Abt. his mother ...she is also very good singer but nobody knows abt her because she does not sing publicily. She only sings for pooran shah koti when she cooks or at some other time...But she is also having sensational voice. no doubt saleem is great artist. but let us talk abt his father instead of saleem today.
As we all know that saleem's father is USTAD POORAN SHAH JI KOTI.So if I try to write abt the qualities of USTAD POORAN SHAH JI KOTI. then I am going to have shortage of words so let us talk abt his life how he started his singing and how he became the Sufi singer of Punjab...........USTAD POORAN SHAH JI KOTI............ji belong to MARASI cast of HINDU Community......So in Punjab they are also called BHAND....So tradition of BHAND.... people was to visit every house where some Happy Things like marriage, new born baby and some other things which can be celebrated, BHAND people visit those places and they make some fun by doing comedy and singing different songs and in this way they collect money from different people and in this way they spend their life.
So by being in this tradition, USTAD POORAN SHAH JI KOTI............ himself says "marasi kabeele da hon karke main jammda hi gaan lagg gaya si,te jadon hosh sambhale udon sur vich gaun lag gya so is tarah eh mera sangeet ishq kadon junoon vich badal gya pata hi na lagga"....... USTAD POORAN SHAH JI KOTI............hardly completed his study up to 8th standard and then he had to leave study due to unavailability of resources and he had to work hard.
His work was singing with which he was earning money......
