Official video for Singer Composer Actress Jyotika Sharma's cover of Farida Khanum's "Aaj Jaane Ki Zid Na Karo".<br /><br />Aaj Jaane Ki Zid Na Karo (lit. Please don't insist on leaving today) is a Nazm written by Fayyaz Hashmi.[1] It was popularlised by noted classical vocalists, Habib Wali Mohammad who also sang this song as a film playback singer in a Pakistani film Badal Aur Bijli (1973). Then the famous ghazal singer Farida Khanum also used to sing it in her television performances and in her live public concerts.[2] It is sung in Raag Yaman Kalyan.[3]<br /><br />The song is sung by many artistes like Asha Bhosle (Asha Bhosle: Love Supreme, 2006)[4] The song was used as background music in a scene in the Mira Nair's Golden Lion award winning film, Monsoon Wedding (2001).[5] Habib Wali Mohammad's version of the song is also very popular. It is also a part of 'The Shruti Box', online music series by Shankar Tucker, where it was sung by Rohini Ravada. A.R. Rahman had performed this number in MTV Unplugged Season 2.[6]<br /><br />In 2015, this song was recomposed by Strings for Coke Studio Pakistan and re-sung by Farida Khanum after a significant gap from music in the finale episode of eighth season, concluding their run of 2015 season.<br /><br />The song was used in an episode of Crime Patrol broadcast on 9th Feb 2016 on Sony TV.<br /><br />Arijit Singh also recreated the song for TV show Naamkarann, telecast on Star Plus channel in August 2016.<br /><br />The song was also recreated by Pritam, and featured in 2016 film Ae Dil Hai Mushkil in the voice of Shilpa Rao.[7]
