Sameer Rahat's guest appearances

Sameer Rahat

Maed in India

Likh: The Process

Lit Nama

Radhika Vaz

Utsav Mamoria

Amrita Mahale

Sriraam Padmanabhan

Pavitra Shetty

Rytasha Rathore

Abbas Momin

Ramneek Singh

Navin Noronha

Aakash Mehta

Jeeya Sethi

Punya Arora

Simar Singh

Aranya Johar

Sanjay Subrahmanyan

OwlTail

Back in the studio, Mae is joined by Urdu-Blues music composer, performer, and writer Sameer Rahat! He talks about his relationship with poetry and music, coming from a family of poets, how classical ghazals and traditional blues came together in his music, how Urdu as a language is dying a gradual death, and on his experience being a music composer for film and TV. He also performs a stripped down version of a song from his 2020 debut solo-album Aamad, and two unreleased songs! Song List: Puraana (00:57 - 04:46) Tasalli (16:36 - 22:00) Saare Chor (33:50 - 37:42) Follow Sameer Rahat: Instagram @sameerrahat Facebook @sameerrahat Twitter @sameerrahat Follow Jayesh Malani (on saxophone &amp; guitar): Instagram @jayeshmalani Come be our friend: Facebook @maedinindia Instagram @maedinindia Twitter @maedinindia CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter: @maebemaebe Instagram: @maemariyam Sound Editing &amp; Additional engineering by: Lakshman Parsuram Episode Mixed &amp; Mastered by: Kartik Kulkarni Producer: Shaun Fanthome and Husein Haveliwala Music Mixed by: Aria Nanji Recorded at Island City Studios

Back in the studio, Mae is joined by Urdu-Blues music composer, performer, and writer Sameer Rahat! He talks about his relationship with poetry and music, coming from a family of poets, how classical ghazals and traditional blues came together in his music, how Urdu as a language is dying a gradual death, and on his experience being a music composer for film and TV. He also performs a stripped down version of a song from his 2020 debut solo-album Aamad, and two unreleased songs! Song List: Puraana (00:57 - 04:46) Tasalli (16:36 - 22:00) Saare Chor (33:50 - 37:42) Follow <a href="https://sameerrahat.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sameer Rahat</a>: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sameerrahat" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> @sameerrahat <a href="http://facebook.com/sameerrahat" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> @sameerrahat <a href="https://twitter.com/sameerrahat" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> @sameerrahat Follow <a href="https://l.instagram.com/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jayeshmalani.com%2F&amp;e=ATOM1_dGFPNiCAWvmY6XeDyPP9hTKrrB44omO9djonRxmGPl73NWVbESmoVH1fzuitM5AnMdJ_ywtwcxKP_81s3i7wepA7U6&amp;s=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jayesh Malani</a> (on saxophone &amp; guitar): <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jayeshmalani" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> @jayeshmalani Come be our friend: Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/maedinindia" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@maedinindia</a> Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/maedinindia/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@maedinindia</a> Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/maedinindia" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@maedinindia</a> CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/maebemaebe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@maebemaebe</a> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/maemariyam/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@maemariyam</a> Sound Editing &amp; Additional engineering by: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/february_31st/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lakshman Parsuram</a> Episode Mixed &amp; Mastered by: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kartik.kulkarni/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kartik Kulkarni</a> Producer: <a href="http://instagram.com/sfanthome" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shaun Fanthome</a> and <a href="https://youtube.com/huseinh7" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Husein Haveliwala</a> Music Mixed by: <a href="http://instagram.com/ariananji" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Aria Nanji</a> Recorded at Island City Studios

In this episode, Laxmi is in conversation with poet, composer, and singer-songwriter Sameer Rahat. Uncovering the origin story of Aamad, they talk about a novel genre of music called the "Urdu Blues" that Sameer practices and various influences on his life right from his parents' poet Anjum Rehbar and poet-lyricist Rahat Indori to Jaun Elia to contemporary soundscapes of rock and film music. They also discuss the influence of Urdu on pop culture as well as indie cultures today and trace the consequences of the same on the language, form, and culture itself.BONUS: Sameer reads two Ghazals in this episode!You can follow Laxmi Krishnan on her Instagram handle: @literarychills(https://www.instagram.com/literarychills/?igshid=14c6tsq7jyhjb)You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.comPlease share your feedback and suggestions to us at talktous@ivmpodcasts.com

In this episode, Laxmi is in conversation with poet, composer, and singer-songwriter Sameer Rahat. Uncovering the origin story of Aamad, they talk about a novel genre of music called the "Urdu Blues" that Sameer practices and various influences on his life right from his parents' poet Anjum Rehbar and poet-lyricist Rahat Indori to Jaun Elia to contemporary soundscapes of rock and film music. They also discuss the influence of Urdu on pop culture as well as indie cultures today and trace the consequences of the same on the language, form, and culture itself.BONUS: Sameer reads two Ghazals in this episode!You can follow Laxmi Krishnan on her Instagram handle: @literarychills (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/literarychills/?igshid=14c6tsq7jyhjb" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/literarychills/?igshid=14c6tsq7jyhjb</a>)You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: <a href="https://ivm.today/android" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://ivm.today/android</a> or iOS: <a href="https://ivm.today/ios" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://ivm.today/ios</a>, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at <a href="http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.ivmpodcasts.com</a>Please share your feedback and suggestions to us at <a href="mailto:talktous@ivmpodcasts.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">talktous@ivmpodcasts.com</a>

Chapter. 22: Aamad with Sameer Rahat

For anyone with no clue about Urdu poetry, Sameer will give you a good place to start from understanding the various facets and exponents of urdu poetry.

15: Urdu poetry with lyricist and composer Sameer Rahat