Rashida khatoon qawwali biography of mahatma

The Hindi film Qawwali series continues on the blog. We visited the qawwalis from the 40s and the 50s , with covering the 60s.

The first couple of parts had a number of my favourites, and it was difficult for me to choose songs.

The present part covering the 70s and the 80s was relatively easy as the number of my favourites were less and new additions if any were also good making the job easy for me. As I always confess, I’m rather weak in my knowledge from the late 70s till the mid 80s.

As per my observation, the qawwalis from the covered period were good, but of course much less enjoyable than the earlier decades.

However the typical captivating rhythm of the qawwali always makes one tap his feet and also clap.

Biography of mahatma gandhi

The qawwali originated as a devotional song, and in the 80s, I could find a few songs that actually fit the original concept. Other songs are mainly the Hindi film versions of qawwali. Amidst the well known qawwalis, I’ve added a few songs which I heard fo