Filmi pop

Filmi pop (Urdu: فلمی موسیقی filmi mosiqi) is a term first coined by Pakistani music journalist, Ali Tim in 1990 but made famous by the country's most influential pop critic, Nadeem F. Paracha. In 1966, a talented young playback singer Ahmed Rushdi (now considered as one of the greatest singers of south Asia) sang the first South Asian pop song ‘Ko Ko Korina’"[1] for the film Armaan. Composed by Sohail Rana, the song was a blend of 1960s bubblegum pop, rock and roll twist music and Pakistani film music. This genre would later be termed as filmi pop. Paired with Runa Laila, the singer is considered the pioneering father of pop music, mostly hip-hop and disco, in South Asia.[2]

Music of Pakistan
Genres
Classical Semi-classical Folk Ghazal Qawwali Sufi
Specific forms
Religious music	Hamd Nasheed Naat Qawwali Sufi
Ethnic music	Balti Balochi Brahui Burusho Burushaski Hazaragi Hindko Kashmiri Khowar Kalasha Pashto Pothwari Punjabi Saraiki Shina Sindhi
Other music	Bhangra Pop (Filmi) Hip Hop Rock (Sufi rock)
Media and performance
Music awards	Hum Awards Lux Style Awards Nigar Awards Pakistan Media Awards ARY Film Awards
Music charts	Patari Haftanama
Music festivals	All Pakistan Music Conference Lahore Music Meet Lok Virsa Mela
Music media	Magazines Danka Television ARY Musik Coke Studio Nescafe Basement Uth Records Internet Taazi Patari.pk
Nationalistic and patriotic songs
National anthem	Qaumi Taranah Watan Hamara (AJ&K)
Regional music
Azad Kashmir Balochistan Gilgit-Baltistan Islamabad Capital Territory Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Punjab Sindh

Following Rushdi's success, Christian bands specialising in jazz started performing at various night clubs and hotel lobbies[3] in Karachi, Hyderabad and Lahore. They would usually sing either famous American jazz hits or cover Rushdi's songs. Rushdi sang playback hits along with Laila until the Bangladesh Liberation War when East Pakistan was declared an independent state. Laila, being a Bengali, decided to leave for the new-found Bangladesh.[4]

See also

• Pakistani pop
• Pakistani hip hop
• Pakistani rock

References

1. Logan, Stephen (2008). Asian communication handbook 2008. AMIC. p. 389. ISBN 978-981-4136-10-5.
2. "Playback singer Ahmed rushdi remembered on his death anniversary". The News. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
3. "Socio-political History of Modern Pop Music in Pakistan". Chowk. Archived from the original on 2010-06-18. Retrieved 2008-06-27.
4. "Death Anniversary of Ahmed Rushdi". Duniya News. Archived from the original on 14 January 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2015.

External links

• PakGanay - Pakistani Film Music