Aa Mil Yaar - Album

The Wadali Brothers Puranchand Wadali And Pyarelal Wadali Were A Sufi Singing Duo From Guru Ki Wadali In The Amritsar District In Punjab India. Born Into The Fifth Generation Of Musicians Given To Singing The Messages Of Sufi Saints The Wadali Brothers Dabbled In The Most Unexpected Of Professions Before They Became Sufi Singers. While Puranchand Wadali The Elder Brother Was A Regular In An Akhara Wrestling Ring For 25 Years Pyarelal Died In 2018 Contributed To The Meager Family Income By Playing The Role Of Krishna In The Village Raasleela Classical Indian Dance . Their Father Thakur Das Wadali Compelled Puranchand To Learn Music. Puranchand Studied Music From Celebrated Masters Like Pandit Durga Das And Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan Of The Patiala Gharana. Pyarelal Was Trained By His Elder Brother Who He Considered His Guru And Mentor Up Till His Death. Their First Musical Performance Outside Their Village Was In Harballabh Temple In Jalandhar. In 1975 The Duo Went To Jalandhar To Perform At The Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan But Was Not Allowed To Sing Because Their Appearance Did Not Pass Muster. Disappointed They Decided To Make A Musical Offering At The Harballabh Temple Where An Executive Of All India Radio Jalandhar Spotted Them And Recorded Their First Song. The Wadali Brothers Sing In The Gurbani Kafi Ghazal And Bhajan Genres Of Music. They Live In Their Ancestral House In Guru Ki Wadali And Teach Music To Those Who Promise To Preserve It. They Do Not Charge Their Disciples And Lead A Very Simple Life Devoted To The Divine One. They Believe In The Sufi Tradition Deeply. They Consider Themselves As A Medium Through Which The Preaching Of Great Saints Is Passed On To Others. They Have Never Indulged Commercially And They Have Only A Handful Of Recordings To Their Name Mostly From Live Concerts . They Believe In Singing Freely As Homage To The Divine One. They Do Not Feel Very Comfortable In Using Electronic Gadgets In Their Music And Stress On Alap And Taans. They Believe That Spiritual Heights Can Only Be Attained If You Sing Unreservedly In A Free Atmosphere. In 2003 They Entered Bollywood Rendering Music Director And Writer Gulzar’s Soulful Lyrics In Their Unique Style In The Film Pinjar. They Also Sang One Song In Dhoop. On The Cards Is A Documentary Which The Discovery Channel Is Planning To Make On Them.
Pyarelal Died On 9 March 2018 After A Cardiac Arrest. Discography
Aa Mil Yaar
Paigham-E-Ishq Ishq Musafir
Folk Music Of Punjab
Yaad Piya Ki
Filmography
Pinjar 2003 Dhoop 2003 Chikku Bukku 2010 Tamil Song "Thooral Nindralum" Sung By Hariharan Wadali Brothers
Tanu Weds Manu 2011 Mausam 2011 Awards
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 1992.
Tulsi Award 1998.
Punjab Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2003.
Puranchand Wadali Was Awarded The Padma Shri Award By The Government Of India 2005.
Life Time Achievement Award 2015 In PTC Awards In Jalandhar read less