Sanson Ki Mala Pe

Sanson Ki Mala Pe (Urdu: سانسوں کی مالا پر, translit. sāñsoñ kī maalā par simrūñ nis-din pī kā nām) is a 20th-century ghazal written by Pakistani poet Tufail Hoshiarpuri.^[8] The ghazal was first published in his poetry collection Soch Mala.^[9][10]

Although some have attributed this song to Mirabai and Amir Khusro, this is a Ghazal that was written by Tufail Hoshiarpuri.^[11] Later composed into a qawwali by the legendary Pakistani singer-songwriter Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. It was first played by Khan during his first visit to India in 1979, when Indian actor and filmmaker Raj Kapoor invited him at the wedding of his son Rishi Kapoor.^[12][13]

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

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."^[14]

In 2022, Portuguese guitarist Andre Antunes released a metal reinterpretation of the song which became a viral sensation on YouTube. The video, titled "Legendary Pakistani Singer goes Metal,"^[15] features Antunes playing heavy metal guitar riffs over Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's original vocal performance. This unlikely fusion of Qawwali and metal has garnered millions of views and introduced the timeless masterpiece to a new generation of listeners, unearthing the classic for a global audience and receiving widespread acclaim for its creativity and power.

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.^[16]