"" ( ) is originally a song by the band Jal. It was sung by

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and composed by

Goher Mumtaz Goher Mumtaz () is a Pakistani musician, singer-songwriter, music composer, guitarist and actor. He is famous for being the founding member of the rock band, Jal (band), Jal. Personal life Since 2016, he's married to Anum Ahmed, who made her a ...

and

. Later it was released in several different versions in Jal's album Aadat by

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and

's solo album Jal Pari. It was also used in the

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films Kalyug and

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Original version (Jal Pari)

The song was written by

and

, sung by

, with music by Jal the band. That time, Atif was the lead singer of Jal. Atif recorded Aadat with his pocket money at the age of 17. The band released the song on the internet in December 2003. The song was used in Atif Aslam's first solo album Jal Pari. The song became a youth anthem. By the time the song was released, it became a major hit in the subcontinent and all radio and TV stations started playing the song. Another deep blue version of the song was also used in the same album. The music video of the song was directed by Umer Anwar. The song was featured in

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's 2005 film '' Man Push Cart'' which has won international awards and was praised by the critics. Atif Aslam in an interview with OK! Pakistan said: "Well, I had no idea it was going to do that well." He further added that he just thought that Aadat would be this one-hit-wonder and he recorded it in his first album Jal Pari. He put the song on internet to which he received fantastic feedback from the audiences. Faizan-ul-Haque, who is former VJ on Indus Music criticized the song by saying: "Aadat was not the best song of its time, but it is one that the young public connected with the most."

Mixed version

In Jal's first album Aadat, the song was made by Jal, having same composition and lyrics as of Atif's version. It was sung by

, as Atif had left the band at that time. Another song was also made in the same tone as of Aadat with different lyrics named Bikhra Hoon Main ( ). Farhan Saeed said that he is grateful to his fans all around for accepting and loving his music. He said that "Wo Lamhey" and "Aadat" became youth anthems, not only in Pakistan but also in India and in other countries where people speak Urdu and Hindi.

Kalyug version

The track "Aadat" was reused in 2005's

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film Kalyug with music being recreated by

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under the label

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. It was sung by Atif Aslam. Remix version was sung by Atif and remixed by DJ Suketu. Another version was also used in the film which was sung by Jal. This song has sales over 1,400,000.

Credits

* Song – Aadat and Aadat (Remix) * Movie – Kalyug * Year – 2005 * Singer – Atif Aslam * Music – Mithoon Sharma, DJ Suketu * Lyrics – Sayeed Quadri * Label – Saregama India Limited Note: All credits taken from YouTube.

Chocolate version

In 2005 film,

, directed by

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, the song was remade. Composed by

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and lyrics by Praveen Bharadwaj. Solo version was sung by KK, while duet version was sung by KK and

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. It was titled as Zahreeli Raatein ( ).

Credits

* Song – Zahreeli Raatein * Film – Chocolate * Year – 2005 * Artists – Emraan Hashmi, Tanushree Dutta, Sunil Shetty * Singer – K.K. and Shreya Ghoshal * Music Director – Pritam * Lyricist – Praveen Bhardwaj * Label – T-Series Note: Credits adapted from YouTube.

Awards and nominations

The track won the awards of 'Best Lyrics', 'Best Song' and 'Best Composition' at the 2005 Indus Musik Awards.

Summary of different versions

There are several official versions of the song sung by different singers. *Aadat (original version) by

(composed by Atif and Goher) released in Atif Aslam's Jal Pari in 2004. *Aadat (deep blue version) by

for his own album Jal Pari in 2004. *Aadat (and Aadat Remix) by

for the film Kalyug in 2005. *Aadat by

in the album Aadat of Jal in 2004. *Bikhra Hoon Main by

for the album Aadat of Jal in 2004. *Zahreeli Raatein (solo version) by

& KK for the film

in 2005. *Zahreeli Raatein (duet version) by

, featuring singers KK and

was used for the promotion of the film

in 2005.

In table format

Track listings

Release history

Controversies

After the release of the deep blue version of the song in Atif's single album Jal Pari, there were disputes between Atif and Jal about who held the copyright of the song.

References

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