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fia chicago Pays glowing tribute to

fia director mir ali

ChICAGO, IL
musical companies and helped them
get established.
ederation of Indian Associa- He was also serving as Director
tions [FIA] Chicago IL, paid
Fglowing tributes to its team in Team FIA and his contributions
to Team FIA will be forever remem-
member Mir Ali to honor his life and bered. With his charismatic personal-
his contributions and hosted a virtual ity, he always made FIA events more
event, ‘FIA Tribute to Director Mir special, and FIA expresses deep
Ali’ via zoom, on Jan 08, 2022 at 2:00 sorrow and despair at the untimely
PM (CT) from Schaumburg IL. Mr demise of Mir Bhai. In February, he
Mir Ali had suffered a massive and was going to receive an award from
fatal heart attack, on Jan 07, 2022 another prominent community orga-
at 6:30am at his residence where he nization, MEATF and he was sched-
passed away. uled to travel to Saudi Arabia for an
This condolences ceremony was
presided by FIA Chairman Sunil invitational musical tour, but his jour-
ney of life ended too soon. Now even
Shah and President Hitesh Gand- though he is no longer with us, he will
hi, Founding Member Neil Khot continue to live on in our memories
and anchored & moderated by and hearts forever. He is survived by
Gen Secretary Richa Chand. This his wife, Farkhunda Jabeen Ali, son
event was also supported by the Nazar Ali & daughter Nida Ali.
entire Team FIA, Advisory Board --Asian Media USA
Members, Friends & Supporters of
FIA: AAEIO, Mall of India, Out-
land-media and Asian Media USA. eryone feel teary eyed, at the same
The event was very well attended by time reminded them of what a fine
Team FIA members, several leaders, artist and human being he was.
thinkers, artists and friends and fam- Mr Mir Ali (Apr 20, 1962 - Jan
ily. And originally scheduled to be 07, 2022), hailed from Hyderabad
just one hour long, but it took 3 hrs India, and migrated to the USA, and
to complete, since all present at the lived with his family, in Carol stream
event wanted to share their grief and IL. His old mother also lived with
sorrow….and such is the greatness of them. Mr Mir Ali, fondly known as
this noble human being. Mir Bhai, by his friends and contacts
The event started with the Shanti was a very well-known name in our
Mantras and Prayers offered by Anu community here in Chicagoland.
Malhotra and opening condolences By profession, he was a Banker,
speeches by Sunil Shah and Hitesh but by heart he was a passionate mu-
Gandhi. A tribute video was played, sician. He loved singing and was very
capturing the precious moments in famous as the ‘Voice of Mukesh’,
Mir Ali ji’s life. Prominent leaders and was a huge fan of Late legend-
who also spoke were Neil Khot, Rita ary Bollywood singer, Mukesh. He
Shah, Mukesh Shah, Dhitu Bhgwa- was also trained in playing classical
kar, Smita Shah, Keerthi Reevori, instruments, Tabla and Harmonium.
Suresh Bodiwala, Ajeet Singh, Harry He hosted several successful musical
Siddhu, Mujeeb Ahmed, Gurmeet events with his team, ‘Mir Ali and
Singh Dhalwaan, Vinita Gulabani, Group’ and provided opportunity
Abir Maru, Richa Chand, Ila Chaud- and platform to many new and up-
hari, Pika Munshi, Jitendra Balsara, coming artists. He was always on the
Dr Fawaad Ahmad, Malti Pand- lookout for the new talent and pro-
hi, Monalisha Borghain, Manmeet moted them wholeheartedly and also
Kaur, Vidya Joshi, Vikas Kalwani, helped many of the existing artists to
Chandni Kalra, Dr Afroz Hafeez and showcase their singing, dancing and
many more friends who gave their event management skills. He sup-
heartfelt condolences to the cher- ported a lot of needy people finan-
ished friend and colleague that they cially by taking care of their educa-
lost all too sudden. Song video clips tion and wedding expenses, just like
of Mir were played several times in his own family. He also encouraged
between the speeches, that made ev- many of his friends to start their own

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