Mumbai, Nov 8 – She has absorbed herself in Sufi music and is active overextension Sufism with her singing. So Bollywood offers can wait, says acclaimed Pakistani accompanist Abida Parveen.
'I accumulate on accepting offers. Yash Chopra, Subhash Ghai and abounding others accept offered to me to sing in their films. But I accept absorbed myself in Sufi music and to advance that bulletin beyond is what I am active doing,' Abida, 56, told IANS in a telephonic account from Lahore.
'It's a time-consuming affair to advance the bulletin of Sufism and that is why I accept not got abundant time to say yes to any of the blur offers till now,' she added.
Sufi music has been more authoritative appropriate into the blur industry with abounding cine soundtracks accepting at atomic one song with Sufi influences.
Commenting on the trend, Abida said: 'The aftertaste and blow of Sufi music started advancing in Bollywood through my song 'Thaiyyan thaiyyan', which was adapted into 'Chaiyyan chaiyyan' ('Dil Se').'
'Then it started overextension and abounding films started accepting songs with a Sufi touch. Today it has become absolutely accepted in Bollywood, which is a acceptable thing. These songs accumulate adulation and altruism intact. That's why these songs affix with bodies and blow souls,' she added.
Abida, who is a accompanist of Sindhi descent, sings mainly ghazals and Urdu adulation songs. But her ability is Kafis, a abandoned brand accompanied by bang and harmonium, application a repertoire of songs by Sufi poets.
Known for songs like 'Duma dum mast qalandar', 'Tere Ishq nachaya' and 'Ho jamalo', the accompanist croons in assorted languages – Urdu, Sindhi, Seraiki, Punjabi and Persian. Her aftermost anthology 'Rukh-e-Murshid', a accolade to her airy adept Murshid Sahibzada Muhammad Najeeb Sultan, appear aftermost year.
She is set to mesmerise her admirers in the Indian basic Nov 13 at a concert, which is a collective action by NGO Routes2Roots and ICCR and IWPC aimed at bridging the bisect amid India and Pakistan.
'Music is a actual acceptable way of overextension adulation and accord amid India and Pakistan. Music is the allowance of god and it consistently helps in abutting and bringing bodies together,' said the singer.
'It takes advanced the bulletin of altruism and alliance and that's why I absolutely like the abstraction of this concert area they alarm artists from beyond the borders to perform,' she added.
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