London-based qawwali aficionado, banker-turned-producer Kamran Anwar, took it upon himself to preserve what he feared would have become a lost story. A year-long sabbatical to channel his passion for ...

Pierre-Alain Baud was at Theatre de la Ville in Paris by chance. He had just finished listening to a concert by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Party. Like many other foreign ears, before and since, he was ...

Anu Malik said Javed Akhtar objected to the use of words like “Check that, like that” in Tumse Milke Dil Ka, from Shah Rukh Khan's 2004 film Main Hoon Na. Shah Rukh Khan and Sushmita Sen in Main Hoon ...

LAHORE: Qawwali performance does not have to be religiously motivated or oriented towards the divine. It is an expression of love and can be addressed to the divine in any of its multiple conceptions ...

We are committed to the purest form of Sufi qawwali that is the classical form and we take immense pride in our 700-year-old legacy,” says Sultan Hussain Niyazi, one of the brothers from the group ...

This playlist features Pakistani and Indian world music artists I deeply admire. They bent the rules and took chances, creating something new and sublime along the way. The most famous female qawwal, ...

Sufi Kathak exponent Manjari Chaturvedi hosted the first edition of the Qawwali Symposium in the city. The objective behind the educational seminar, titled Understanding Qawwali, was to bring the art ...

This legendary singer's unique blend of traditional Qawwali with contemporary music has made him a household name, and his ...

Blending the rich traditions of qawwali and jazz, this unique collaboration between Riyaaz Qawwali and the Jalen Baker Ensemble brings together musicians from two distinct types of music based in ...

City-based NGO Wishes and Blessings hosted the fourth edition of its annual fundraising event, Jashn-e-Qawwali 2025, over the weekend. Held on September 12, the ...

Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Tumse Milke Dilka Jo Haal’s Music From ‘Main Hoon Na’ Made Javed Akhtar Walk Out Of Writing It, Reveals Anu Malik ( Photo Credit – Instagram; Wikimedia; YouTube ) The 2004 film Main ...