Birthday Special - Altaf Raja, born on 15th October, was a tailor-turned-singer who rose to fame with the song “Tum Toh Thehre Pardesi". The song and the singer got featured in Guinness World Records. Here he talks to LehrenRetro about his other albums, his stage performances and also sings a couple of hit songs. A must watch video!
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00:00 "What do you think of my heart, my beloved?"
00:08 "What do you think of my heart, my beloved?"
00:12 "The way you want to, the way you want to..."
00:19 "You will make me fly like that."
00:24 You are a foreigner, but you can make foreigners a foreigner too.
00:28 Mr. Raja is with us today.
00:30 Let's talk from the back.
00:31 When your album was launched, you were a foreigner.
00:35 Everyone had this song, this song, and only this song.
00:40 It's still there, and no one can forget it.
00:43 It becomes something that is always sung.
00:47 Don't you have any plan to bring something like this?
00:50 This kind of song is already there.
00:52 We think that music has become bad in this kind of music.
00:57 When a song becomes a hit, people say, "Make a song like this."
01:01 I always try to make different songs.
01:06 That's why my 11 albums so far...
01:08 ...have all had a different speciality.
01:14 The first album was 'Tum Toh Theyre' a foreigner.
01:16 Then 'Aaj Ki Raat Na Ja' a foreigner.
01:19 Then 'Doo Dil Hare' which was a sad song.
01:22 Do you have a lot of free time?
01:27 Do you work less?
01:30 Do you have a lot of free time or do you just sit around?
01:33 I do shows.
01:34 I handle the shows alone for 3 hours.
01:38 And that too, my items.
01:40 You won't find any artist who will sing each other's songs.
01:44 But I sing my items for 3 hours.
01:47 And still, I have so many items that I have to cut them.
01:50 I don't know which one to present.
01:51 It's the public's wish.
01:53 You've done so much work after 'Tum Toh Theyre' a foreigner.
01:55 But when you go to give a stage performance...
01:57 ...what song do you want to sing the most?
02:00 You'll be surprised to know that I want to sing...
02:02 ...'Ishq Aur Pyar Ka Mazaa Lejiye' the most.
02:05 'Tum Toh Theyre' a foreigner.
02:06 It's a song by a company.
02:07 'Tum Se Kitna Pyar Hai'.
02:19 Today's gathering and the sound of the waves...
02:21 ...of the beautiful evening behind the sea.
02:24 What will you sing?
02:25 I haven't made a video of my album 'Har Jaayi'.
02:31 But I'll tell you about the song.
02:33 "You should save your beauty from the beauty."
02:39 "You should save your beauty from the beauty."
02:46 "You should save your beauty from the beauty."
02:52 "Light rain, light rain."
02:54 "Light rain, light rain."
02:57 "If it's light rain, you should get wet."
03:02 Altaf is in a good mood right now.
03:04 I want to hear two more lines of the song...
03:07 ...which made him go crazy after singing it.
03:09 I went to Baroda recently.
03:12 I met Abbas Dana.
03:14 He gave me a poem.
03:14 'Tum Toh Theyre' a foreigner.
03:16 I'll sing a new one for you.
03:17 "My heart is full of you."
03:23 "What do you think of me?"
03:27 "My heart is full of you."
03:29 "What do you think of me?"
03:31 "Whatever you want."
03:35 "Whatever you want."
03:39 "You'll make me fly like that."
03:44 Thank you very much for talking to us, Mr. Altaf.
03:46 Thank you.
03:47 (Music)