Sunday, November 26, 2017

Mika’s version was indeed Dumdaar

The soundtrack of D-Day, which released in 2013, featured a version of Duma Dum Mast Qalandar*, the iconic qawwali.

Over the years, a number of Sing(h)ers have immortalised it, but Mika rendered the version which was used in the film.

The track, which was four minutes and 40 seconds long, was penned by Niranjan Iyengar and composed by Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa.

[*Note: Originally written by Amir Khusrow in honour of Shahbaz Qalandar (the Sufi saint from Sehwan Sharif, Sindh), it was adapted by Bulleh Shah. Ashiq Hussain composed the modern melody.] 

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