Hadiqa Kiyanis New Album

By Ali Haider Sulehria

Hadiqa Kiyani is among one of the biggest Pop stars of Pakistani musical history.She is among one of the few female singers who has sustained so far in our music industry. She is the most talented and succesful female musician after Madam Noor Jahan and Nazia Hassan.She is singing since her childhood. She came onto TV to host a childern music program . She also appeared as a VJ for various music shows .She apperared as as a playback singer for a musical movie called Sargam in 1994. Her first succesful album was Raaz. She has also been awarded Tamgha-e-Imtiaz as well as countless musical awards throughout her career. She has performed in 1000s of shows all over the world.
So far she has released five albums the first was “Raaz” , then came “Roshini” and “Rung” followed by “Rough Cut” and latest of all “Aasmaan”.Her latest album has been relaesed by fire records in Pakistan. Its Hadiqas first album in local languages languages since her release of "Rung" back in 2002. In this album, she sings in Urdu,Punjabi,Persian, Pashto and many other dialects. One song in the album has vocals featured by her older brother (and manager) Irfan Kiani.
She has also collaborated with UK producer NAT-Z on two tracks of the album, "Sohnya" and "Dil Mera".
She has also sung a Pashto duet with Pashto singer Irfan Khan.

So far three videos have been released from this album . The first one was Sohanaya , then came Tuk Tuk followed by Az Chasmey saki. All three videos were appreciated by the viewers and remained on top on various chart shows.

The first track of the album is "WANJILI". It is a punjabi song and has a very mellow and soothing feeling .Its starts with a accoutsic touch and is then followed by a very catchy beat . The best thing in the song is the melodious flute played in it.
The second track of the album is "JAB SAY TUM" . It is a urdu song with male vocals in it which is given by Irfran kiyani who is her brother.This is a soft and a sad love song .The music arrangement of the song is very good which gives a very soothing effect . The male vocals are also very good which equally complements the vocals of hadiqa .
The third song of the album is "SOHNYA" . The video of this track was the first video to be released from this album. Its video was a massive hit and got a huge response . It is a Punjabi fast song with a bit of rap in it .She has collabrated with a UK producer NAT-Z on this song .
The fourth song of the album is "CHANKATA" . This is a punabi song . This is fast bhangra track with amazing dhol played in it and this is a pure desi song . The song is basically a love song with a groovy feeling and I am sure that it will be played on every wedding.
The fifth track of the album is " TUK TUK" . This is a again a fast track with a groovy beat , The video of this track was the second video to be realeased from this album. The video was shot in India by Sajan Agarwaal in which she dressed up like a Rajistani girl. The video of this song also became part of various chart shows and got a huge response and was well apreciated .
The seventh song of the album s "JANAAN" which is a Pushto song . She has collabrated with a pushtoo artist Irfan Khan in this song and male vocals are done by Irfan are very mesmerizing . This is among one of the best tracks from the album and my personel favourite . The composition and music arrangement of the song is very impressive and as the song is in Pushtoo so i dont know what does it means but by the word Janaan I can figure out that this is a love song.
The eighth track of the album "ZARA ZARA". This is a urdu song which has trans music in it. It is again a fast track with some special effects in it.
The ninth track of the album is "AS CHASME SAKI" . This is a Persian song based on the poetry of Allama Iqbal. Its her first Persian song. Its video was released near Iqbal Day. The instrument played in this song are very ethnic but according to me if Oud or Rubarb would have been played instead of guitar it would have been much more better and appropriate but inspite of that its one of the best song from the album with a very mesmerising composition. Regardless, music is a universal language and Hadiqa has proven that in this Persian number. The song has an Arabic vibe, which probably comes from the experience Hadiqa has had performing in the Middle East during these past few years
The next song of the album is "DIL MERA " . This is a song in Urdu,Punjabi and English . This is again a fast track in which she has collabrated with a producer from UK called NAT-Z. It also have male vocals sung by JKD.
The 11th track of the album is "SAJNA SAJNA". This is basically a typical song with dholki touch in it .
The next song of the album is "SHALALA". This is basically a fast track and it is a kids club mix song which according to me is quite a wierd song .
The last track of the album is is the club mix of the song Zara Zara which is beautifully done.
Overall, the album is good and gets a must listen review . So grab a copy of it as soon as possible and dont download it from net . Buy your own copy and say no to piracy.