After Atif Aslam, another Pakistani singer Adnan Sami has lent his voice to Salman Khan’s ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’. Sami has reprised popular Pakistani qawwali ‘Bhar Do Jholi Meri’ which will be first qawwali of his career. But, the original owner of this qawwali is not happy with this move.
Pakistan’s biggest record label EMI Pakistan and Amjad Sabri qawwal, heir to the famous Sabri brothers, have called for legal action against the producers of the film and Amjad Sabri said, “This is not an ordinary Kalaam; it’s the property of my family and will continue to be so for the coming seven generations. This is an asset of my father Ghulam Farid Sabri and my uncle Maqbool Sabri,” local media reported.
Amjad is not only unhappy by the work ethics of the Indian producers but is also disappointed at the quality of the Bollywood version of the qawwali. “They have not done justice to the heritage of our elders and I have hired a lawyer to sort out this matter,” he added.
‘Bhar Do Jholi Meri’ is the same Pakistani qawwali ‘Bhar Do Jholi Meri Ya Mohammad’ which was sung by the legendary Sabri brothers.
The song has been reprised in an upcoming movie on request of leading actor of the movie Salman Khan. He personally called Adnan Sami and said, “Bro, there is this particular song and it's a qawwali and I'd really love you to sing it,” shared Sami with Times of India. “I loved the challenge as I have never sung a qawwali before. And okay for Salman anything,” he added.
As per the details shared by the record label, the original qawwali was written by Purnam Allahbadi, composed by Maqbool Sabri and performed by Sabri Brothers for the purpose of recording a soundtrack in 1975.
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