Aaye Kuch Abr ( ) is a poem written by famous Urdu poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz. It was written when Faiz's was confined at the Hyderabad Central Jail during the Rawalpindi conspiracy case. He was away from his wife and two daughters and spent months without seeing them. Faiz found himself misunderstood in the society he lived in. Aaye Kuch Abr is an expression of that isolation, longing but also hope.
2011 version
In 2011, this ghazal was performed (composed and sung) by Mehdi Hassan.
2019 version
Later, It was sung by Atif Aslam during Coke Studio season 12 episode 6 (finale), directed by Rohail Hyatt. The video was released on 27 November 2019 by Coke Studio on YouTube. It features Atif Aslam. The music video garnered over a million views in two hours of its release. It has received over 6 million on YouTube as of August 2020.
Reception Atif said about it that “before you even touch a piece like this, you think twice. But the legends' work is not meant to be feared. Faiz Sir's way of writing is very distinctive and our minds can't truly know his poetry."
Credits
Artists: Begum Akhter (original) Mehdi Hassan (original), Atif Aslam (Bangladeshi singer), Runa Laila Composed by: Mehdi Hassan Raga: Gaud Malhar Poetry by: Faiz Ahmad Faiz Directed and Produced by: Rohail Hyatt Music label: Coke Studio
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