Meri Kahani

Atif Aslam chose to make this album an outlet of his inner creativity. His avowal of the commercial influence on his previous album, Doorie, led him into making an album to authenticate his status as a rock musician and not just a backup vocalist for Bollywood movies. The songs of "Hungami Halat" cover a broad band of aspects of life such as spiritualism, politics, and love. "Rabba Sachya" is an adaptation of Faiz Ahmad Faiz's poem in Punjabi, which incorporates the corrupt behavior of the society and a man's expectations from God. This adaptation can be viewed as an amalgamation of the singers viewpoint with the base provided by Faiz. This song gives the album a mystical touch incorporating the behavior of the modern Pakistani society. The upcoming album has been leaked on the internet in February, 2007. It is not yet clear on who is to be blamed for such a violation of copyrights. Atif Aslam plans to carry on with the official release of the album in later half of 2007.

(By Atif Arena)