" Hadiqa Kiani’s latest album Aasmaan features a predominantly “Pop/Bangrha” sound, and tends to be quite cheesy, thus not satisfying her more serious listeners, but it manages to have some fantastic numbers that prove Hadiqa’s strength as an artist. One of the songs that pop out automatically is the Kalama Iqbal titled “Az Chasme Saqi”. The song is sung in Persian with an English translation, which had many thinking that the song was just going to be a song on the album and not a single. But once again Hadiqa did the unpredictable and released a song in two languages which the average Pakistanis do not understand. Regardless, music is a universal language and Hadiqa has proven that in this Persian number. The song has an Arabic vibe, which probably comes from the experience Hadiqa has had performing in the Middle East during these past few years. Another surprise is Hadiqa’s almost perfect English accent which is a big improvement from her subtle Desi accent which flowed through the English album “Rough Cut” which she released in 2007. Now to the video, it starts off with scriptures of Allama Iqbal along with a few pictures of the legendary poet and his life; these images come and go throughout the video. Then Hadiqa comes to the screen with a full band behind her, she is wearing an eastern dress in a B&W setting, almost looking like a gypsy. The song features Coke Studio flutist Baqir Abbas clad like the others in a white collared shirt with a black vest, a very classic western look from an all Pakistani band supporting Hadiqa’s husky vocals. Overall the video manages to satisfy the viewers while giving a brief look into the life of Pakistan’s national poet Allama Iqbal. Recently the band Strings presented their video titled “Titliyaan” and the video featured the legends of Pakistani music everyone from Iqbal Bano to Assad Amanat Ali, maybe artists like Hadiqa and the Strings duo can inspire our youth to learn more about our legends and also just to respect the legends of Pakistan a little more…"
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