"Kithay Nain" is a

Punjabi folk Punjabi folk music (Shahmukhi: پنجابی لوک موسیقی pa, ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਲੋਕ ਸੰਗੀਤ or Punjabi Folk) is the traditional music on the traditional musical instruments of the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent. There ...

song recorded by Pakistani singer

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. It was written by Manzur Jhalla and became one of the most popular Punjabi song sang by Reshma and has been reproduced, rendered and sung by many artists including

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and

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Ali Sethi version

The song was rerecorded by

as a tribute to Reshma, composed by Saad Sultan and Syed Umar Ali it received widespread acclaim. The video of the song was directed by Sarmad Sultan Khoosat and

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and features Sethi himself with his sister Mira Sethi and actors Sania Saeed and

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. It was nominated for Best Music Single for Ali and

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for Sarmad.

Music video

"Kithay Nain Na Jori" was released in February at

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featuring Sethi himself, starring Sania Saeed,

and Ali's sister Mira Sethi as a tribute to

. Sethi said, "Reshma ji's song is so powerful that today everyone is ready to do anything to bring it back." explaining his tribute to singer he expressed, "It's been a miraculous journey. All of us who have worked on the song have been touched by something really special. Everything – from recording to finding musicians and the shooting – came together at the end and it's because of our love for the song. The song belongs to Reshma ji."

Synopsis

Protagonist ( Sania Saeed) is happily married to a man (

) who seems to be faithful too. Until she discovered a love letter written by ( Mira Sethi) with whom protagonist is having an affair with and finds out that whenever he goes out of the city he lives with her. She decides to take revenge, protagonist husband comes home, just to open the door, she shoots him and wander in whole house reminisce their memories.

Cast and crew

Following is the list of brief artist that work with this record: * Singer:

* Featuring Artist: Ali Sethi, Sania Saeed,

and Mira Sethi *

Lyricist A lyricist is a songwriter who writes lyrics (the spoken words), as opposed to a composer, who writes the song's music which may include but not limited to the melody, harmony, arrangement and accompaniment. Royalties A lyricist's income ...

: Manzoor Jhalla *

Music video director A music video director is the head of music video production. The director conceives of videos' artistic and dramatic aspects while instructing the musical act, technical crew, actors, models, and dancers. They may or may not be in collaboration ...

: Sarmad Sultan Khoosat and Saim Sadiq *

Record Producer A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure.Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as ...

s: White Frog Works ; Personnel *

Composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

: Syed Umer Ali and Saad Sultan *

Persecutions Persecution is the systematic mistreatment of an individual or group by another individual or group. The most common forms are religious persecution, racism, and political persecution, though there is naturally some overlap between these term ...

: Asif Ali (Goga) *

Cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...

: Ghulam Abbas *

Piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

: Anthony Soshil *

Guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

: Saad Sultan

Track listing

*;Digital download (2015 version) "Kithay Nain" featuring

, Sania Saeed,

and Mira Sethi — 5:10

Accolades

The single receives following nomination at 2016 Hum Awards:

References

External links

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