An event on Urdu language in Bollywood songs held in Lucknow

An event titled

Bollywood Ki Kahani Urdu ki Zubani

was organised at the Ganna Sansthan auditorium recently which marked the presence of

Bollywood

actor Shahbaz Khan, who also anchored the event. Based on the usage of the

Urdu

language in Bollywood songs, the event saw a jam-packed auditorium.

(L) Aisha Ayub (R) Asma Hussain and Anis Ansari (BCCL/ Aditya Yadav)
Singers Mohammad Salamat, Tabsira Ruhi, Sangeeta Melekar and Devbatra Mukharji sang Bollywood songs from old to new, 'Pehla Nasha', 'Kal Ho Na Ho', 'Tujhe Dekha Toh Yeh Jaana Sanam', 'Piya Bole', with Shahbaz Khan narrating the background stories of the tracks and how it is related to Urdu. The interesting session was loved the most by the audience.

Devbatra Mukherjee and Sangeeta Melekar (BCCL/ Aditya Yadav)
Nawab Jafar Mir Abdullah, who was also present at the event, said, "This event is not just a cultural event but a literary one too. Urdu language doesn't have any association with a particular religion or country rather it is a secular language, so it should be given its due importance."
- Saad Abbasi

(L) Dr Ammar Rizvi (R) Faisal and Syed Rafat (BCCL/ Aditya Yadav)

(L) Farah Sarosh (R) Manisha Sharma (BCCL/ Aditya Yadav)

(L) Meraj Haider and Nawab Syed Masoom Raza (R) Sabiha (BCCL/ Aditya Yadav)

(L) Sadaf Jafar (R) Sameer Shaikh (BCCL/ Aditya Yadav)

(L) Syed Zareen (R) Zishan and Safoora Haider (BCCL/ Aditya Yadav)