After acting in Marathi films like 'Rita' and 'Hridaynath', Bollywood actor Jackie Shroff has recently shot a Marathi qawwali The track has a beautiful Sufi feel and I enjoyed shooting for it. There ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Over pulsating drums, vigorous handclaps and harmoniums, the voices come in waves, each higher than the last.

In Swami Public Ltd., the recently released film by director Gajendra Ahirey, famous bollywood singer Sukhwinder Sing has gone experimental and have sung a qawwali number for the Marathi audience. On ...

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is widely credited for bringing global attention to Qawwali music, extending the 600yr old Qawwali tradition of his family. By the time of his death following a heart attack, ...

Devotees pray ahead of the Ganesh festival in Mumbai. Photo: Rafiq Maqbool/AP In the hybrid world of Indian film music, unpredictable and unusual concoctions abound and thrive. A film song that begins ...

KARACHI: Thriving for almost 32 centuries, the rich historical tradition of Qawwali was the topic of a workshop at the National Academy of Performing Arts on Sunday. From Vedic chants to becoming a ...

It is with this rich history in mind, buried today under a thin layer of dust that comes with the changing times, the Urdu Markaz started the Bhendi Bazaar Urdu Festival in 2014. On Saturday, February ...