The Story Behind Iqtidar OST
Iqtidar is the original soundtrack of Green Entertainment's 2024 serial of the same name, the story of a young woman, played by Anmol Baloch, who takes on a powerful political family to win justice for her brother. Arshman Khan composed the track and sings it with Farrukh Mehervi, over lyrics by Fatima Najeeb. It arrived in October 2024, a few weeks after the drama premiered, and became the show's tender counterweight, a slow, melancholic ballad set against a plot built on grief and defiance. Anmol Baloch and Ali Raza carried a serial that ranked among the most-watched Pakistani dramas of the year, and the OST travelled with it, its refrain of love and longing lingering well after each episode faded to black.
Meaning & Translation
Iqtidar is Urdu for power or authority, the very theme of the drama it accompanies, where influence and privilege work to shield the guilty. The song turns that word inward. Instead of political might, it sings of the quieter, helpless power that love and grief hold over a person. Its lines dwell on longing and separation, on holding on to someone who is slipping out of reach, and on the ache of loving through loss. Arshman Khan and Farrukh Mehervi deliver it with a restrained, aching tenderness, letting the feeling settle into the pauses. The effect reframes the drama's hard word for authority as something intimate, fragile, and deeply human.
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Artists & Credits
- Arshman Khan singer
- Farrukh Mehervi singer
- Arshman Khan composer
- Fatima Najeeb lyricist