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May, 2006. Desert heat. 48 degrees Celcius. The Kabir project team had a knack for picking suicidal weather conditions for our field sound recordings. We pitched camp in Bikaner to record with an amazing folk musician from Rajasthan – Mukhtiyar Ali.
It was the last day of the shoot and our hi-fi equipment was all packed and ready to go. Mukhtiyar ji’s wife had made us our last cup of tea when quite suddenly he burst into this song with his two young sons – Waqar Yunus and Munshad joining in. There was no time to pull out the equipment, and we captured it on a simple Sony PD-150 camera. But it became a very special moment for us and later for the film Had Anhad.
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Find lyrics/translation of this song at
http://ajabshahar.com/songs/details/18/Saannu-Ik-Pal-Chain-Na&title=Saannu-Ik-Pal-Chain-Na
Discover a universe of Bhakti, Sufi, Baul poetry and music at http://www.ajabshahar.org.
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Mukhtiyar Ali is an extraordinary performer of Sufiana kalaam and Bhakti songs from the village of Pugal, in the western-most part of the state of Rajasthan in India. He belongs to the Mirasi community, whose traditional occupation has been to sing, and has imbibed the tradition from his own father and elders. Today he is a highly versatile artist, collaborating with many contemporary musicians such as Vasundhara Das and Mathias Duplessy. For the Kabir Project team however, Mukhtiyar ji remains the feisty singer we met in Pugal, whose music blew our minds, and whose understanding of Kabir was honest, clear and from the heart!
Contact Mukhtiyar at: 91-94131-06911, [email protected], www.mukhtiyarali.com.
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Get Mukhtiyar Ali's music at
https://www.oklisten.com/MukhtiyarAli
See how we edited this song into the film Had Anhad at http://youtu.be/LdEyAdZm1PU
See Mukhtiyar Ali sing this song at the Bangalore Festival of Kabir 2009 at http://ajabshahar.com/songs/details/13/Saannu-Ik-Pal-Chain-Na&title=Saannu-Ik-Pal-Chain-Na
DVD of the film Had Anhad available at http://www.amazon.in/dp/B00PJTQILW
Ajab Shahar is a digital archive of mystic poetry and music drawing from the rich Bhakti and Sufi oral traditions in India and beyond... Explore a world of sung and spoken wisdom at https://ajabshahar.com
Song Credits:
Vocals & Harmonium: Mukhtiyar Ali
Second & Third Vocals: Waqar Yunus & Munshad
Translation: Shabnam Virmani & Vipul Rikhi
Video Credits:
Camera: Shabnam Virmani
Editing: Shruti Kulkarni
Production Support: Smriti Chanchani
Sub-Titling: Kabir Khanna
Collection: The Kabir Project
Date of Recording:
30 May, 2006
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