Indian qawwal reciting poems and singing 'Chhaap Tilak Sab Chheeni Mose Naina Milaaike' at a concert in Delhi, India.

Chhaap Tilak Sab Chheeni is a Qawwali song composed by Amir Khusro, a 14th-century Indian mystic. It is written in popular country tongue, Braj Bhasha. This single is very popular in Qawwali concerts. The song's poetry as well as music are highly appreciated by the Qawwali listeners of the Indian subcontinent. Due to the immense popularity of this song it forms an integral part of any Sufi concert in Indian Subcontinent.

This Qawwali has been sung by many notable Qawwals such as Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Abida Parveen, Sabri Brothers, Iqbal Hussain Khan Bandanawazi, Ustad Shujaat Khan, Zila Khan. This Qawwali also featured in 1978 Bollywood Movie Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle.

The modified version of this song is also featured in Raj Khosla's 1978 release "Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki' sung by Lata Mangeshkar and composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal. This song has also made its place in the musical TV shows such as Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, Chote Ustaad etc. where various contestants such as Richa Sharma, Abhijeet Shrivastva, Harshdeep Kaur have mesmerised the audiences by singing this song.

Source : Wikipedia

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