Aaj Jaane Ki Zidd Naa Karo

"Aaj Jaane Ki Zid Na Karo"
Song
Genre	Ghazal (Raag Yaman Kalyan)
Length	7:11
Composer(s)	Sohail Rana
Lyricist(s)	Fayyaz Hashmi

Aaj Jaane Ki Zid Na Karo (Urdu: آج جانے کی ضد نہ کرو‎‎; please don't insist on leaving today) is a Nazm written by Pakistani poet Fayyaz Hashmi. The tune was composed by Sohail Rana, an eminent composer from Pakistan. It was popularlised by noted classical vocalists, Habib Wali Mohammad who also sang this song as a film playback singer in a Pakistani film Badal Aur Bijli (1973). Then the famous ghazal singer Farida Khanum also used to sing it in her television performances and in her live public concerts. It is sung in Raag Yaman Kalyan.

The song is sung by many artistes like Asha Bhosle (Asha Bhosle: Love Supreme, 2006) The song was used as background music in a scene in the Mira Nair's Golden Lion award winning film, Monsoon Wedding (2001).Habib Wali Mohammad's version of the song is also very popular. It is also a part of 'The Shruti Box', online music series by Shankar Tucker, where it was sung by Rohini Ravada. A.R. Rahman had performed this number in MTV Unplugged Season 2.

In 2015, this song was recomposed by Strings for Coke Studio Pakistan and re-sung by Farida Khanum after a significant gap from music in the finale episode of eighth season, concluding their run of 2015 season.

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