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The
year 2006 was perhaps one of the best years for the
music industry. Our musicians and pop crooners were
appreciated both on national and international levels.
New music channels including the international MTV,
AAG and Play were launched. The talent of our pop
stars Jawad Ahmed, Atif Aslam, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
and Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan was recognized in Bollywood.
They all sang the hottest selling numbers of Bollywood
movies.
The year 2006 also saw the comeback of two Pakistani
pop music giants, Alamgir and Zoheb Hassan. Both came
back with a bang. Sajjad Ali proved that there is
no comparison of his singing capabilities. Atif launched
his new album Doorie and Ali Zafar came up with Masti.
Both had one thing in common, the videos were made
in India. We seriously think that beside the big budgets
and huge names, both videos lacked the artistic touch
and heavily relied on vulgarity, Ali was not hesitant
to show his skin and that of his female co-stars.
Dear Atif and Ali, our video directors are very talented
and are making superb videos. Please, next time instead
of going for an outing and spending fortunes on the
videos, simply rely on our local talent. We assure
you that Saqib, Jami, Umar Anwar, Jawad Bashir or
Sohail Javed can do a better job.
Zeeshan Perwez directed an animated video for Ali
Azmat’s Teri Yaad. We have no doubt in our minds
that this video is aesthetically the most powerful
video of 2006.
Haroon came out from his hibernation and delivered
a very peppy song Jiya Jaye. Talented Amna Khan directed
the video of the song. Jawad’s Aasman Say Ooncha
is a tribute to young Pakistanis. He changed his singing
style in this song, and his new rock styled song is
gaining popularity.
Aaroh finally came out with a masterpiece, Raag Neela,
although the video is an exact frame by frame copy
of a European band’s video, the song is widely
appreciated. This is perhaps the only song released
in 2006 that really doesn’t need a video.
Then in 2006 Shan, seeing the dying film industry,
ventured into the world of directing videos. With
two great videos (tributes to Madam Noorjehan and
Ustad Mehdi Hassan Khan) he proved his mettle.
Annie, with her ultra modern looks but without a proper
singing talent, appeared like a bubble and vanished
into thin air. The young and talented Umar Inayat
proved with his hit numbers that he is here to stay.
Abbas Ali Khan totally relied on Malal and in the
last month of 2006 came up with a remix version of
the song that completely ruined the whole listening
pleasure.
Lastly, the most shining stars and in our point of
view, the winners of 2006 music scene were the young
Raaga Boys. They all are teenage brothers and sons
of the great music legend Ustad Hamid Ali Khan.
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