Gen-Z Finds Solace in Timeless Ghazals

Mansvi Saxena (20), in the Mumbai apartment late at night, plays Mehdi Hassan’s Gazal Mujhe Tum Nazar SE, a song that his mother played again after losing his father. On a long bus journey, Saahil Thakkar (21) allows Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan to fill Gazlı’s four -hour journey. What is played as background music in childhood homes is now becoming a sound and heritage music for many Gene-Zers. Increased number of Gen-Z listeners change fast playback lists for the charm of unhurried Gazal and Retro Bollywood songs; Music carrying memory, detail and emotion throughout generations.

Timeless Notes

The singer and composer Nisschal Zaver (35) saw it first. “Ghazals has always been stolen in my house, next to Indian classical music. During Covid, deep love against poetry reappeared. I rediscovered the veterans with passionate passionate. I felt like all the stars were aligned.” For him, the power of the form comes from simplicity. “Poetry should be priority in Ghazals. Music must be like a simple ride to improve beauty without shading.”

For young listeners, the road to old music usually begins in small, daily moments. Mansvi remembers the FM radio that shapes the film music of his childhood – morning Bhajans, daytime new versions and old film songs at night. Over time, he drew himself into the sound of the 70s. “This is the music that exists, just as in my youth, just as in themselves.

Some songs become personal signs of memory. Saahil grew up with old compilations in the tapes. “Old Hindi Song Compilation Cassettes.” The deepest connection came at the university where a friend will play gas in the Spotify jam sessions – the long, meditative pieces that are not at first, but ended at the end. “You listen a few times and you’re like, you know, there’s a place for it.”

For Saahil, the gas people are experienced when the world feels immobilized in the early hours of late night or early in the morning. “The length of the songs is very interesting. You can let the song come on its own.”

Sound of music

He understands why young listeners were set to old songs by the industry. Ashutosh Sharma, the founder of Amarrass Records, thinks that the revival of Ghazal and Folk traditions among young audiences is less surprise and returned to more natural order. “People want something not only at the surface level, but a lively, unplanned, thought -provoking real thing. So analog records, former Shayari and Ghalib have a return.”

The charm of gas and old songs lies in their full experience. “This poem, interpretation and the way the artist lives in words. This combination can move people even if they have never heard of the song before,” Sharma says. He saw that the audience reacted even when the language was not familiar. The feeling of the poem, which is carried by the interpretation of the artist, cuts the language. You don’t need to understand every word to move. While the family usually adds the first seeds of the musical taste, Sharma believes that it is “friends and areas that you found that you expand your exposure later”. The ecosystem is important.

Discovery usually becomes online. Saahil, Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, through a reel Ye Jo Ring, found a Jeff Buckley lid and instantly looking for a full runway. “The two -striped jokes have a natural virtuality online, but the proximity of a Mahfil or Baithak offers a depth and connection that no screen can copy”.

Some songs for Mansvi speak directly with their thoughts. Jane Kya Sochkar from Kinara is a favorite. “I think the song is perfectly and reasonable sadly… The insulation is not unique to you, but knowing that, it is still unbearable slow and heavy.”

Return to Classics

Choosing this music is a way to go beyond the existing pop view for some. A little rebellion against today’s pop culture. “We must protect our history, our common South Asian history and should not allow political conflicts to ruin our culture and common cultural ground,” Saahil says.

Both the lodge and Sharma believe that the revival will remain here. “You will see that more children write poems, discover meanings and keep the tradition alive in both traditional and contemporary forms.” Says. Zaveri hopes that his work is part of this process. “Thanks to my performances, I hope I plant seeds in the heart of the next generation, the seeds that will inspire them to explore, feed and move forward.”

As long as love, loss and longing remain a part of human life, the unhurgent beauty of the gases and the elegance of old film music will continue to pass generations. Zaver, they raise what we feel and give a sound to these feelings, ”he says. For today’s young listeners, this sound is no longer a echo from the past anymore. Part of his own film music, memories, emotions and a sense of belonging that makes you feel timeless.