One of Bollywood’s favourite music genres — Sufi — is now making inroads into Kollywood as well.
One of Bollywood’s favourite music genres — Sufi — is now making inroads into Kollywood as well.
Director Anees recently shot a song sequence, featuring a Sufi group from Chennai, for his Jai-Nazriya-Heeba-starrer Thirumanam Ennum Nikkah.
Anees says, “Kollywood, so far, has not explored Sufism in its music. These songs are soulful and I believe this is the first time that a Sufi number is being recorded in a straight Tamil film. We roped in Arif and his group, who have been practising this stream of music for generations, to record and shoot for the song. The number, which starts as Zam Zam, is in Urdu, and is about murshid, rituals in Islam and sings praise of Khwaja of Ajmer. We canned the sequence, which also features Jai, in Hyderabad recently.”
He adds, “Arif and his group perform at a temple in Mylapore, where pooja rituals of all the three religions are held regularly.” Interestingly, AR Rahman has composed and recorded several Sufi numbers in Bollywood. One of his famous songs, Khwaja Mere Khwaja (from the film Jodhaa Akbar), was also released in Tamil.
Director Anees recently shot a song sequence, featuring a Sufi group from Chennai, for his Jai-Nazriya-Heeba-starrer Thirumanam Ennum Nikkah.
Anees says, “Kollywood, so far, has not explored Sufism in its music. These songs are soulful and I believe this is the first time that a Sufi number is being recorded in a straight Tamil film. We roped in Arif and his group, who have been practising this stream of music for generations, to record and shoot for the song. The number, which starts as Zam Zam, is in Urdu, and is about murshid, rituals in Islam and sings praise of Khwaja of Ajmer. We canned the sequence, which also features Jai, in Hyderabad recently.”
He adds, “Arif and his group perform at a temple in Mylapore, where pooja rituals of all the three religions are held regularly.” Interestingly, AR Rahman has composed and recorded several Sufi numbers in Bollywood. One of his famous songs, Khwaja Mere Khwaja (from the film Jodhaa Akbar), was also released in Tamil.
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