Actress and model Lisa Ray claims that she “inwardly” cringes whenever her hit song “Afreen Afreen” is played and that it made her uncomfortable to celebrate the video she was so closely associated with. Actress and model Lisa Ray claims that every time her well-known song “Afreen Afreen” is played, she “inwardly” cringes and that she felt uncomfortable enjoying the video she was closely associated with. Afreen Afreen was a well-known pop hit song from the 1990s, performed by legendary singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. In the video, Lisa was seen.
Lisa revealed in a lengthy statement on Instagram that she had never liked the song. “I have to confess I have felt uncomfortable sharing or celebrating the #AfreenAfreen breakthrough video of the 90s and iconic song by maestro #nusratfatehalikhan because I was so strongly identified with it.” She added: “The song still often plays on cue for events where I am invited to speak of other aspects of my life experience and I inwardly cringe while offering a polite smile.”
“Today, as great troudadours I listened to in my youth are passing into the light, I recognise the power of a song to evoke an emotional response in the audience that is tied to who you once were — to a moment in time that is often defined by hope, wonder and the optimism of youth.”
According to actress Lisa Ray, hearing the music today has no longer any personal associations. “So of course hearing this song today is no longer about a personal association but represents a universal rite of passage — in the same timbre of falling in love for the first time, writing your first poem, reflexively planning your future — a pitch, a note, a video that reminds us of a world of beauty and possibility and innocence that once was.” “But truly, what would be a revelation today is others also comprehending this truth and freeing me from an association with the song, for the reasons and more above (I’m just walking around in the desert after all).”
