Hollywood actress Jada Pinkett Smith jams to Sufi music. To be specific, she’s a fan of Abida Parveen and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.
Recently the wife of acclaimed star Will Smith, shared Abida Parveen and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan’s Coke Studio collab Chaap Tilak.
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Jada Smith Shares Pakistani Song on Instagram
The Matrix actress shared clips of the song on Instagram.
“@queenofsoul_ap and @officialrfakworld are two of my favorite vocalist of Sufi music. This song is called Chaap Tilak and you can go on YouTube to check out the lyrics. They are beautiful✨?”
Sufism has become mainstream in Central Asia, particularly in Pakistan and India.
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While Abida Parveen’s name is synonymous with Sufi music, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is globally acclaimed for his contributions as well.
With the Gotham starlet’s recent tweet, we know that both Abida Parveen and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan’s influence has spread all the way to Hollywood.
Urdu language poet Amir Khusro wrote the lyrics to the Sufi ballad Chaap Tilak. The Sufi mystic has written many books on spirituality and Sufism.
Many of the spiritual leader’s poems have been turned into Sufi ballads.
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