First qawwali in hindi films

[Anand Tiwari]

>One song that is sometimes mentioned as an early qawwali is "aahe.n na
>bhari, shiqwe na kiye" from film 'Zeenat' composed by Hafiz Khan. It
>was written by Naqshab and sung by Noorjehan, Kalyani, and Zohra. In
>an earlier posting, Dr Surjit Singh said that this was the first all-
>female qawwali song in films, leaving open the possibility of earlier
>qawwali songs.

>BTW, I am still looking for any article discussing the light filmi
>qawwali as a genre and its relation, if any, to the devotional qawwali.
>Let me know if you know or find any.

>RDB and qawwali? You sure you want to listen to them? :)

Hi Ashok ji,
Well i do like RD's music and wanted to know if he composed
a lot of qawwalis which are very much different from the kind of music
he generated. Personally my favourites are the qawwalis from Mughal -e-
Azam (naushad) and Barsaat ki Raat (roshan). Last night i was listening
to Hum kisi se kum nahin and i really liked it even though there is a
slight touch of western instruments when Rafi saab/ Asha ji do the
aaa...... . The lyrics are also entertaining. Otherwise it is quite
a stereotype qawwali. Probably you could suggest some qawwali's with
little "innovations". Also the qawwali Anand Kuppuswamy suggested from
"The burning train" is also O.K. I like the opening lines very much.

Pal do Pal ka saath hamaara Pal do pal ke yaraane hain.

regards
Anand
"Aaj hum jaise jigarwaale kahan
zakhm khaaya hai tab hue hain jawaan"