Anwar Hussain known more by his first name Anwar, is a playback singer who rose to prominence in the Hindi playback industry because of the uncanny resemblance of his voice with that of singer Mohammed Rafi. His most popular song to date are "Dosti imtihan leti hai" from Manmohan Desai directed Amitabh Bachchan and Shatrughan Sinha-starrer Naseeb (1981), and "Aisa bhi dekho waqt" from Mahesh Bhatt directed Aditya Pancholi-starrer Saathi (1991).Anwar made his debut as playback singer in the film Mere Gharib Nawaaz (1973) and the music director who gave him this break was Kamaal Rajasthani. Music Director Kamal Rajasthani relates that during the recording sessions of the song "Kasme Hum Apno Jaan Ki" for this film, Mohammed Rafi was so impressed that he described Anwar as the one singer who could take his place after him. Indeed, the rendition of that song shows promise, but the film, flopped very badly at the box office and the songs also did not find traction with the audience.