ඉෂාක් බෙග්
6 songs performed
Ishaq Beg (also written Ishark Beg, Ishak Beg, and Ishaq Mohideen Beg) is a Sri Lankan playback and stage singer, best known as a son of the late Mohideen Baig and as one of the performers who has kept his father’s devotional and patriotic repertoire alive on the live circuit and on record.
Ishaq Beg is a son of Kala Suri Alhaj A. M. Kareem Mohideen Baig (1919 to 1991), the Indian-born singer who became one of the most recorded voices in Sinhala music. Mohideen Baig had several children, and two of his sons, Ishaq and his brother Ilyas, went on to sing professionally and carry the family name forward. Ishaq was born and raised in Sri Lanka.
By his own account Ishaq had not planned on a singing career. He stepped into it in 1991, after his father died only days before a major scheduled concert, taking over the performance with the high, carrying voice he had inherited. He has said he had no formal voice training and relied on natural ability.
Over the years he released roughly 30 cassettes and CDs, drawing heavily on his father’s compositions, and performed for Sri Lankan audiences abroad in Australia, the Middle East, and London. He also appeared in films as a background singer, and recorded duets with artists including GSB Rani and Latha Walpola.
Much of what Ishaq Beg performs is the catalogue made famous by his father, Mohideen Baig, including Buddhist devotional and patriotic numbers. Lyrics-lk hosts several of these recordings, with Sinhala lyrics, transliteration, and English translation alongside.
For listeners who grew up on Mohideen Baig’s voice, the recordings of Ishak Beg and his brother Ilyas are a way that catalogue stays in performance rather than only in archive. Searchers also reach these songs under the spellings Ishaq Baig and Ishaq Mohideen Beg, all referring to the same singer.
Every Sinhala lyric, composition, and song credit by Ishark Beg.