Ilm-e-Shayari

Episode 20: Ghazal Legend Ghulam Ali Exclusive

In this 20th episode of the Cine Ink podcast series, Ilm-e-Shayari, based on the art of writing Urdu poetry, Mehr-e-Alam Khan and Pervaiz Alam recap previous episodes. But the icing on the cake is provided by the legendary ghazal singer, Ustad Ghulam Ali Khan, who reconstructs some of his most popular ghazals such as 'Chup haiN deewar ki tarah saaye', 'Apni dhun mein rehta hooN' and 'Kathin hai raahguzar thodi door saath chalo'. Ghulam Ali recites his composition; HairatoN ke silsile soz-e-nihaaN tak aa gaye' in this 20th episode.

Episode 19: Urdu Poetry's Most Famous Metres

In this 19th episode of the Cine Ink podcast series, Ilm-e-Shayari, Mehr-e-Alam Khan and Pervaiz Alam discuss nine famous Mazāhif (catalectic) forms of the three Bahoor (Metres), including ghazals by Sāhir Ludhyānvi, Majrooh Sultānpuri, Faiz Ahmad 'Faiz', Kaifi A'zmī, Nidā Fāzli, Hasan Kamāl, Mīr Taqī 'Mīr', Asad Ullah Khan 'Ghālib' and Javed Akhtar. Shephali Frost sings selected Ash'ār (couplets) from eight of the nine famous ghazals discussed in this part of the Series.

Episode 18: Twelve Film Ghazals & Their Metres

In this 18th episode of the Cine Ink podcast series Ilm-e-Shayari, Mehr-e-Alam Khan and Pervaiz Alam analyse 12 ghazals from films and concerts. Nasser Harvani sings Shahryar's ghazal "Sīnáy màiñ jalan, ānkhoñ màiñ tūfān sa kyooñ héy"; Mehtab Malhotra sings Jigar Muradabadi's masterpiece "Yài hè mékadā yahañ rind héñ yahañ sabka sāqi imām héy," and Shephali Frost sings Jazbi's classic "Marnáy ki du'āáiñ kyūñ māngūñ jīnáy ki tamannā kaun karáy".

Episode 17: Five Ghazals & Their Metres

In this 17th episode of Ilm-e-Shayari, Cine Ink's podcast series on the art of writing Urdu poetry, Mehr-e-Alam and Pervaiz Alam present Aroozī Tajziya (prosodic analysis) of five famous Urdu ghazals. Nasser Harvani sings two famous ghazals: Koo-ba-koo phél gaī bāt shanāsāī kī, Usnày khushbū ki tarah máiri pazīrāī kī" --Parveen Shakir Garchày sau bār gham-e hijr sày jāñ guzrī hé, Phir bhi jo dil pày guzarnī thi kahāñ guzrī hé ---Saifuddin Saif

Episode 15: Sālim & Mazāhif

In this 15th episode of Cine Ink's podcast series Ilm-e-Shayari, we describe Sālim (Perfect/ Unaltered) and popular Mazāhif (Catalectic) Arkān (Feet) of five Murakkab (Compound) Bahoor (Metres) - Bahr-e-Khafīf, Bahr-e-Muzārà', Bahr-e-Muqtazib, Bahr-e-Mujtas and Bahr-e-Mashākil. Shephali Frost sings a nazm penned by Faiz Ahmed Faiz: Tum na aaye thhe to har ik cheez wohi thi ki jo hai Aasman hadd-e-nazar, rahguzar rahguzar, sheesha-e-mai, sheesha-e-mai....