Posted on 15 February 2011 by PakBee - Total hits: 10,653
The Prince of Pop, Ali Zafar who has always made peppy music, has taken a step in a new direction, the Sufi direction. He tells that his new venture ‘Jhoom‘ is a totally mature Sufi album, something that he has never tried before.
“Jhoom is a sufi album, and it takes my music to another level. It’s different from anything I have ever done before. I think today’s music survives only for a month, and I believe that music should be timeless. I want to be remembered for my music.”
Ali Zafar says that you need to be inspired to write music and my inspiration behind ‘Jhoom’ came from the Coke Studio Season 2 Sessions. He says that he wanted to recreate the magic of Coke Studio in his studio album.
“Over the last few years, I’ve been thinking about what more I could do. I found the answers in the Coke Studio Sessions, where I sang some sufi poetry in a live session. I realized how perfect it was! It was different, mature, and it was an energy that I wanted to recreate in the studio. That’s how Jhoom happened. I’ve grown up listening to Kishore Kumar, Mohammed Rafi and Hemant Kumar. But Kishore Kumar became Kishore Kumar only after he discovered his own style. In my last two albums, their influence on my music was very obvious. So, in Jhoom, I’ve tried to find my own style.”
Ali Zafar also told about how he got his first Hollywood Project.
“I was at the Dubai Fashion Week some time ago, and was performing on the ramp. After the show, Fox executives came up to me and told me that they had been gauging me, and said they wanted one of my tracks on Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. We negotiated for two days, and the deal was closed after that! So, it’s unbelievable, but my song ‘Dekha‘ will feature in the movie.”
Posted on 14 February 2011 by PakBee - Total hits: 4,974
NEW DELHI: Interior Minister A. Rehman Malik on Sunday telephoned High Commissioner of Pakistan to New Delhi Shahid Malik to inquire details about the detention of famous Pakistani singer, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan at Indira Gandhi International Airport.
According to a statement issued here on Sunday, the minister said that he was examining the matter. He has also asked Pakistani High Commissioner to India to monitor the matter thoroughly.
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan who was arrested at Delhi airport on Sunday for possessing undeclared currency of 100,000 US dollars will be presented before court on Monday.
His manager Chitresh Srivastava has also been arrested.
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan arrived here on a flight from Karachi and was intercepted by personnel from Directorate of Revenue Intelligence.
Khan has several hit numbers to his credit and had won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer this year for ‘Dil To Bachcha Hai Ji’ from the movie ‘Ishqiya’.
Rahat, 37, who has crooned several Bollywood chartbusters, had flown from Karachi to New Delhi. He is the nephew of Pakistani singing legend Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
Posted on 25 January 2011 by PakBee - Total hits: 9,014
Tonight, we experienced the live performance of Pakistan’s rising heart throb, the Bachana fame artist ‘Bilal Khan’. Along with him, there were three more Underground Bands Syed Zia Uddin Quadri, Nuts n Bolts, Redemption & Infinity who also performed pretty well. Here we have just received and processed some Exclusive Pictures of the event.
