Watched Aik Alif-a rendition of Bulla shah being performed at coke studio by Saieen Zahoor and was completely blown off. There is something about genuineness that touches you and impacts you far more than mere words. In one of the other performances a show host asks whether he has to sit or stand to give his performance to which he humbly replies that however you wish me to to do I'll do that-ask me to sit-I'll do so, ask me to stand-and will do so, ask me to lie down-I'll do that too. The video posted here, in the middle of it he goes into the trance and starts turning around in circles, and you know immediately that its not doing it out of any false showmanship but because he really is in trance.That itself watching me gave me a lump in the throat.
A commendable effort by Rohail Hyatt for bringing together so many talents together and creating magic. Rohail Hyatt, once a pop star himself and an under-19 cricketer turned singer created what thousands of crores spent in diplomatic efforts and show masks could not do. Just going through the comments of this youtube channel named cokestudio will tell you that the armours are down by both Pakistani and Indian netizens and are unanimously together in cheering our common culture-a phenomenon not seen when it comes to cricket/politics/movies/etc. etc. videos from both sides.Hope that this does not stop here and this stepping stone becomes much more than earnest effort.
