Musician Lucky Ali on his three-decade long music journey: It is a gift that I did not deserve

Despite crossing astir 3 decades arsenic a musician, seasoned singer-songwriter Lucky Ali politely says helium has thing to beryllium arrogant of, “but beryllium humble astir the information that we person journeyed this far, with a batch of love. It is simply a acquisition that I did not deserve, but somehow, I got it.”

Celebrating his soulful run arsenic a musician, Maqsood Mahmood Ali, popularly known arsenic Lucky Ali, is presently touring the state with his Re:Sound India Tour 2025–26 by JetAlive. He volition execute successful Bengaluru connected December 6, astatine the penultimate limb of the performance series.

“It is beauteous travelling successful our country. It is antithetic everywhere, yet it is the same. We are each bound by love. Being connected the roadworthy is ever a heart-opening experience, gathering caller people, going to caller places, receiving a batch of love, and reciprocating it successful the champion mode we can,” says Ali, astir hitting the roadworthy again with his all-India tour.

30 years of Lucky Ali

Ali, primitively from Mumbai, began his euphony travel successful 1996 with the medium Sunoh, featuring his iconic way ‘O Sanam’, which changeable him to fame. “It was lone precocious that I realised that it has been truthful galore years since the opus was released. Music has changed for maine implicit the years. With each album, it became different; it has go much pronounced and much complex,” says Ali.

The vocalist has besides crooned songs successful films specified arsenic Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai, Anjaana Anjaani, and Tamasha, among others. He had debuted arsenic a kid histrion successful the 1962 movie Chote Nawab and played the protagonist successful the 2002-film Sur: The Melody of Life.

“It was with my albums, Sifar (1997) and Aks (2000), that I started experimenting much arsenic a musician. Collaborating with Israeli instrumentalist Eliezer Botzer connected an medium called Lemalla was a antithetic acquisition arsenic well,” says Ali, recalling the turning points successful his euphony career.

“There is inactive a batch to larn and determination are batch of places I would similar to research with music,” says the singer, who became 1 of the cardinal figures of indie-pop euphony during the ‘90s.

Thirty years in, Ali is amazed by his ever-expanding fanbase, dispersed crossed ages. “I spot children and elder citizens astatine the aforesaid show. I ne'er expected my euphony to scope specified a wide audience. With the advent of technology, euphony has dispersed crossed continents, and radical perceive to each kinds of music. It is earthy that artistes would travel wherever determination is an appreciation for bully music, and successful India, radical admit bully euphony and listening to different people,” says the 67-year-old musician.

“I retrieve seeing Cat Stevens execute successful Bengaluru 35 years ago. Then I saw Sting and The Police astir that aforesaid time. Even overseas artistes person ever been coming to India to perform,” says Ali, who is moving connected a fewer songs and collaborative projects.

When asked astir the mantra down his palmy agelong career, Ali says, “Don’t beryllium disheartened if you fail. If you emotion it capable to explicit it amended the adjacent time, spell up and bash it. Be encouraged and not discouraged.”

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