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The Story Behind Berukhi OST
Berukhi OST is the 2021 title song for ARY Digital's drama Berukhi, performed by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. Qasim Azhar composed and created the music, Mubashir Hassan wrote the lyrics, and Abdullah Seja is credited as producer. Built around a measured, sorrowful melody, the arrangement leaves space for Khan's long, rising phrases and the emotional pull of the refrain. The lyrics make emotional distance the central wound, allowing the title to work as both the song's subject and the serial's name. Its recognition extended beyond the broadcast: Berukhi was nominated for Best Original Soundtrack at the 2022 Lux Style Awards, where Qasim Azhar and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan were listed for composition and vocals. That combination of restrained pacing and forceful singing gives the OST its lasting dramatic weight.
Meaning & Translation
Berukhi means indifference, coldness, or emotional aloofness. The song speaks from the unsettled space between rejection and acceptance: the beloved will neither say no nor openly commit, leaving the speaker close enough to hope but too distant to feel secure. Its central plea is not for grand romance so much as clarity and tenderness. The singer treats emotional neglect as its own kind of wound, asking why love is answered with silence, distance, and shifting promises. In English, the refrain's idea is that this cold behavior has become unbearable, yet attachment keeps the speaker waiting. The song therefore turns berukhi into a portrait of one-sided devotion, where uncertainty hurts more than a clean farewell.
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Artists & Credits
- Rahat Fateh Ali Khan singer
- Qasim Azhar composer
- Mubashir Hassan lyricist
- Qasim Azhar musician
- Abdullah Seja producer