Qawwali Songs were once an Important Ingrediant for the Success of a Film
Qawwali is a form of Sufi Islamic devotional singing Originally performed at Sufi shrines or dargahs throughout South Asia, It became popular among the masses when these were introduced in films. Qawwali has apparently found in films since it became Talking. The earliest evidence was a Qawwali 'Allah Hu ' in the 1935 film Talash-e-Haque. Another very popular Qawwali was ' Aahen Na Bhari' from the 1945 movie 'Zeenat' sung by Noor Jehan. Phir Aah Dil Se Nikli Tapka Lahu Jigar Se composed by Naushad and sung again by Zohrabai Ambalewalli in Mela (1949) also became a craze. During the Golden Era, Qwawali was in its peek, almost every film used to have at least one Qwwali, The success of the qawwali ' Hame to Loot Liya Milke Husn Walon Ne' from the 1958 film Al Hilal sung by the professional Azad Qawwal, opened the gate for other Qawwals like Shakeela Bano Bhopali, , Jaani B Qawwal Ismail abu Qawwal, Aziz Nazan, Nus...