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Mehfil or mahfil (Urdu:محفل), alternatively known as Bazm (Urdu:بزم) is a formal venue where indoor recreational activities such as poetry , singing, music, and dance are entertained in parts of the Indian subcontinent.
Mahfil or Mehfil may refer to: Müezzin mahfili (Turkish), or dikka, a raised platform in a mosque; Mehfil or mahfil (Urdu), an indoor gathering featuring music, dance, and poetry reading; Mahfil, a Hindi film of 1981; Mehfil Magazine, a Canadian-based South Asian lifestyle magazine 1993–2010
The word sama is often still used in Central Asia and Turkey to refer to forms very similar to Qawwali, and in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, the formal name used for a session of Qawwali is Mehfil-e-Sama. Originally, musical instrument use in Qawwali was prohibited. The following conditions were initially placed on Qawwali: [4]
The word "Mehfil" means "a gathering". During its run, Mehfil Magazine featured the South Asian community's leading business men and women, writers, artists, social workers, law enforcement, politicians and students. It also tackled some of the South Asian community's toughest social and political issues, including the Air India bombing, sexual ...
According to Oxford English Dictionary, the Urdu word Mushaira comes from an Arabic word “mušā'ara” meaning “vying poetry”. [2]Some legends suggest that Mushaira was first organized by Amir Khusraw (1253–1325), while some legends reject this hypothesis and claim that instead it was Qawwali, that was introduced by Amir Khusraw and not mushaira.
Pankaj Udhas (17 May 1951 – 26 February 2024) was an Indian ghazal and playback singer known for his works in Hindi cinema, and Indian pop.He started his career with the release of a ghazal album titled Aahat in 1980 and subsequently recorded many hits like Mukarar in 1981, Tarrannum in 1982, Mehfil in 1983, Pankaj Udhas Live at Royal Albert Hall in 1984, Nayaab in 1985 and Aafreen in 1986.
Ghulam Farid Sabri (b. 1930 in Kalyana, East Punjab – d. 5 April 1994 in Karachi; lead vocals, harmonium, leader of the ensemble till his death in 1994); Maqbool Ahmed Sabri (b. 12 October 1945 in Kalyana- d. 21 September 2011 in South Africa; [3] leading member of the ensemble, lead vocals, harmonium, music composer, sole leader of the ensemble after Ghulam Farid Sabri's death in 1994 until ...
Vandana Srinivasan and Anand Pattathil run a collective called The Madras Mehfil Collective aka Mehfil aur Mulaqaat which is a unique musical act founded in Chennai/ Madras under their banner Musicalorie Productions. This team specializes in the genres of Ghazal, Sufi, Devotional, Semi- Classical, Timeless Film Classics & Retro gems across all ...