Mekaal Hasan released its album Saptak with twelve magnificent tracks. Saptak literally means “a series of seven notes”, (Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni) in Indian classical music. With mystical works of Bhulley Shah, Shah Hussain and Amrita Pretam, the second album encompasses inspirational music for new the generation. The rich blending of eastern and western streams adds sumptuousness to the album, which obviously involves a deeper in-depth understanding of both the streams carefully.
The track “Chal Bulleya” has been shot with a highly symbolic content. It encompasses the western concept of seven deadly sins by human beings. A very though provoking directional effort by Bilal Lashari, the video shows well the extent of human cardinal sins or cardinal vices. The merged beauty comes in the form of eastern poetry and doctrines with a western concept of seven deadly sins.
“Waris Shah” by Amrita Pretam has always been my favorite and makes me cry. Specially, “Aj Lakhan Dhiyan Rhondian…..” words are the most sensational and sentimental. Saptak creates a highly spiritual mood with its enchanting melodies. After watching the video “Chal Bulleya”, it starts with an old man lying sluggishly in his bed, physically being passive, depicts the sin “Sloth”. The very glamorous Aaminah Haq can be seen praising and looking vainly into a mirror, symbolizes sin “Pride”, the love of one’s own being. “Wrath” is shown while Fawad Khan and Kamiar Rokhni fighting fiercely and showing deep angst and aggressiveness. Meera is seen bathing in a tub full of money, embodies sin “Greed”, that means to have a desire of material wealth more than needed. Ahmed Ali Butt is seen eating with four hands, depicts sin “Gluttony”, that embodies over consuming everything to the point of waste. Moamar Rana shows “Lust”, and Juggan Kazim is seen commiting sin “envy”, as she lacks other people’s qualities, in the video. “Waris Shah” has also been sung by Inayat Hussain Bhatti in the past, which is highly melancholic in nature. MHB truly understand the soul of spiritual music and give a nice blend to Sufi poetry with modern instruments.
“Jhok Ranjhan” is another fascinating track with touchy poetry. “Sanwal” creates a sensational mood with re-composed brighter version. The most fascinating tracks from the album include “Chal Bulleya”, “Jhok Ranjhan”, “Waris Shah” and “Bandeya”. The album is a mere combination of seamless Sufi mystic with rhythms of rock. Mekaal adroit guitar touches and Amir Azhar’s ardent bass lines make the album haunting, with Muhammad Ahsan’s glitzy flutes and Javed Bashir’s astonishing vocal renditions.
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