Tum to Thehre Pardesi

Tum to Thehre Pardesi
album cover art
Studio album by
Altaf Raja
ReleasedSeptember 1997 (1997-09)
LabelVenus

Tum to Thehre Pardesi is an Urdu qawwali and album sung by Altaf Raja[1] in 1997. It was originally released as a b-side song of the album Panga Le Liya. Owing to its popularity,[2] the album was re-released with the title synonymous to this song.[3] It was the fifth most popular song in India, selling four million units in its maiden year.[4] In a single day, seven million (70 lakh) copies were sold, attaining the Guinness World Records. The song is Raja's most popular song till date and he is quoted as saying that his fans often ask him to perform it during live concerts.[5] In 2021, Sonu Sood and Farah Khan unsuccessfully[3] created a reprise version of the song.[6]

References

  1. ↑ ANI (2024-12-28). ""Prefer singing for independent albums over films": 'Tum To Thehre' hitmaker Altaf Raja". ThePrint. Retrieved 2025-08-19.
  2. ↑ Pillai, Varsha (21 April 2006). "Altaf Raja goes the hip-hop way". CNN-IBN. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  3. 1 2 Ekbal, Nikhat (2009). Great Muslims of undivided India. Gyan Publishing House. ISBN 978-81-7835-756-0. Retrieved 2025-08-19.
  4. ↑ Sarrazin, N. (2019). Focus: Popular Music in Contemporary India. Focus on World Music Series. Taylor & Francis. p. 109. ISBN 978-0-429-99931-4. Retrieved 2025-08-19.
  5. ↑ Farzeen, Sana (2024-03-14). "Altaf Raja wants to cast SRK, Salman or Aamir Khan in 'Tum To Thehre Pardesi' remix". India Today. Retrieved 2025-08-19.
  6. ↑ "Sonu Sood and Farah Khan to recreate Altaf Raja's 'Tum to thehre pardesi'". The Times of India. 2021-07-23. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2025-08-19.
This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.