| Afreen Afreen | |
| Type: | song |
| Artist: | Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan |
| Album: | Sangam |
| Language: | Urdu |
| Released: | 1996 |
| Genre: | Ghazal |
| Composer: | Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan |
| Lyricist: | Javed Akhtar |
"Afreen Afreen" is a nazm (song) performed and composed by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan with lyrics written by Javed Akhtar.[1] [2] It first featured on their collaborative album Sangam in 1996. In 2016, it was covered by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan (Nusrat's nephew) and Momina Mustehsan during season 9 of Coke Studio.[3]
"Afreen Afreen" was first released during the IndiPop and fusion music wave of the mid-1990s as a non-film music video. The music video featured Lisa Ray.[4]
| Afreen Afreen | |
| Type: | Single |
| Artist: | Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Momina Mustehsan |
| Album: | Coke Studio S9E2 |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Length: | (Video) (Audio) |
| Label: | Coke Studio (Pakistan) |
| Composer: | Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (original) Faakhir Mehmood (director) |
| Lyricist: | Javed Akhtar (original) F K Khalish (additional) |
| Producer: | Coca-Cola and Strings |
It was later rendered by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan with Momina Mustehsan, during season 9 episode 2 of Pakistani musical TV show Coke Studio. The music was directed by Faakhir Mehmood.[5]
As of June 2024, it has garnered over 509 million views on YouTube, it is currently third on the list of most viewed YouTube videos of Pakistani-origin, just after Atif Aslam's rendition of "Tajdar-e-Haram" having 342 million views.[7] It was the most-watched Pakistani music video of 2016.[8] According to Google, its lyrics were one of the most searched lyrics for the year 2017.[9] Momina Mustehsan became the fifth-most googled person in Pakistan in 2016.[10]
| Year | Film/Album | Genre | Language(s) | Length | Singer | Composer | . |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Sangam | Ghazal | Urdu | 10:00 | Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan | Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan | |
| 2016 | Coke Studio S9E2 | Pop | 6:45 | Rahat Fateh Ali Khan & Momina Mustehsan | Fakhar Mehmood | ||