My Abida Parveen collection is growing, and I am thrilled about it. About a year back, I chanced upon the music album 'Faiz By Abida' online. It blew me away. Her full-throated voice, he style of singing with gay abandon (khuli-gayaki) was mind-blowing. Her voice reaches out and touches you in ways you do not expect it to. Added 'Mere Dil Se' to my collection after that. Now, I also have a 2-CD collection of her ghazals and another album titled 'Heer' with foreword by Gulzar.
Of course, she is predominantly a Sufi singer. However, I am not that inclined towards 'Dum Mast Kalandar' and the ilk. Ghazals make me stop everything I am doing and pay rapt attention :-)
P.S > She deserved a better debut than the one she got in 'Baghbaan' as far as Hindi movies go
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Hmm. Is that true Anirudh? I'd be glad if it is. The song was nothing to write home about. BTW, here's an antithesis to my post. I heard the first two ghazals on the album and found to my utter shock that the tunes are the exact same as a couple in 'Faiz by Abida' .... I mean, EXACTLY the same. Seems like a effort to come up with a 'quick' album. I am going to hear the rest of the album later today. Lets hope there is something better in there. She does have the same music director for all the CDs that I have (Bhavdeep Jaipurwale)
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