"Alif Allah (Jugni)" | |
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Sufi Song by Arif Lohar and Meesha Shafi from the album Coke Studio S3E1 | |
Released | June 6, 2010 |
Genre | Sufi Rock, Contemporary Folk Music, Folk Revival |
Length | 08:43 |
Label | Coke Studio |
Composer(s) | Arif Lohar |
Language | Punjabi |
Producer(s) |
Rohail Hyatt Umber Hyatt |
"Jugni Ji" | ||||||||
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Song by Kanika Kapoor and Dr Zeus | ||||||||
Released | 2012 | |||||||
Length | 3:29 | |||||||
Composer(s) | Arif Lohar | |||||||
Language | Punjabi | |||||||
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"Jugni Ji" | ||||||||
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Song by DJ Kayz featuring Mister You, Dr Zeus and Sophia Akkara. | ||||||||
Released | 2015 | |||||||
Language | Punjabi / French | |||||||
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Alif Allah (Jugni) (Punjabi: (الف اللہ (جگنی) (also known as Alif Allah Chambe Di Booti) (Punjabi: الف اللہ چمبے دی بوٹی) is a Punjabi Sufi Song sung by Arif Lohar and Meesha Shafi in Coke Studio. The song was composed and sung by Arif Lohar with Meesha Shafi, and the lyrics were heavily inspired as well as incorporated 17th century Sufi poet Sultan Bahu.
Alif Allah (Jugni) became a household name after being sung by Lohar and Shafi on Coke Studio. It became a massive hit, scoring over 28 million views on YouTube to date, and held the record for the most viewed Pakistani song on YouTube ever. Which has now been surpassed by a Qawwali Tajdar e Haram sung by Atif Aslam also in Coke Studio.
The song was used in Pakistani Lollywood Punjabi language film Jugni.
Due to the extreme popularity of the song, it was also later used in Bollywood film Cocktail where it was sung by Arif Lohar and Harshdeep Kaur.
It was further used in the 2012 film Diary of a Butterfly.
Jugni Ji, literally meaning "female firefly" in English, has been adapted by a number of artists.