Melancholic Sufi Singer (Allan Fakir)

Allan Fakir was born in 1932 at a tiny ancient village namely "Aamari" located in district Jamshoro taluka Manjhand Sindh where he spent his childhood life and passed away on 4th july 2000 at Liaquat national hospital karachi.Actually,he was hailing from Mangharhaar family which is amazingly prominent due to singing songs as well as beating drums at wedding nights.

Needless to say,his father was also beating drums  and singing traditional songs at wedding nights.Naturally,he was singing melancholic songs in the juvenile age which was provoking his father to unlike him.Basically,he was deprived from mother's love however it was his enthusiasm to find out somebody who could replace it but remained vain.

Therefore,He happened to settle at the Shrine of Shah Abdul Latif bhittai located in Bhitt Shah where he learnt many things such as poetry,Alaap,and way of showing a true love in the form of melodies.Reportedly he had been singing Shah Sahabs Kalam as long as 20 years until meeting "Mumtaz Mirza" who introducted him to Radio Pakistan Hyderabad,was his life's most terrific action.

Shockingly as well as proudly speaking,he never changed his fakiri dress code ever despite of receiving  speechless eulogy  as well as countless awards.

It goes without saying,he happened to get President award,Shah latif award and many others.

Pertinently,he never portrayed himself off as best "Sufi Singer" of Mehran rather he had been seen as forlorn.

Moreover,he was also patriotic as well as nationalist in this sense that his all performances were observed in sindhi cultural dresses,was a slap on the face of our cultural departmant which had never worked to promote Sindhi Culture which he was observing even at the time of his last breathe in Sindhi Cultural Dress.

Interestingly,whatever he was earning by singing sufi songs,sharing with the poor as well as with other sufies.This generosity was strongest than the uncontrolablle winds and his love with his motherland was higher than the mountains and deeper than the oceans.

Despite of all that his 10th death annivesary was not oberserved by Sindh Cultural department  on 4th july 2010 proved that our cultural minister had neither time nor interest to set out his 10th anniversary in the limelight by arranging a cultural show.

Last but not the least,there is no dearth of art in our country but it has never been encouraged neither by previous goverments nor by current.Due to this,our sufi as well as pop singers are turning their attentions towards bollywood where they are paid well and recognizing themselves as best performer at the world level.

This article has been written for paying  tribute to great sufi singer  Allan fakir.