One of Adnan Sami's most popular songs is Lift Karade. It is as if fate heard him, fast tracked his musical career to chart-topping heights and then decided to keep toppling him over and enjoying his arduous scrabble out of quicksand. As his songs led the indipop music revolution of the nineties, his personal life was discordant. If he had the unstinting support of his loving family, he also had to cope with duplicitous wives, obesity, alcoholism and cross-border politics. If he became the poster boy and style icon for the overweight, he was also an inspiration for healthy weight loss. No matter what curveballs life threw at him, he fought and won, never letting go of his resilience and grace. The toughest battle for a Pakistani-Canadian national was for Indian citizenship in an atmosphere of toxic jingoism. Today, his life is at peace with a wife who loves him, children who look up to him, and a Padma Shri from the Government of India. The cacophony of his life has settled at last into a pleasing harmony. His dramatic life conveys that talent can take an artiste places, but it is that never-give-up courage that makes the journey worthwhile.
| Published | 18 Aug 2025 |
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| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 290 |
| ISBN | 9789354352669 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury India |
| Dimensions | 216 x 135 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
