'Meeting Mukhtiyar Ali' - Episode 3 from the film 'Had Anhad'
ajab shahar - kabir project
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In this episode of the film ‘Had Anhad’ we venture into the village of Pugal in Rajasthan, to meet with the breathtaking Sufi folk singer – Mukhtiyar Ali and his family – and in the process we learn a thing or two about how the Sufi experience relates with Kabir, Ram and the Beloved.
Kabir was a 15th century bhakti poet of north India who defied the boundaries between Hindu and Muslim. He had a Muslim name and upbringing, but his poetry repeatedly invokes the widely revered Hindu name for God – Ram. Who is Kabir’s Ram? The film ‘Had Anhad’ journeys through song and poem into the politics of religion, and finds a myriad answers on both sides of the hostile border between India and Pakistan.
Had Anhad is one of 4 films made by Shabnam Virmani, entitled ‘Journeys with Kabir’, the others being ‘Koi Sunta Hai’, ‘Chalo Hamara Des’ & ‘Kabira Khada Bazaar Mein’. Shabnam is a filmmaker, singer and director of the Kabir Project, located at the Srishti School of Art, Design & Technology in Bangalore, India.
Mukhtiyar Ali is a 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 fiesty singer we met in Pugal, who’s 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.
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
Had Anhad (Bounded-Boundless): Journeys with Ram & Kabir, 104 min, musical documentary, 2009.
DVD of film available at http://www.amazon.in/dp/B00PJTQILW
Film Credits:
Camera & Direction: Shabnam Virmani
Direction Support: Rumah Rasaque & Smriti Chanchani
Script & Editing: Shabnam Virmani & Rikhav Desai
Animation: Orijit Sen & M M Pradeep
Songs by: Mahesha Ram, Prahlad Tipanya, Mukhtiyar Ali, Kaluram
Bamaniya, Shafi Faqir & Fariduddin Ayaz
Sound Recording: P M Satheesh in Rajasthan & Malwa; G M Chand in Pakistan
Sound Mixing: Fireflys Post Sound, Mumbai
Research & Concept: Shabnam Virmani & Tara Kini
Advisors: Linda Hess, Ashok Vajpeyi, Vidya Rao, Purushottam Aggrawal
Translations: Shabnam Virmani, Homayra Ziad & Linda Hess
Financial Support: Ford Foundation, New Delhi
Produced by: Srishti School of Art, Design & Technology, Bangalore
Collection: The Kabir Project
Date of Making: 2009
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For those who don't know much about "mirasi" community ...mirasi is a community living in western rajasthan and from thousands years they r singing and still keeping d ancient Rajasthani folk music alive
As a muslim strongly agreeing him with each and every line the words he spoke are the answers of my question which i had either about religion or life. Blessed after hearing this i hope muslims also learn what he said but i know none will come here that is because the takreer of maulvis on their life had great impact rather listening to a person who is softly explaining the true meaning of life.
At 18:00
"Apan galt kaam krenge na to apna dil jroor btayega ki apan galt kaam kr rhe h"
He will be listened forever.
Wo jinko inki aawaz ki jrurat hogi is video tak pahuch jayenge😇
'Meeting Mukhtiyar Ali' - Episode 3 from the film 'Had Anhad'
ajab shahar - kabir project
263,114 views
In this episode of the film ‘Had Anhad’ we venture into the village of Pugal in Rajasthan, to meet with the breathtaking Sufi folk singer – Mukhtiyar Ali and his family – and in the process we learn a thing or two about how the Sufi experience relates with Kabir, Ram and the Beloved.
Kabir was a 15th century bhakti poet of north India who defied the boundaries between Hindu and Muslim. He had a Muslim name and upbringing, but his poetry repeatedly invokes the widely revered Hindu name for God – Ram. Who is Kabir’s Ram? The film ‘Had Anhad’ journeys through song and poem into the politics of religion, and finds a myriad answers on both sides of the hostile border between India and Pakistan.
Had Anhad is one of 4 films made by Shabnam Virmani, entitled ‘Journeys with Kabir’, the others being ‘Koi Sunta Hai’, ‘Chalo Hamara Des’ & ‘Kabira Khada Bazaar Mein’. Shabnam is a filmmaker, singer and director of the Kabir Project, located at the Srishti School of Art, Design & Technology in Bangalore, India.
Mukhtiyar Ali is a 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 fiesty singer we met in Pugal, who’s 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.
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
Had Anhad (Bounded-Boundless): Journeys with Ram & Kabir, 104 min, musical documentary, 2009.
DVD of film available at http://www.amazon.in/dp/B00PJTQILW
Film Credits:
Camera & Direction: Shabnam Virmani
Direction Support: Rumah Rasaque & Smriti Chanchani
Script & Editing: Shabnam Virmani & Rikhav Desai
Animation: Orijit Sen & M M Pradeep
Songs by: Mahesha Ram, Prahlad Tipanya, Mukhtiyar Ali, Kaluram
Bamaniya, Shafi Faqir & Fariduddin Ayaz
Sound Recording: P M Satheesh in Rajasthan & Malwa; G M Chand in Pakistan
Sound Mixing: Fireflys Post Sound, Mumbai
Research & Concept: Shabnam Virmani & Tara Kini
Advisors: Linda Hess, Ashok Vajpeyi, Vidya Rao, Purushottam Aggrawal
Translations: Shabnam Virmani, Homayra Ziad & Linda Hess
Financial Support: Ford Foundation, New Delhi
Produced by: Srishti School of Art, Design & Technology, Bangalore
Collection: The Kabir Project
Date of Making: 2009