Pakistan’s fame Baloch folk singer Akhtar Chanal Zahri and India’s Flute player Ronu Majumdar, both representing their country.
While the focus was on hectic conversations and what leaders said at this year’s Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit (SCO), the culture of the member countries got attention at the concert with coke studio Pakistan’s fame Baloch folk singer Akhtar Chanal Zahri and India’s Flute player Ronu Majumdar, both representing their country.
Akhtar Chanal Zahri whose’s coke studio song “daanah pah daanah” got more than 16 million hits on youtube speaking to WION in Bishkek said,”I am happy to be here..I represented Pakistan at the SCO”
On India-Pakistan ties he said, “My message is, we should be good neighbours. India is our hamsaya mulk (close neighbour) and it should also remain every green. We should be friends and be like brothers.”
During the gala concert on Thursday all the SCO leaders—India, Pakistan, Russia, China and four central Asian countries–Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan were present.
Zahri has worked for Bollywood as well and sung for movies like Mirzya. He shared anecdotes how he was invited for a tea by Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan and once he sang in front of Atal Bihari Vajpayee when he visited Islamabad in 2004. Atal Bihari Vajpayee visited Islamabad in 2004 to attend the 12th SAARC summit.
This wasn’t his first time representing Pakistan. In the past, he had travelled with former Pakistan PM Benazir Bhutto to England. Talking about the Hindu heritage in Pakistan’s Balochistan, he said, “We have a Kali temple in Kalat, Mahadev temple in Mastung. I have performed at Hinglaj temple.”
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This wasn’t the first time Baloch singer was representing Pakistan. In the past, he had travelled with former Pakistan PM Benazir Bhutto to England. He has also sung in front of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Baloch folk singer Zahri has worked for Bollywood as well and sung for movies like Mirzya
—Zee Media Newsroom
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