Sajjad Ali releases new single ‘Na Tum Samjhe’

Legendary semi-classical singer/producer Sajjad Ali is back again with his brand new single titled ‘Na Tum Samjhe’. Known for iconic numbers like ‘Cinderella’, ‘Teri Yaad’ and ‘Chief Saab’ which once topped the Pakistani charts and remain popular even today, the singer released his new video on his official Facebook page.

Penned by veteran poet Saba Akbar Abadi, the song presents the story about people who struggle to achieve their goals and heart’s desires and feel discouraged by the obstacles in their path. ‘Na Tum Samjhe’ delivers a message to not lose heart during one’s struggle. The comforting, heart-stirring lyrics are harmoniously mixed with Sajjad Ali’s signature soulful vocals. The video features four actors who appear as themselves as they symbolically go through the highs and lows of their individual life journeys. Directed by music video director Farhan Shahzad, the song is produced and recorded at Sajjad Ali Studios in Dubai.

Sajjad Ali, who has released 14 studio albums over a career spanning more than three decades, is currently working on another studio album but no confirmed release date has been revealed yet.

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Do you know? Aaroh’s front man

Farooq Ahmed now runs a Dollar Store!

He has stirred your soul with the heart-warming melody of ‘Na Kaho’ and at the same time made you bang your head relentlessly with ‘Raag Neela’, but now Aaroh’s lead vocalist uses his charm to lure customers into his very own dollar store in a small town called Scranton in the U.S! The star singer, who was once the face of rock music in Pakistan with his long, flowy locks and metal gear, has now sobered up and lives a regular life away from the spotlight, thanks to the sudden decline of the Pakistani music industry.

“Back home I’m still a star,” he told the times-tribune.com. “When I go home, people are still taking pics (with me). It’s a totally different story altogether. Over here, it’s like ‘OK ma’am, that’ll be $1.06’.” However, before he managed to start his own dollar store business, he was managing a Dunkin Donuts franchise in Chicago. “For people, it’s really hard to swallow the fact that a rock star from back home is serving coffee here,” he said. “When I landed in the U.S., I put my ego aside. I said, ‘Dude, you’ve gotta do what you gotta do’.”

Leaving his own country, and the stardom that came with it gave, Farooq a tough time unlike other singers who’ve easily found an alternative in acting or Coke Studio. However, the singer still dreams big like his early days and hopes to excel in whatever he is doing. “I was dreaming of becoming Guns and Roses,” he said. “I’m serious. People used to laugh at me when I was in school. ...Now when I say I want to have at least 1,000 stores, people still laugh at me… but you have to move on.”

Sir Elton John boycotts D&G after their

comment over IVF children

Sir Elton John has called for a boycott of fashion labelDolce & Gabbanaafter the legendary designers criticized same-sex families. In a scathing post on picture sharing site Instagram, the furious singer branded Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana ‘judgmental’ and ‘archaic’.

It followed an interview with the designers in Italy’s Panorama magazine in which the pair said: “We oppose gay adoptions. The only family is the traditional one. No chemical offsprings: life has a natural flow, there are things that should not be changed.” Dolce added that procreation “must be an act of love”, saying: “You are born to a mother and a father – or at least that’s how it should be. I call children of chemistry, synthetic children.” Gabbana added: “The family is not a fad. In it there is a supernatural sense of belonging.”

In response to their latest comments, Sir Elton, whomarried his long-term civil partner David Furnish in December, wrote: “How dare you refer to my beautiful children as ‘synthetic’. And shame on you for wagging your judgemental little fingers at IVF - a miracle that has allowed legions of loving people, both straight and gay, to fulfil their dream of having children. Your archaic thinking is out of step with the times, just like your fashions. I shall never wear Dolce and Gabbana ever again. #BoycottDolceGabbana.”

The row deepened when Gabbana, in an apparent response to Sir Elton’s criticism, posted a picture on Instagram of a child with its arms wrapped around its mother with the hashdags #dgmamma #dgfamily.

When a friend suggested that Sir Elton needed to ‘calm down’, the designer agreed and accused Elton of being intolerant. “It is simply arrogant not to tolerate those who think like him! poor thing!” he wrote. “We live in a democratic country and respect the ideas of others.”