God be, God be. My drink came home. On the bead of breath. We grew up listening to many timeless songs and Qawwals like My Message Pakistan and Dumma Dum Mast Qalandar, but the magic of these songs and Qawwals did not fade.
27 years ago, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan left this world. But his voice lives on, his legacy continues to attract new generations.
This is going to be the first time in almost 30 years that a documentary is being made on the life of this great artist, telling us his untold story.
To know what that story is, Independent Urdu has had a detailed conversation with the film's producer Saina Bashir.
Saina said she had been working on the project for the 'last two-and-a-half years', with the main aim being to 'reach out to people around the world who were very close to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Because they could tell better about his personality'.
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He said that 'there were no cell phones at that time, so it was very difficult to find the 26-year-old archive and the organizers of the shows. But we managed to find 500 hours of archive footage that is rare and never seen before. From which it will be known how Khan Sahib was actually. Who was the real person behind this legend?'
Talking about the release of the songs that have not yet reached the audience, Saina said, “Peter Gabriel's Reel World Record Company got a lot of songs from his archive two years ago and the album is now out in September. Main is going to be released, in which we are working with him.
About the release of the documentary, he said, 'We have done several interviews, the footage is there and work is in progress, which will be released at the end of next year. For which we are also in talks with various streaming platforms.
