Here's an excerpt from the interview that I wanted to comment about:
Is Dil Ke Tukde Hazar Hue: An Interview with Altaf Raja!
Ah, Google. How can I sing of thee? I was looking for something else. And the second link I happened to see happened to be this one:
http://www.screenindia.com/20001222/mfeat.htm
Here's an excerpt from the interview that I wanted to comment about:
An overdose of lost love and sorrowful album, does it work with the music lovers? Well Altaf is quick to defend his work. According to him, the emotion of viraha sells better than love songs with jubiliance. “Sadness is more realistic and a person can relate to it better. Everyone has gone through the feeling of loss. All empathise with words and shayari used in my albums," he stresses while authenticating his claim with the sales figures of his previous three albums, that did good business.Oh yeah? Alright, let's take a sample of Altaf Bhai's (I use that word in the loosest sense!) shayari, from his most famous (and debut) single, Tum To Thehre Pardesi:
``Itna haseen zamana aaya tha March lekar
Rah-e-wafa pe thi tum waadon ki torch lekar...''
Wah, ustaad wah! Aji huzoor, wah TORCH boliye!
Here's more: http://crazy4music.netfirms.com/altafraja/biography.shtml