Hanif Kureishi and Daniel Day-Lewis

Her's an interesting film tidbit.

Daniel Day-Lewis (actor, "Lincoln", likely Academy Award nominations this year) and Hanif Kureishi (writer, "The Buddha of Suburbia", Whitbread Prize) got their start together.

"In 1985 My Beautiful Laundrette launched Kureishi and its star Daniel Day-Lewis into film, and won Kureishi an Academy Award nomination for best screenplay." (2008 interview below)

A recent (2012) interview with Kureishi is given here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/9722077/Hanif-Kureishi-the-pariah-of-suburbia.html

In this interview Kureishi talks a little bit about his visit to Karachi. One of his latest short stories "The Door is Shut" starts in Karachi.

“I remembered being in Karachi in the Eighties and the liberalism my family lived under then was much under threat,” he says. “Now it’s completely gone. There are no Jews, Christians or Hindus. There are no Chinese restaurants. It has a terrible dead fascist atmosphere."

Read a 2008 interview with Hanif Kureishi at the link below: 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3671392/Hanif-Kureishi-A-life-laid-bare.html

Note also this quote from Kureishi from this same interview:

"Art's got to feel dangerous to you and to other people; that's when it's working."

Some of Kureishi's books are:

The Body: A Novel 

Something to Tell You: A Novel

My Ear at His Heart: Reading My Father

Collected Essays

Collected Stories

Posted: 2013 January 23

Sangam Playlist for Monday, 21 January, 2013

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Below is the draft playlist for 21 January show, which also happens to be the date for the US Presidential Inauguration.

Listen live (to the music show!) here: http://kfai.org/sites/default/stream/jplayer.html between 8:00 pm and 10:00 pm US Central Time on the 21st (02:00-04:00 UTC, 22 January, 2013). Or tune in to the audio archive after the show.

Listen to the archived shoe here: http://kfai.org/node/33693

See if you can figure out the little story or joke built from the song titles and lyrics starting with Salman Ahmed's piece and going through to the last song (must be bilingual in Urdu and English).


Here is the question I meant to ask on the show and forgot:

Q. When was the title "Malika Tarannum" given to Noor Jehan? Who awarded the title?

Also,


Q. Where can one find a high quality video clip of Abida Parveen singing Bulleh Shah's kafi " jay rab milda nathaya dhotayaan...Mandir maseeti"? Something of much better video and audio quality than what's typically found on YouTube.



Answers to these items would be much appreciated, especially if received by Sunday, 27 January, 2013.



Best.

Artist	Track Title	Album	Label
Masood Rana	Jhoom ae dil	Mere Dil Ki Hai Awaz	Universal Music
Noor Jehan	Kahan hai tera piaar sajna	Meri Zindagi Hay Naghma, vol. 3	Mega Sound
Attaullah Khan Essa Khailvi	Kis liye jaan-e-man	Zara Insaaf Kar Mahi, vol. 8	Sonic Enterprises
Ali Sher	Hijr	Mann Marzi	Sadaf Stereo
Sajjad Ali	Mehndi	Chief Sab	Sound Master
Jawad Ahmad	Palkon pe chamakte aansoo	Bol Tujhe Kya Chahiyeh	Sonic Enterprises
Collage	Dil ruba	Collage	The Musik
Ali Zafar	Rangeen	Huqa Pani	Sadaf Stereo
Fakhre Alam	Husn valo	The Best of F Alam	DJ Gold
Shazia Khusk	License pyar da	Lal Pijaro	TP Gold
Suroor	Dil mera	Pyar Tou Hona He Hae	Fire Records
Salman Ahmed	Al vida (Good bye)	Infinti	EMI
Najma Akhtar	Naa jaa (Don't go)	Fariyaad	Connecting Cultures
Autorickshaw	So the journey goes	So The Journey Goes	Tala-Wallah Records
Nadia Ali	Pressure (Alesso Mix)	The New Dance Mix USA, vol. 2, In the Club	Phase One Music
Safri Goes to Bollywood	Dum maro dum	Eastern Uprising	Sony Music
Natacha Atlas	Something dangerous	Something Dangerous	Mantra Recordings
Byron Metcalf	Clan travelers (from Not Without Risk)	Nataraja	Sound True
Kuljit Bhamra	Invitation	Bhangra Latina	Keda Records
Toronto Tabla Ensemble, Rita de Ghent	Achcha	Ritesh Das and the Toronto Table Ensemble	Naxos World
Ananda Shankar & State of Bengal	Pluck	Walking On	Real World

Posted: 2013 January 20
Updated: 2013 January 21

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Sangam playlist for Monday, 14 January, 2013

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Hello,

This episode of Sangam has music ranging from old-time filmi geet to fusion jazz with a couple of playlist construction stories. The latest album releases by Niyaz (Azam Ali) and Najma AKhtar, a lovely desi blues, the Toronto Tabla  Ensmble, plus many of your favorite singers. Good listening music!

Listen here: http://kfai.org/node/33564  The file will be available till January 29, 2013.

Best.

Artist	Track Title	Album	Label
Masood Rana	Hum bhi musafir	Mere Dil Ki Hai Awaz	Universal Music
Noor Jehan	Saathi meray, bin teray	Meri Zindagi Hay Naghma, vol. 3	Mega Sound
Haroon	Jao tum	Lagan	Eagle Gold
Rahim Shah	Kho gaye nain	Gul Jana	A to Z Music
Collage	Na chad jaween yaar	Collage	The Musik
Faakhir	Jan pay bhi	Sub Tun Sohniyeh	Sadaf Stereo
Jawad Ahmad	Dosti	Ucchiyan Majajan Vali	Sonic Enterprises
Ali Zafar	Jugnuon say bhar le aanchal	Huqa Pani	Sadaf Stereo
Fakhre Alam	Talaash	The Best of F Alam	DJ Gold
Najma Akhtar	Iss jahan main	Fariyaad	Connecting Cultures
Niyaz (Azam Ali)	Rayat al sumud	Sumud	Six Degrees Records
Kaya Project	Ghasi Ram blues	Nataraja	Sound True
Autorickshaw	Surya	So The Journey Goes	Tala-Wallah Records
Earthtribe	Rude boy	Eastern Uprising	Sony Music
Abhijeet & Anuradha Shriram	Chunari, chunari	Monsoon Wedding	Milan
Sukhwinder & Shweta Pandit	Rung de	Bombay Nights, Disc 2	Water Music
Natacha Atlas	Daymalhum	Something Dangerous	Mantra Recordings
Kuljit Bhamra	Einstein comes to town	Bhangra Latina	Keda Records
Toronto Tabla Ensemble	Geometry	Ritesh Das and the Toronto Table Ensemble	Naxos World
Bill Laswell	Pattabhi jois	Aspiration	Metastation

Posted: 2013 January 15

New Year's Eve's Sangam Playlist, 2012

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Hello,

Here is the Sangam playlist for 31 December, 2012. A lot of danceable pop and fusion. Enjoy.

You can  listen to the archived version of the program for two weeks, here: http://kfai.org/node/33289

Happy New Year!

Artist	Track Title	Album	Label
Ahmed Rushdi	Kabhi to tum ko	Yaaden	Universal Audio
Noor Jehan	Khan hai tera pyaar sajna	Meri Zindagi Hay Naghma, vol. 3	Mega Sound
Haroon	Goriay	Lagan	Eagle Gold
Rahim Shah	Dil te waar	Gul Jana	A to Z Music
Collage	Sohni kuri	Collage	The Musik
Jawad Ahmad	Dholna	Ucchiyan Majajan Vali	Sonic Enterprises
Faakhir	Sub tun sohniyeh	Sub Tun Sohniyeh	Sadaf Stereo
Ali Zafar	Channo	Huqa Pani	Sadaf Stereo
Bhangra Knights vs Husan	Husan (Husan's Original Mix)	Asian Vibes, Body, CD-1	Virgin
Annie	Nachna	Princess	Sadaf Stereo
Fakhre Alam	Udaaniya (feat. Mazhar)	The Best of F Alam	DJ Gold
Naghmana Jaffry	Jogan bani main ishq main	Goli Mar De	Heera Stereo
Rabi Pirzada	Nachna	Mjuhe Ishq Hai	Geo Music
Nadia Ali	Rapture	Iio	Made Records
Amanat Ali	Kohram teri aankhon ka	Kohram	Fire Records
Rage	Shola	Deewana	Sadaf Stereo
Ustad Sultan Khan and Ralphi Rosario	Maula (Bhangra-Hydrate Vocal Mix)	RaRe Elements	5 Points Records
Midival Punditz	Atomizer	Hello Hello	Six Degrees
Fun Da Mental	Ja Sha Taan (Transglobal Underground Karachi Deathcult Mix)	Asian Travels	Six Degrees
Talvin Singh and Najma Akhtar	Ghoom Charakhna	Asian Travels	Six Degrees
Mychael Danna	Aaj mera jee kardaa (Zimpala Remix)	Asian Vibes, Soul, CD-2	Virgin
Najma Akhtar	Captive	Vivid	2nd Sight Records
Evolution	Shake ur body	Shake Your Body	Sadaf Stereo

Posted: 2013 January 01

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