Lucky Ali

Maqsood Mehmood Ali (born September 19, 1958), popularly known as Lucky Ali, is an Indian singer and celebrity. He has also acted in Bollywood movies (Kaante, Sur). Lucky is best known for his soulful but strikingly simple ballad-style singing.

Lucky Ali is the second of the eight children of the popular Bollywood comedian, Mehmood. His mother Madhuri, was a Bengali and the sister of a popular Indian actress of the 1960s - Meena Kumari. He attended the Bombay Scottish School in Mumbai, Hampton Court in Mussoorie, St. Georges College in Mussoorie, Rajkumar College, Raipur and St. Bishop Cottons Boys School, Bangalore. His first wife was Masooma, who accepted Islam after marrying Lucky Ali. She acted in the video O Sanam from his first album Sunoh. Lucky Ali has two children from his first wife - Tasmia and Ta'awwuz. He has a second wife, Inaya (maiden name Anaida). Originally a Parsi, she also accepted Islam after marriage. Lucky Ali's third child is a girl named Sara from his second wife.

Lucky and his father Mehmood did not get along very well. Mehmood was a very busy actor in 1960s, and remained away from home for his shoots. Once, when Lucky's mother came with him to receive Mehmood at the airport, Lucky didn't recognize his father and on seeing him said, "He's the film comedian Mehmood!" Lucky has tried marijuana and his drug abuse problem led Mehmood to write the script of the movie Dushman Duniya Ka (Enemy of the World). The movie stars Ali's youngest brother, 21 year old Manzoor. It is the story of the drug abuse of a young man called Lucky. In the end the young man kills his mother, destroys everything around him and is then killed by his father. Lucky Ali was furious with his father's vision and refused to act in the movie. "I felt the story lacked hope," he said. However he sang his first song for a movie for the film.

Lucky's wanderlust has taken him many places. He used to breed race horses, and also ran a carpet-cleaning business with his friend Aslam (who penned the lyrics for his first album Sunoh, and for his second album Sifar). He then worked in an oil rig in Pondicherry. He has settled somewhere near Glen Eden in Auckland, New Zealand.