New Delhi:
The power of music is one that transcends geographical boundaries. A man from Karachi, Pakistan, recently proved this in a video circulating on social media. In the video, the man can be seen dressed as a clown on the streets of Karachi when he is spotted by popular Pakistani YouTuber Ahmed Khan, who invites him over for a short chat.
During their conversation, the man, identified as Arif Khan, tells Ahmed Khan that his business is to make children laugh with his clothes and performance. When asked what else he does, the man says he sings.
The YouTuber then asks the man if he can sing for the camera and he does, leaving Ahmed Khan – and now viewers – visibly awed by his talent.
The man chose the song Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin from the 2012 Hindi movie Agneepath and played it beautifully, as evidenced by the number of comments below the clip praising him.
After this, he was also asked if he could perform the song by a Pakistani artist. On this he said that he sings songs of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and chose to go along Zaroori Thailand†
The viral video was shared with a quote tweet from Bollywood comic strip writer Varun Grover who took the opportunity to praise Arif Khan, as well as Amitabh Bhattacharya, who wrote the lyrics for the Ajay-Atul composition, Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin†
In his tweet, Varun Grover said: “The words of our dear Amitabh Bhattacharya reverberate beautifully in Karachi.”
The original tweet shared by Varun Grover was posted on May 3 by a user named Ghulam Abbas Shah, a journalist living in Pakistan. It read: “#VideoOfTheDay This is Arif Khan from Karachi. What a beautiful person and what a beautiful voice.
The video has been viewed more than 6,23,300 times since May 3.
The words of our dear Amitabh Bhattacharya reverberate beautifully in Karachi. https://t.co/6ORLf1RJU0
† (@varungrover) May 3, 2022
In response to the tweet, people from both India and Pakistan praised the man’s actions.
One user said: “Such a beautiful voice and such an effortless, sukoon-bhari (pleasant) singing!”
Such a beautiful voice and such an effortless sukoon-bhari singing!
— Sreyashi Dastidar (@Baba_go_migu) May 4, 2022
“Heard this song hundreds of times. But it gave me goosebumps all of a sudden!” said another user.
Heard this song hundreds of times. But it gave me goosebumps all of a sudden!
— Aindrila R Chowdhury (@aindrila_royc) May 4, 2022
A comment noted that Arif Khan had rendered the song with “a lot of love and emotions”.
Great lyrics and rendered with so much love and emotions ????
— Sujesh Nair (@sujace) May 3, 2022
“Wow, kya bat hai. Dil chhu liya Arif Bhai (Wow, what a performance. You touched my heart, Arif Bhai).” another user tweeted.
WOW.. kya bat hai..dil chhu liya.. arif bhai bhai.. #EidMubarak2022 .. thanks Varun Ji for sharing.
— Varun MF-49/A (@ShibenSarkar) May 3, 2022
One user left words of encouragement, writing, “Compulsions of worldly responsibility have chained another budding talent. Time to bloom, mate. Go for it.”
Compulsion of worldly responsibility has chained another budding talent.
Time to bloom, brother…
You gave way forward. Go for it— Deepak TASK (@deepak30133) May 4, 2022
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