'Sannu Ik Pal Chain Na Aave' by Mukhtiyar Ali (2009)

By the time Mukhtiyar Ali sang this song at the Bangalore Festival of Kabir in 2009, he had already acquired a sizeable fan following, evident in the excited cheers from the audience. Three years earlier he sung this song for us (a Sufi classic made popular by the legendary Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan), while teaching his young sons – Waqar Yunus and Munshad - in his home village of Pugal, Bikaner. That moment captured in our film Had Anhad, had moved and charmed many audiences. So when Mukhtiyar ji struck the first unmistakable notes of this song, on the 2nd day of the Bangalore Festival, the moment was electric!

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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, mukhtiyarali81@gmail.com, www.mukhtiyarali.com.

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See earlier version of this song sung by Mukhtiyar Ali with his sons at http://ajabshahar.com/songs/details/1...
See this song in the film Had Anhad at    • 'Meeting Mukhtiyar Ali' - Episode 03 from ...  
DVD of the film Had Anhad available at http://www.amazon.in/dp/B00PJTQILW

The Festival of Kabir was organized by the Kabir Project, Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology along with several other partner organizations in Bangalore in February 2009. It brought together singers from India and Pakistan in an immersive week-long event that included film screenings, live music concerts and talks.

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 Vocals & harmonium: Fakhruddin
Tabla: Ashok Kumar
Dholak: Kalu Khan
Manjiras: Mushtaq Ali

Translation: Shabnam Virmani & Vipul Rikhi

Video Credits:
Cameras: Tahireh Lal & Vinay Ghodgeri
Sound: Dipanshu Mitra
Editing: Aarthi Parathasarthy
Sub-Titling: Mamta Kandari
Collection: The Kabir Project

Date of Recording:
28 February, 2009