Firdous Jamal is a senior Pakistani television and film actor known for his dramas like Pyare Afzal, Khuda Aur Mohabbat, Waris, Manchalay Ka Sauda, Dehleez, Dhoop Deewar, Takmeel, Kaanch Kay Par, Anna, Nashaib and many others. Firdous Jamal currently lives in Lahore and he often appears in the podcasts and interviews.
Recently, he gave interview to Rehan Tariq Official. In the interview he shared his thoughts about music and its similarly with Naatia Kalams and Tilawat.
Talking about it, Firdous Jamal said, “We face criticism if we sing the songs, but music is the language of Skies. Music will be played in Jannah, it will be played to sooth us”. Here is the link to the video:
He further added, “We are a rigid society, we use certain objectionable words for the singers. We listen to music with passion but If someone amongst us becomes a singer, we start hating that person and think of him less dignified. This is hypocrisy but this is in our society and we have to live in our society. Now, the Naat Khuwans and Moazans are doing the same thing, they sing in a melody or in a tune without the instruments. Anything that has a melody, it comes under the category of Raag, they are using the Sur in recitations. Qirat & Naat comes under Raag Bhervi or Thaath Bhervi. People won’t like it if Moazans will simply recite Tilawat in a normal way. People love it because of the melody. Now people will bash me that he has gone mad, he is associating Naat and Azan with music. It is a taboo to talk about music in our region. We have associated certain words with this profession. If I say Maulvi recites in a certain melody, people will call me out but it is so.” Here is the link to the video:
