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Musician Khatija Rahman, who is also the daughter of Grammy and Oscar-winning composer A R Rahman, released her debut album titled ‘Kuhu Kuhu’, on Thursday. The album is her tribute to the late music luminary Lata Mangeshkar on the latter’s birth anniversary.

The album features five songs ‘Piya Tose Naina Laage Re’, ‘Aapki Nazron Ne Samjha’, ‘Kuhu Kuhu Bole Koyaliya’, ‘Bekas Pe Karam’ and ‘O Sajna’.

Through this release, Khatija also tips her humble hat to the original, legendary composers and arrangers as well as the esteemed lyricists of these classic songs — Sd Burman, Madan Mohan, Adi Narayana Rao, Naushad, Salil Chowdhury, Shailendra, Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, Bharat Vyas and Shakeel Badayuni.

Talking about ‘Kuhu Kuhu’, Khatija said: “I began learning music in my teenage years. I had always marvelled at Lata Mangeshkar ji’s artistry, but when my teacher introduced me to ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ and other songs was when...

Musician Khatija Rahman, who is also the daughter of Grammy and Oscar-winning composer A R Rahman, released her debut album titled ‘Kuhu Kuhu’, on Thursday. The album is her tribute to the late music luminary Lata Mangeshkar on the latter’s birth anniversary.

The album features five songs ‘Piya Tose Naina Laage Re’, ‘Aapki Nazron Ne Samjha’, ‘Kuhu Kuhu Bole Koyaliya’, ‘Bekas Pe Karam’ and ‘O Sajna’.

Through this release, Khatija also tips her humble hat to the original, legendary composers and arrangers as well as the esteemed lyricists of these classic songs — Sd Burman, Madan Mohan, Adi Narayana Rao, Naushad, Salil Chowdhury, Shailendra, Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, Bharat Vyas and Shakeel Badayuni.

Talking about ‘Kuhu Kuhu’, Khatija said: “I began learning music in my teenage years. I had always marvelled at Lata Mangeshkar ji’s artistry, but when my teacher introduced me to ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ and other songs was when...

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