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Kubra Khan raises a valid point about love songs praising physical appearances

Kubra Khan raises a valid point about love songs praising physical appearances

There's a lot of love for 'qatilana ankhen' and 'zulfen' but not enough for kindness.
15 Mar, 2022

Listening to songs means listening to an artist going on about someone's physical appearance and the connection they build off that. What's missing is praise for the person's personality, and actor Kubra Khan agrees. The Sinf-e-Aahan star took to Twitter to ask why songs can't highlight inner traits instead of "qatilana ankhen (deadly eyes)" or "zulfen (hair)".

In her tweet, Khan wrote, "You know how we have these beautiful songs that always talk about qatilana ankhen, jism jaise ajanta ki murat, zulfen or khusboo. How come we never talk about the inner traits? Like how someone is kind, has a beautiful heart or how someone is inspiring."

Khan wrote that while she's a "sucker for these songs like the next person" and knows that even when she's in her 70s she'd want to be told that she's beautiful by her partner, she still wonders why people aren't praising "the beauty within".

"Like, I’m sure like me many of you would love it more if your dude or dudette said to you 'yaar, khoobsurat to hai he, lekin insaan Kamaal hai, dil kamaal hai [they are beautiful but also a wonderful human being with a wonderful heart]' or am I wrong? Again just thinking out loud so don’t kill me."

Khan raised an important point and provided food for thought about how even though personality traits are far more important than the way a person looks, they aren't highlighted in music.

Physical appearance has always been valued in songs that go way back to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's time, or even before that. Even the recent Coke Studio song ‘Thagyan’ that talks about being smitten by someone's gaze alone. Recent release 'Peela Rung' from the film Parde Mein Rehne Do talks about the complimentary nature of the colour yellow.

There's nothing wrong with praising someone's physical appearance, but beauty isn't always skin deep. We can call someone beautiful without highlighting their physical features. Qualities such as kindness, acceptance or being humble also deserve to be praised as poetically as eyes, clothes or even figures.

Comments

Shahzaib Mar 15, 2022 01:46pm
Only if stupidity had some boundaries
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ST Mar 15, 2022 01:54pm
She is right.
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A Mar 15, 2022 02:33pm
Nothing wrong in that.
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Syed Hasni Mar 15, 2022 03:10pm
I totally agree with Kubra, Beauty is a virtue. Agar aur hasenian be isa sochain to hum jeson ka kam ban jaye. Kubra you beauty !
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Ilovehelen Mar 15, 2022 03:23pm
First give people work in plays based on kindness rather than physical appearance. I'd love to see a slightly fat girl playing the typical mazloom girl role rather than a hotty disguised as mazloom Pari.
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Nads Mar 15, 2022 04:22pm
I think men feel more attracted to women based on their physical characteristics . So for example someone who may be more “beautiful “ may actually only appear so because they are actually more fit in certain ways, for example a flat stomach may be actually better abdominal muscles, similarly a better gait may be due to better spinal alignment, beautiful eyes may actually be the possibility of better eyesight or visual acuity. These rules are not hard or fast, but beauty may inspire romantic love because it may be linked to the health of the prospective mate being acquired. I think women are more able to love for non physical characteristics because the prospective mate is already stronger in many ways, so look don’t play that big a role
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Abdul Rasheed Gadit Mar 15, 2022 05:11pm
Love songs are always liked very much in the world and especially in the Sub-continent.
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Imran Ahmed Mar 15, 2022 05:42pm
May be she is right, but any one impresses looks and appearance instantly and songs are prepared and put in films in this phase of love or meeting, and songs are written to win the heart of lover after first look. Angriness and fight are begun after meetings, marriage or after closeness. By the way I am quoted here some "ashaar" regarding personality, سنا ہے بولے تو باتوں سے پھول جھڑتے ہیں یہ بات ہے تو چلو بات کر کے دیکھتے ہیں سنا ہے ربط ہے اس کو خراب حالوں سے سو اپنے آپ کو برباد کر کے دیکھتے ہیں
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Zulfiqar Mar 15, 2022 05:57pm
@Shahzaib there is nothing stupid about what she said. Although same cannot be said about your comment
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Zulfiqar Mar 15, 2022 05:58pm
@Ilovehelen watch parizaad
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M. Saeed Mar 15, 2022 06:05pm
Of late, Kubra Khan has sufficiently demonstrated her pleasing traits in personality and present-ability without frills.
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Ajmal Mar 15, 2022 06:38pm
Film personalities make money based on looks. Why pontificate otherwise?
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well-wisher Mar 15, 2022 07:37pm
K-Khan you are great inside and out. A great artist with the real human heart. Your message has a great meaning and yes beauty is more than skin deep.
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Hanna Mar 15, 2022 08:05pm
@Shahzaib imagine getting triggered by reasoning and ethics and calling it stupidity just because you're unable grasp it
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Hanna Mar 15, 2022 08:08pm
Well said,it's just sexualization and shallowness in the name of music coz it requires no creativity
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haris Mar 15, 2022 08:30pm
Appreciate the Poetry and get a life! Physical appearance is easily visible to everyone whereas, beauty of one's inner soul is evident to people close to him/her or his/her partner. You can ask your life partner to describe your inner soul day-night to you.
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haris Mar 15, 2022 08:33pm
Dear Ms Khan, First ask yourself why a good-looking and slim girl is selected for a leading actress in films/dramas? why not a chubby girl with dark-complexion make a cut?
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Syed Hasni Mar 15, 2022 09:46pm
Kitni achi batein karti hai !
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Syed Hasni Mar 16, 2022 02:21am
@haris There are all kind of films haris why are you insisting on one kind.
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Syed Hasni Mar 16, 2022 08:19am
Kitni Pyari Batain Karti hai- veeru Bhut sari Batain Karti hai- Jai
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Hd Mar 16, 2022 08:54pm
This is so right. Like have u seen the poems and ghazals in Urdu books of board classes?
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