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Music is a superior medium to books when it comes to learning a new language. Ek Fankaar is an attempt to improve my Hindi/Urdu vocabulary and to learn to appreciate Ghazals and Hindi film songs at the same time.
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Hello,
Your attempt to improve your Hindi/Urdu has in turn, helped uncover greatest songs/singers that seem to be obsolete in this day and age. Your endeavor has given hope to hundreds, if not thousands of people who are trying to rekindle their love for the beautiful poetry in in these beautiful songs.
Thank You
Hi.. Your site is simply superb.
I require one small favour from you.
I would like to watch the Chaudvin ka chand video. Could you kindly send me an invite ?
I am absolutely delighted to discover this blog. You have posted videos of some great pieces – thanks for sharing these. Keep it up.
Why don’t you have the song “Ehsaas Ki Shama Jalaye Rakhna, Darwaza Khula Rekhna, Shayad Koi aajaye…” My Grandmother would give you dua if you could post that song on UTube.
I am absolutely delighted to discover this blog.Your site is simply superb.
Keep it up.
Beautiful website
I’ve actually just spent my morning going through almost all of your posts
absolutely marvallous blog i found all my favorits songs here
thanks to host
Kya aap ye wali ghazal ki translation site pe include kar sakte ho pliz
What a great website!!! Love it….
Wonderful..
Bahut Bahut shukriya..
The collection of some soul stirring music touches the chords of our tender hearts. The purity and divinity in the music of the golden era is a combination of hardwork, poetry and soulful rendition inspired by the creative force of God.
Many of these songs were original creations and was never motivated by money, greed, fame or one upmanship. Blessed are the master creators and also the creators of this website who has done a great service to humanity by their efforts to revive those golden days. I would like to know the people behind the scenes who has so painstakingly and selflessly created this website.
Gokul
gokuldasnair@gmail.com
Hello,
WHOW Yaar, this is a great site, with lots of great content .. i am a fan of ghazals and such stuff, which have great lyrical values ..
Can i take some ghazals from this site, and put it in my blog, so that your great work can be reached out to many more intrested users all around the world? (of course with a courtesy note to you) Hope to hear from you soon.
What eve is the answer .. geat .. really great effort .. whow!
absolutely marvallous web sitE..
gr8 joB! =)
i have been rying for ages to get a ghazal by jagjit singh and chitra which starts with
sunte hain mil jate ha har cheez dua se ek roz tumhe mang ke dekhenge kuhda se
can someone please help
great… great… great effort.
thanks for this wonderful blog.
Awesome blog boss…am indebted to you!
Thanks for such wonderful ghazals with urdu words explained.
nice Job
You have a great blog and collection of music. Enjoyed it a lot.
Keep it up!
You have jems, I was looking for gaman’s gazal ‘aap ki yaad’ for ages and atlast i found it on your site. Can I pls downloand it from your site
Enjoyed it. This is great. You have a good taste ans selection. Wishing you good luck. Happy New Year. There are a lot more to add. Please do that. Thank you.
fantastic blog,hearing most of my fav songs,thanks once again,happy new year.am glad i came to ur site today.
Wonderful site. I am putting it in my reader.
Too good work
I really appreciate
My feedreader is now watching you.
Thanks a lot
superb effort!!
I appreciate your efforts in compiling this website. I listen to ghazals all the time. Hindi, Urdu and Marathi…I love your collection, there are quite a few ghazals I hadnt heard before. I always had trouble understanding some Urdu shaire. I would search for translations online or bug my friends who understand Urdu better than I do….
Your pages are surely another resource for me..
Keep up the good work…
Fankaar,
I have been hooked to your webpage for days now..
I cant tell you enough how much I appreciate your efforts…
Do tell us more about yourself too…
All the best!!
I discovered these pages by accident. Vow, what a great collection (sadly, it is so rare to find people with such beautiful taste in the contemporary world). I want to thank you for your effort and sharing this with us. I will keep visiting.
R
WOnderful site sir. Keep it up
Beautiful site. Great job.
Hello ek fankaar..
Your collection si soulful.Can you please also post “Sadma to hai mujhe bhi ki tujh se juda hoon mein” sung by Jagjit Singh.It is in the collection “Journey”.
Thank you so much..I really appreciate..
Hi, Thanks for such a wondeful blog. Could you pl add another category to your list that for Qawwali. How about adding “चढ़ता सुरज धीरे धीरे ढलता है ढल जायेगा” I don’t know the lyricist for this, but the singer is Azia Naza. I can provide the complete lyrics if that makes it easier for you.
Cheers!
Manoj
Amazing collection…great effort sir. I have added this to my favorite and will also add to my blogroll.
Apko Salam.
Santosh
Dear “ek fankaar”, I believe that “Aahat si koi aaye to lagta hai ki tum ho” would be another beautiful ghazal to be a part of your wonderful collection.This is sung by Bhupinder, i remember, and is in the collection “Journey”. Journey has some other soulful ghazals like “aap jinke qareeb hote hain” sung by Pankaj Udhas and “tum naghma-e-maho anjum ho” by talat aziz.I would appreciate if you would post all these soulful renditions.
the ghazal sung by humrra channa,
konpalain………….
the meaning of semm-o -zar is sona(seem) chandi(silver) seem o zar means wealth(sonachandi)
this is what i think and i am positive.
misbah huq
i forgot to mention that ,
seem o zar is persian for seem(silver) zar (sonaor gold) means wealth khazaana lots of money.
zari boutique means sona ka kaam on fabric.
seemaab is mercury too , and mercury (seem ) is expensive too.
Ek Funkaar I dont believe that you dont know urdu or that you are still learning. this is the best ghazal and song collection i have ever ever ever seen poccessed by someone. Thank you for sharing such wealth of music. I hope you would have a very good taste. Keep it up.
Thanks
i love this track most of all in your collection
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PRvbuVpEAA
Cheers Mate
Superb collection
Thanks, you are a good person spreading the wisdom, the passion and the strength of languages
keep it ripping…
I am feasting on all the songs on this website, wonderful work!
Great collection friend !
Adding you to my blogroll.
I also do a poetry blog
http://amardeepsidhu.com/poetry
Wonderful blog! I’m getting my basic training in Urdu from your site. Came across many of my favorite songs here…but am beginning to decipher the meanings for the first time.And it is simply beautiful.
Thanks a ton!
K
Fabulous. Reaaly fantastic attempt to keep ghazals on. The translation of urdu words are helping us to get the real meaning of a ghazal.
I would like to help you if required for finding/adding more songs to this blog.
Thank you very much for this attempt and keeping the ghazals alive for ever
I am stunned.
This blog is a jewel.I have no words to express the bliss I’ve felt after seeing your blog.Great documentation…greater presentation.
Kudos to you.
Thanks a Lot for this.
Can’t say any more.
Shukriya…Sadd shukriya…
Great Job and thanks for promoting and spreading the bliss of good poetry and music.God will certainly reward you for this.
I was wondering if you could find and upload – Garmiy-e-hasrate naaqam se jal jaate hain by Mehndi Hassan.
Thanks
Great to discover this blog .. Brilliant job done by you and believe me I am so much thankful to you getting all the big time beautiful ghazals ..
Wonderful collection ! The translations are particularly helpful in appreciating the beauty of the ghazals. Fantastic effort on your part. Thank you.
are sirji..tussi top ho..this is by far the best collection i have come across..
one request..did you ever come across “Bayaan-e-Ghalib” (part of it is on Youtube; performers Farooque Sheikh and Talat Aziz). Would love to trace the source and buy it.
Again thanks and please keep up the good work.
SalamOAlakam
Ek Fankaar
Wonderful collection !I have no words to express the bliss I’ve felt after seeing your blog.Great documentation…greater presentation.
I am waiting more ghazals
Thank you.
Nabeel
can you please send me the link to the kishore da g reat .. ari aja tu, ninidya tu le chal…..from kumwara baap
gokuldasnair@gmail.com
a fantastic job I would like to know you .
girishdsardessai@gmail.com
Love this blog. I wish you had Ghazals from KL Saigal. He was blessed with a great voice and sang many great Ghazals.
God bless.
I just want say thank u…
I think this is the best site as far as ghazal is concerned. The best part of this site is that it is non partisan(I think Jagjitji’s highest number of posting is just incidental
). The way the words are explained are excellent. One humble suggestion, if you could add translation of the shers as a whole. Great work nevertheless.
This is the best translation and preservation of the wonderous world of classical ghazals i have yet to experience on the net. Thank you profusely for this.
Having become the recent shageerd of Farida Khanum, I feel like there is still hope with the likes of yourself who share the knowledge and wisdom of such incredible poetry and music. Thank you once again!
Lea
Amazing work!
Keep it up
accidentally landed here to find a great collection of songs… awesome work.
I am absolutely delighted to discover this blog. You have posted videos of some great pieces – thanks for sharing these. Keep it up.
great collection. Appreciate the effort.
i found Farida Khanum’s Aaj Janay Ki Zid Na Karoo.
she is a legend.
Aaj jaane ki zid na karo
Yunhi pehloo mein baithe raho
its leave with a everlasting impact on soul.
here is a site for your ta.
http://www.poetryinpocket.com
I loved this blog.. will visit it regularly now… keep enriching it…
love always…
You are working Great… Keep it Up Man….
InshaAllah i’ll visit regularly.. waiting for your reply or email..
Truly yours,
Sohail Riaz.
@ although I don’t need to learn Urdu or Urdu poetry,
but I discovered atleast, Khansaheb Mehdi Hassan’s
ghazals in a very fine acoustic, hearing each and
every note clearly, and of course his Ghazal’s choice
and selection of Raag’s thaat is sublime, just sublime¨
He is the only one who has used minimum 28 different
major raag-thaats, its amazing.
Thanks for sharing your “Heart of GOLD” & “Lots of LOVE”.
I am so delighted to stumble on your blog tonight. It was an absolute pleasure to see all these shairs and singers. You have done a tremendous job by selecting and placing all the “heeras” of the Urdu ghazals and providing meanings of each word. Simply marvelous.
I have some suggestions. Can you make it more user friendly by providing:
1. Page numbers where we would know what page we are on
2. First and last pages in case some one wants to go to the last page and then come back to the first
That would be very helpful.
Amazing collection its a great blog
Keep up the good work. A site like this was exactly what I was looking for
. Thank you.
Ek Fankaar,
your collection and efforts is a boon for us. Love it!
What a fantastic ‘Labour of love’, envy you your absolute commitment. love the Blog.Please continue
What a site! Awesome. I am blogrolling you.
God bless you
Congratulations on this achievement and thank you for forwarding the cause of ghazals. Let me know if I can help.
Awesome Work, thus site is a perfect abode for a Gazal lover like me…Kudos to you.
Excellent site! Keep it going …
Subodh
What a delight to visit this site. You have given hope to those who love the music but sometimes do not understand the Lyrics, especially when listening to Ghazals
when Urdu seems confounding.
Fantastic effort! This is the site i have been looking for. Like many of the visitors above, i am deeply moved by Hindi and Urdu poetry but sometimes can’t understand the words used in context.
This blog of yours is a really great tribute to the great poets of Hindi and Urdu.
This is really good stuff. I believe you can try and more on Qawwali’s. Bur seriously good stuff, must appreciated. I have quite a lot of more music available. if you are interested, mail me.
great, fantastic work. what else can i say? It is really great blog. keep it going.
excellent blog …it bridges the gap between the lover of ghazals and particularly those who are not good at understanding urdu and the poets/writers and ghazal funkar
keep on adding to your rich collection
matin
really very disappointed because of the removal of my fevourite song ranjish r sahi by Runa Laila
This is absolutely great effort in this commercialized world,where everybody thinking for make profit.
I am from very far southern small city Cox,s Bazar of Bangladesh wish stay alive for a you a thousand years through your means.I request you to form a volunteering activities to continue this effort till the end of days.
This a dedicated work please continie your effort, very much appreciated
It’s beautiful. . . . Thanx
I just landed here when I googled ‘patta patta’ by the legend Meer. But, got beyond my expectation here. I can see that a great amount of work has been put forth in building this site. You truly deserve to be applauded.