." She is extremely popular for her rendition of Hafeez Jalandhri's song, Abhi to main jawan hoon , which is enjoyed by millions not only in Pakistan, but also in India...
to Mala
Mala (Pakistani singer)
Naseem Nazli popularly called Mala was a Pakistani playback singer of Urdu and Punjabi films. In 1960s, Mala had a hit pair with famous playback singer Ahmed Rushdi and they gave numorous hits to Pakistan film industry. She sung many super hit songs in almost two decades singing career in the...
, Irene parveen, Zubaida khanam, Munawar Sultana, Kousar Perveen, Naseem Begum
Naseem Begum
Naseem Begum was a popular, and well known Pakistani playback singer. She rose to prominence towards the end of the fifties, and by 1964 had managed to win the prestigious Nigar award on five separate occasions...
, Naheed Niazi
Naheed Niazi
Naheed Niazi is a Pakistani playback singer. She started her singing career in late 1950s and her first hit was a duet with Ahmed Rushdi. She married with composer Muslehuddin who composed numerous hits for her. Soon after marriage they migrated to UK, which was a tremendous setback for Pakistani...
, Tasawur Khanum and Afshan.
Many of his songs have been remixed by the new generation of Pakistani singers including Abrar-ul-Haq
Abrar-ul-Haq
Abrar-ul-Haq is a Pakistani pop, bhangra and folk singer. On his first album "Billo De Ghar" his name appears as simply "Abrar". Before becoming a singer, he was a geography teacher at the Aitchison College in Lahore.- Life :Abrar has kept the year of his birth a secret, so as to not reveal his age...
, Shazia Manzoor, Naseebo Lal
Naseebo Lal
Naseebo Lal is a Pakistani Punjabi singer who is known for her songs in Pakistan and India.Lal has sung for many Lollywood movies and is known for her brilliant voice.Unlike Reshman, Naseebo’s voice had the dexterity to be a mainstream film voice...
and Arif Lohar
Arif Lohar
Arif Lohar is a Pakistani folk singer. He usually sings with native musical instrument resembling tongs . His folk music is representative of traditional folk heritage of the Punjab...
.
Filmography
- Jalan (1949)
- Shehri Babu (1953)
- Heer (1955)
- Morni (1956)
- Kartar Singh (1959)
- Waris Shah (1964)
- Mun Zor (1966)
- Sham Savera (1967)
- Chan Makhna (1968)
- SajjanPaira (1968)
- Danke di chot (1968)
- Jind Jan (1969)
- Kochwan (1969)
- Duniya Matlab Di (1970)
- Sajjan Beli (1970)
- Sucha Souda (1971)
- Ishq Diwana (1971)
- Dhol Jawanian Mane (1972)
- Sajjan Dushman (1972)
- Dil Nal Sajjan Dey (1972)
- Zulam Da Badla (1972)
- Dhian Nimanian (1973)
- Rano (1974)
- Saza-a-mout (1974)
- Dharti Dey Lal (1974)
- Paishaver Badmash (1975)
- Rabb Da Roop (1975)
- Jagga Gugar (1976)
- Altimatum (1976)
- Danke di Chot (1976)
- Sadkey Teri Mout Toon(1977)
- Haider Delair (1978)
- Takht da takhta (1979)
- Lahu Dey Rishtey (1980)
- Mile ga zulm da badla (1981)
- Taqat (1984)
- Jatt Majay da (1989)
- Ishq Roug (1991)
His female co-stars include: Suran lata, Zeenat
Zeenat Aman
Zeenat Aman is an Indian actress who has appeared in Hindi films, notably in the 1970s and 1980s. She was the second runner up in the Miss India Contest and went on to win the Miss Asia Pacific in 1970...
, Nigar Sultana
Nigar Sultana
Nigar Sultana was an actress in the film industry of India. She died in May 2000, in Mumbai, India.Indian actress Heena Kausar is the daughter of Nigar Sultana.-Films:* Rangbhoomi * 1857 * Bela * Shikayat...
, Bahar
Bahar Soomekh
Bahar Soomekh is an Iranian-American actress and environmental activist. She began acting in the early 2000s, and is perhaps best known for her roles in the films Crash , Mission: Impossible III , and Saw III .-Early life:...
, Meena, sherin
Sherin
Sherin Shringar, known by her stage name Sherin or Shirin is a model turned actress, who appears in Kannada, Telugu and Tamil films. She made her debut at the age of 16 with Darshan in 2002.-Biography:...
, Yasmeen, Sabira Sultana, Rani
Rani (actress)
Rani was a Pakistani film and television actress. She gained success in late 1960s when she made a hit pair with famous actor and producer Waheed Murad. She remained one of the most successful actresses of subcontinent and was also popular for her dance performances in films...
, Firdous, Saloni
Saloni
Saloni was a sultry Pakistani film actress of the late 1960s, and early 1970s. She died on 15 October 2010 at the age of 60 in Karachi, Pakistan.-Filmography:*Ghadaar *Aisa Bhi Hota Hai...
, Husna
Husna
Husna was a Pakistani film actress in the late 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. She was first introduced as a child star in Jan-e-Bahar and played the role as the daughter of Sudhir and Muzarrat Nazir. Husna never became a top heroine and mainly played the side-heroine or vamp roles in Urdu and Punjabi...
, neelo
Neelo
Neelo is a well known actress from Lahore and mother of the film actor Shaan.-Early life:Neelo was born on 30 June 1941 in Bhera, Sargodha. She appeared as an extra standing in a mob scene in Hollywood's Bhowani Junction which was shot in and around Lahore...
and Khannum.
Television career
In the early 1970s he did Bhatti da dayreh, a musicMusic
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
al cum talk show
Talk show
A talk show or chat show is a television program or radio program where one person discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host....
every week for a year. In the 1990s, Bhatti compered a series of TV programmes entitled Ujala on the Sufi saints of Pakistan, and wrote the scripts. It earned its producer, Qaisar ali shah, the PTV
Pakistan Television Corporation
The Pakistan Television Corporation is Pakistan's national television broadcaster. The first live transmission of PTV began on November 26, 1964, in Lahore...
Award for best religious program.
As a columnist
For years, his column “Challenge” was in the UrduUrdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
newspaper Daily Pakistan
Daily Pakistan
Daily Pakistan is an Urdu daily newspaper in Pakistan. Mr. Mujib ur Rahman Shami is currently its chief editor and it has a circulation of over 500,000 copies per day. Daily Pakistan is currently published from Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad, Multan and Peshawar simultaneously. This Lahore-based daily...
.
As a social worker
In 1971, he built and donated a “Complete Tuberculosis treatmentTuberculosis treatment
Tuberculosis treatment refers to the medical treatment of the infectious disease tuberculosis .The standard "short" course treatment for TB is isoniazid, rifampicin , pyrazinamide, and ethambutol for two months, then isoniazid and rifampicin alone for a further four months...
ward
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....
” for poor and needy patients in “Gulab devi hospital Lahore” in the name of his mother Barkat bibi. Until his death (1999), he supported it financially and with other services.
He was against sectarianism
Sectarianism
Sectarianism, according to one definition, is bigotry, discrimination or hatred arising from attaching importance to perceived differences between subdivisions within a group, such as between different denominations of a religion, class, regional or factions of a political movement.The ideological...
; the Government of Punjab had on numerous occasions sought his help in creating religious harmony by way of appointing him as a member of “Ittihad banul muslimeen” and a member of the Peace committee.
Politics
Bhatti joined the Pakistan Peoples PartyPakistan Peoples Party
The Pakistan Peoples Party , is a democratic socialist political party in Pakistan affiliated with Socialist International. Pakistan People's Party is the largest political party of Pakistan...
of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was 9th Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1973 to 1977, and prior to that, 4th President of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973. Bhutto was the founder of the Pakistan Peoples Party — the largest and most influential political party in Pakistan— and served as its chairman until his...
, in 1975. During the elections campaigns of 1977 and 1988, he campaigned for his party, often attending and addressing several different rallies in a day. During the late 1980s. He was appointed “secretary of party’s cultural wing”, a position which he held for a year and then resigned because of his various other commitments.
In the 1985 elections, during General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq , was the 4th Chief Martial Law Administrator and the sixth President of Pakistan from July 1977 to his death in August 1988...
’s regime, he contested for a seat in the National Assembly from NA 95, and lost by a narrow margin. Later in life, he joined “All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference” of Sardar Muhammad Abdul Qayyum Khan.
He was a protagonist of the development of Punjabi language and literature. In the 1970s, along with two other like minded personalities, Zia Shahid (now chief editor of daily newspaper, Khabrain
Khabrain
Khabrain is an Urdu daily newspaper Pakistan. It was started on 26 September, 1992 from Lahore, Punjab by Zia Shahid.-External links:* *...
), and Masood khaderposh (a retired bureaucrat), he started the publication of a weekly magazine Kahani (story) for the endorsement of Punjabi language and literature. Bhatti sahib was also the chairman of “Punjab workers movement”, founded in the 1980s for the same objectives.
He was also a speaker on different themes of Islam, addressed hundreds of "majalis" and participated in Muharram
Muharram
Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar. It is one of the four sacred months of the year in which fighting is prohibited...
congregations regularly.
Pakistan
- In recognition of his social services, the Pakistan medical association on 2 January 1974 awarded him with Medical college color, the ceremony was held at Nishtar Medical CollegeNishtar Medical CollegeNishtar Medical College is a medical school located in Multan, Punjab, Pakistan. It is named after Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar, a celebrated companion of Father of the Nation Mohammad Ali Jinnah and the then Governor of Punjab province. It is one of the premier medical schools of the country...
MultanMultanMultan , is a city in the Punjab Province of Pakistan and capital of Multan District. It is located in the southern part of the province on the east bank of the Chenab River, more or less in the geographic centre of the country and about from Islamabad, from Lahore and from Karachi...
. He is the first and to date the only non-medical person in the subcontinentSubcontinentA subcontinent is a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent. By dictionary entries, the term subcontinent signifies "having a certain geographical or political independence" from the rest of the continent, or "a vast and more or less self-contained subdivision...
to receive this honor. - After Prince Karim Aga Khan IV and the late prime ministerPrime ministerA prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...
Zulfikar Ali BhuttoZulfikar Ali BhuttoZulfikar Ali Bhutto was 9th Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1973 to 1977, and prior to that, 4th President of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973. Bhutto was the founder of the Pakistan Peoples Party — the largest and most influential political party in Pakistan— and served as its chairman until his...
, he became the third person to be given honorary life membership of the PunjabPunjab (India)Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...
press club during the mid 1970s. - Gold medalGold medalA gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...
from the chief ministerChief MinisterA Chief Minister is the elected head of government of a sub-national state, provinces of Sri Lanka, Pakistan, notably a state of India, a territory of Australia or a British Overseas Territory that has attained self-government...
of SindhSindhSindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can...
for his patriotic song "Allah-o-akbar". - Gold MedalGold MedalGold Medal is the sixth studio album by the American hard rock band The Donnas, released in 2004 on Atlantic Records. It was one of the first albums released in the DualDisc format, but was recalled due to a mastering error which resulted in the final track being partially omitted from the CD...
from Pakistan Peoples PartyPakistan Peoples PartyThe Pakistan Peoples Party , is a democratic socialist political party in Pakistan affiliated with Socialist International. Pakistan People's Party is the largest political party of Pakistan...
(1976). - Lifetime achievement award from NigarNigar AwardsThe Nigar Awards, the official awards of Pakistani film industry, are the oldest awards to honour the show business personalities of Pakistan. The awards were first introduced in 1958 by Ilyas Rasheedi, the editor of weekly Nigar magazine, with a purpose to recognize the achievements of those who...
Awards. - Lifetime achievement award from Bolan Academy.
- Honorary life membership of the Pakistan producers' association.
- President of Rajput Bhatti association of Pakistan
- Life chairman of Pakistan singers' association.
- Chairman of rehabilitation council of Gulab devi hospital Lahore.
- Shields and trophies presented to him by Lions Clubs InternationalLions Clubs InternationalLions Clubs International is a secular service organization with over 44,500 clubs and more than 1,368,683 members in 191 countries around the world founded by Melvin Jones Headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois, United States, the organization aims to meet the needs of communities on a local and...
and Rotary club MultanMultanMultan , is a city in the Punjab Province of Pakistan and capital of Multan District. It is located in the southern part of the province on the east bank of the Chenab River, more or less in the geographic centre of the country and about from Islamabad, from Lahore and from Karachi...
on 2 January 1974, for his services to promote Saraiki culture through his Saraiki films and songs. - EMIEMIThe EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
recording company awarded him a silver disc for his 25th year of association with the company (7 December 1976). - Golden JubileeGolden JubileeA Golden Jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 50th anniversary.- In Thailand :King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch, celebrated his Golden Jubilee on 9 June 1996.- In the Commonwealth Realms :...
film award from JungJungCarl Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist, an influential thinker and the founder of analytical psychology.Jung may also refer to:* Jung * JUNG, Java Universal Network/Graph Framework-See also:...
group of newspapers on 4 July 1996.
For his patriotic songs, Bhatti was bestowed with the following honors by the Pakistan armed forces:
- He was the honorary member of numerous army units.
Shields of honor from:
- 12 Medium Regiment, Artillery [on the eve of 32nd raising day].
- Officers of 43 Baluch Regiment.
- 48 Signal Battalion [7 January 1993].
- The Century six Artillery unit.
India
- Awarded with a shield and a trophy by Rotary club AmritsarAmritsarAmritsar is a city in the northern part of India and is the administrative headquarters of Amritsar district in the state of Punjab, India. The 2001 Indian census reported the population of the city to be over 1,500,000, with that of the entire district numbering 3,695,077...
south [23 July 1980] - Awarded with a medallion and a trophy on the occasion of 11nd international Punjabi cultural festival at MohaliMohaliMohali is a city adjacent to Chandigarh, 18th District in Punjab, India. It is officially named after the eldest son of Guru Gobind Singh, Sahibzada Ajit Singh . It, along with Chandigarh and Panchkula, form a part of the Chandigarh Tricity...
[26–27 November 1996] - Awarded a shield by Chandigarh press club, Chandigarh India, presented to him by the honorable Mr. Justice Amarjit Chaudry acting chief justiceChief JusticeThe Chief Justice in many countries is the name for the presiding member of a Supreme Court in Commonwealth or other countries with an Anglo-Saxon justice system based on English common law, such as the Supreme Court of Canada, the Constitutional Court of South Africa, the Court of Final Appeal of...
of the PunjabPunjab (India)Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...
and HaryanaHaryanaHaryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...
high court [22 October 1997]. - Awarded a shield by the Punjabi intellectual forum Chandigarh [25 October 1997]
- shield and a medallion by Sur layamunch JalandharJalandharJalandhar is a city in Jalandhar District in the state of Punjab, India. It is located 144 km northwest of the state capital, Chandigarh...
[24 December 1997] - shield and medallion by Prof. Mohan Singh Foundation AmritsarAmritsarAmritsar is a city in the northern part of India and is the administrative headquarters of Amritsar district in the state of Punjab, India. The 2001 Indian census reported the population of the city to be over 1,500,000, with that of the entire district numbering 3,695,077...
[1997]
After his death in 1999, Mohan Singh Foundation Amritsar, announced the “Inayat Hussain Bhatti Memorial Award” as a tribute to him. The first award under this category was awarded to “Jasbir Jassi
Jasbir Jassi
Jasbir Jassi |Punjab]], India) is a Punjabi singer and actor. he has released eight albums, his first pop album being Dil Le Gayee, released in 1998.-Biography:...
Gurdaspuria of Kudi Kudi fame, in 2001 at Ludhiana.
Descendants
In 1953, Bhatti married Mohtarma Shahida Banoo, the daughter of Ahmed Din Butt, a retired superintendent of the Indian RailwaysIndian Railways
Indian Railways , abbreviated as IR , is a departmental undertaking of Government of India, which owns and operates most of India's rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India....
. This was Bhatti's second marriage. Mohtarma Shahida Banoo died on 12 March 1997.
Bhatti's progeny includes three sons, three daughters, thirteen grandsons and six granddaughters. Bhatti's eldest son (from his first marriage) is Asmat Abbas. His son, Nadeem Abbas Bhatti, is a film producer, and played a lead role in the movie Ishq roug (1991) but then shifted his focus to film distribution. His youngest son Waseem Abbas
Waseem Abbas
- Family :He is a son of a Pakistani film actor Inayat Hussain Bhatti. His uncle is a well know actor and director Kaifee. He is the husband of a Pakistani television actress Saba Hameed and her daughter Meesha Shafi is an actor, model and singer. His son is also a model in Pakistan...
is a film, TV and stage artist. His grandson, Junaid Abbas Bhatti - the son of Asmat Abbas - is a member of the British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
nobility
Nobility
Nobility is a social class which possesses more acknowledged privileges or eminence than members of most other classes in a society, membership therein typically being hereditary. The privileges associated with nobility may constitute substantial advantages over or relative to non-nobles, or may be...
titled "The Baron
Baron
Baron is a title of nobility. The word baron comes from Old French baron, itself from Old High German and Latin baro meaning " man, warrior"; it merged with cognate Old English beorn meaning "nobleman"...
of Ballencrieff
Ballencrieff
Ballencrieff is a rural community in East Lothian, Scotland. It is located between the towns of Aberlady, Drem, Haddington and Longniddry and is approximately 20 miles from Edinburgh...
".
Bhatti's younger brother Kaifi, was an actor and director from the mid 1960s until the late 1990s.