Sanson Ki Mala Pe
"Sanson Ki Mala Pe" (; "on the rosary of breaths") is a Hindi devotional poem written by Mirabai in the 16th-century. It is one of many bhajans she wrote in honor of Lord Krishna. It was later re-written as a song and was performed by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan during his first visit to India in 1979 at the wedding of Rishi Kapoor. The song is frequently sung at Hindu devotional gatherings.

Remakes

In 1996, the song was recomposed by Nadeem–Shravan for the film Jeet, starring Salman Khan, Karisma Kapoor, and Sunny Deol.

It was also recreated for the 1997 Hindi film Koyla. It was recomposed by Rajesh Roshan, sung by Kavita Krishnamurthy, and picturized on Shah Rukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit.

Later, Michael Winterbottom used the original version of the song as a soundtrack in his 2011 film Trishna, starring Freida Pinto and Riz Ahmed.

In 2020, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan paid homage to his uncle Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan with a cover version of the song, saying, "Sanson Ki Mala [is] a Qawwali very close to my heart, and this time it has been presented as a fusion track, conceptualised by Salman Ahmed. I dedicate the release to my mentor, Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and my father, Ustad Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan."

In 2023, the song was remade as "Simroon Tera Naam" by Manan Bhardwaj and sung by Sachet Tandon for the T-Series Hindi film Yaariyan 2.

References

Qawwali songs
Ghazal songs
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan songs
Sufi songs