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1) ‘Mahia.’ Pakistani artist, Annie, debuted in 2006 with this single that took the country by storm. She followed it up with her first album, ‘Princess.’
2) ‘Maula Maula.’ Arranged and rendered by Rafaquat Ali Khan, ‘Maula Maula’ is a traditional sufi song written by Baba Farid in the twelfth century.
3) ‘Tera Mera Rishta.’ Single composed by Pakistani band Rox3n.
4) ‘Toh Phir Aao.’ Super-hit track from Rox3n’s 2006 album ‘Rozen-e-deewar.’
Let’s start off with the song Mahiya, Let me tell you right off the bat that Annie’s original is much more entertaining than Pritam’s re-arranged version. For starters, Pritam strips the track of its breezy instrumentation and simplistic style. Suzanne D’Mello’s rendition sounds fine. What makes this song (the original) stand out is Annie’s synergistic use of both English and Hindi which blend immaculately, unlike many forced bi-lingual lyrics we hear in today’s filmi scores. The re-written lyrics by Asif Ali Beig (English) and Sayeed Quadri (Hindi) seem to transcend the simplistic boundaries that the effortless melody had set-up in the original. Although Annie may have seemed a bit casual in her rendition, it is what the song called for, and this is what is missing from Pritam’s re-creation, Suzanne’s re-rendition, and Beig/Quadri’s re-writing. | |
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