Coke Studio Pakistan Season 8 | Chiryan Da Chamba | Suraiya Khanum & Amwar Maqsood Reaction

[@arsalanchauhan]

Its an old song and written from village prospect, in olden days communications were only letters and daughters married away to far away places rarely see their families due to lack of commute and communications, and usually where sons live with parents but daughters get married and goto new homes and often miss their times growing up which has no substitude, living like princess. Suraiya Khanum is a veteran Pakistani folk and classical singer from 70s, at that time v few singers reached to heights she did. While Anwar is a v famous poet and writer, probably one of the best in Pakistani history.

[@RandomzzOfficial]

No song has ever made me cry like this one does everytime. This is a punjabi folk song. Back in the olden days marriages would be arranged and sometimes not all the parties were happy but they went along with the norm. Poor people are always helpless and can't do anything but marry their daughters off to secure their future. Things like that. There is still arranged marriage these days but the bride and groom get to talk and they decide if they're attracted to each other and want to marry.

[@Mesiawhy]

Man this one always makes me cry

[@devynkumar1997]

Notice how Anwar talks about taking a green Shawl with him... See what he's wearing :")

[@tafseersyed6808]

What a great performance ❤

[@nadeemahmed1694]

Beautiful song

[@sumairsaeed8309]

Sir, greetings from Pakistan. Very emotional stuff! So appropriately explained in the end by yourself. This song is also at times sung in weddings sharing the grief of the bride that she would now be shifting to a new home and the home which she grew up in and lived her entire life till her marriage will never be her home in the real sense again. Then addition of words through a letter expresses feelings of her about that home which she keeps missing . In our society of very strong family culture, such feelings are quite natural because daughters are taken care of so much and respected within a family that she misses that environment in which she was brought up as a princess especially when she is far away. The singer is a classically trained one whereas the person reading the letters is a well renowned intellectual and a writer. Sir, yourself is so right about fathers. Even in our weddings when it's time for the bride to depart with her groom, fathers and mothers have tears in their eyes. This song expresses all such emotions and feelings wonderfully. And Sir your reactions were so timely and to the point that these reached the core of the heart. Wonderfully summed up. Best wishes for the channel. With warm regards

[@somaymaan7349]

Great song

[@devynkumar1997]

Always makes me cry

[@GeminiReadCharts]

I was watching your old reactions and was thinking exactly this song that how will you feel when you'll hear this

[@naimadildar8856]

You are only person who gives such a pure and honest reactions. You really tries to understand the real essence of music. And it feels like I'm watching all the videos with my friend. I hope your journey goes well🤍

[@PatrolNation]

Thank you.

[@howmanybeansmakefive]

It's great hearing your response, it's rare to see non-desis engage with south asian music. I will say though that while this Coke Studio is respected for a reason, I find the older rendition by Musarrat Nazir and co much more compelling ("Sadda Chiriyan Da Chamba by Musarrat Nazir" on KZbin). The instrumentation there is much more raw and expressive, especially when it comes to the percussion and how it relates to the complexity of the melody and more emotive singing, while retaining more charm and intimacy. There's a lot of potential in combining Indian/Western traditions, but it seems modern desi music uses Western instrumentation/harmony in a way that often ends up in making it sound both overproduced and less complex/emotive. Instead of the percussion/melody interrogating each other, the backing harmony/rhythm becomes almost too sweet. I'd be interested to hear your response to the music and aesthetics.