The film was directed by their father Mehmood. Lucky’s second song was “Nasha Nasha” from the film Dushman Duniya Ka which starred his brother Manzoor Ali in the lead role. This film starred Mehmood and his six sons, including Lucky. Lucky Ali started his playback singing career with the song “Walking All Alone” from the film Ek Baap Chhe Bete in 1978. He has lent his voice to commercially successful films such as Sur (2003), Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008), Anjaana Anjaani (2010) and Tamasha (2015). He was nominated for the Best Playback Singer Male for “Aa bhi jaa”, featured in Sur in 48th Filmfare Awards but lost to Sonu Nigam. He received the 2001 Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer for this song. It was done straight from the heart and it is very special to me.” Lucky Ali’s Bollywood CareerĪli debuted in Bollywood with the song “Na Tum Jaano Na Hum”, featured in Kaho Naa… Pyaar Hai (2000). When asked about the video, he once said “The video of ‘Anjaani Raahon Mein’ was a beautiful story in itself. The video was directed by Mani Shankar, and features him as a young rural man working in a foreign country, with a longing to go back home, and his joy of actually returning to a place he loved. He is also known for contributing the song “Anjaani Raahon Mein” to the album “Meri Jaan Hindustan” which commemorated 50 years of Indian independence in the year 1997. His third album and fourth albums were Aks and Kabhi Aisa Lagta Hai, both of which were reasonably successful.
Lucky Ali is known for his distinctive music style and also for his untrained voice. It was also nominated at 1997 MTV Video Music Awards His next album, Sifar, was noted for its music, lyrics and vocals. The song O Sanam from Sunoh launched his career and is considered by some to be one of the best indi-pop songs ever. It stayed on the MTV Asia Charts in the top three for 60 weeks. This album won many of the top awards in Indian music, including the Best Pop Male Vocalist at the 1996 Screen Awards and the Channel V Viewers Choice Award in 1997. Lucky Ali’s Personal AlbumsĪli made his debut on the Indian music scene with the soulful album Sunoh which established him as a singer. However, he sang his first song for the film.īest known for his music, singing and acting, Ali has also bred horses, worked on an oil rig off the coast of Pondicherry in South India, cleaned and sold carpets and is a farmer with a strong opinion on organic methods in farming. Lucky differed with his father’s vision and did not act in the movie. In the end the young man kills his mother, destroys everything around him and is then killed by his father. It is the story of the drug abuse of a young man called Lucky.
The movie stars Ali’s youngest brother, Manzoor. Lucky’s tryst with marijuana led Mehmood to write the script of the movie Dushman Duniya Ka (Enemy of the World). Once, around the age of four when Lucky first returned from Boarding school, Mehmood and the entire family had come to receive Lucky after 10 months in Boarding school, at the airport, Lucky didn’t recognize his father, but on seeing him said, “He’s the film comedian Mehmood!” Lucky lived away from his family in a boarding school up in the foothills of the Himalayas in Mussoorie. Mehmood was a very busy actor in 1960s and 70s, and remained away from home for his shoots. Lucky and his father shared a tempestuous relationship. His current wife is a British model and former beauty queen – Kate Elizabeth Hallam and the couple have a son named Dani Maqsood Ali. He has two children from his second wife, Sara and Raiyan. His second wife is Inaya (Anahita-a parsi). Ali has two children from his first wife – Ta’awwuz and Tasmia. His first wife was Meaghan Jane McCleary (a New Zealander, now separated), who has acted in the video O Sanam from his first album Sunoh. He says that religion is but a personal regimen that a spiritual seeker uses to connect to his creator. Ali states his favourite is the Quran being recited. George’s College, Mussoorie, Convent of Jesus and Mary, Hampton Court, Mussoorie, Manekji Cooper (Kindergarten) (Juhu), Bombay Scottish School in Mumbai, and the Bishop Cotton Boys’ School, Bangalore.Īli is known to be a practicing Muslim. The Bollywood actress and dancer, Minoo Mumtaz, is his paternal aunt. His mother Mahelaka, was part Bengali and part Pathan, the sister of a popular Indian actress of the 1960s – Meena Kumari. Lucky Ali’s BiographyĪli is the second of the eight children of the popular Bollywood actor,
Lucky Ali (born 19 September 1958), born Maqsood Mahmood Ali, is an Indian singer-songwriter, composer and actor. Lucky Ali Biography, Music, Family, Net Worth, Awards And More!