Aalu Anday - A Political Satire Video of Pakistan by Beyghairat Brigade

Produced by little-known pop group Beygairat Brigade, or Shameless Brigade, it mocks the raft of political leaders many Pakistanis despair over but breaks ground in daring to lampoon army chief of staff General Ashfaq Kayani.

Considered Pakistan's most powerful man, Kayani is rarely the subject of public mirth in a country where the military is feared and revered in equal measures. But for three singers from Lahore, Pakistan's cultural capital near the border with India, there were no holds barred.

"With such hullabaloo about the extension, the chief has gone into hibernation," they croon, referring to his three-year extension in the job and apparent refusal of US demands for tougher action on Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants. The song criticises the outcry of popular support for the policeman who shot dead liberal politician Salman Taseer.
It refers also to cleric Abdul Aziz, who fled a government siege on the radical Red Mosque in Islamabad in 2007, as the mullah who "escaped in a veil"and says Pakistan's late Nobel prize winner Abdus Salam is a "forgotten tale."

Salam won the Nobel prize for Physics in 1979 with Sheldon Glashow and Steven Weinberg, but has been largely disowned by Pakistanis who bitterly oppose the minority Ahmadi sect to which he belongs.

The pop band take on former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz, ridiculing their baldness, and assails cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan and the powerful chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.

Calling the song "Aalu Anday" — the egg and potato dish cooked in Pakistani homes when meat is not available — the lyrics also poke fun at the rising cost of lentils in a country torn apart by attacks and natural disasters.
The singers hold up different placards in the video, one of which says "This video is sponsored by the Zionists".
"There are a whole lot of news anchors on different channels who tell everyone what to do and we call them the 'Ghairat Brigade', and since we negate everything that they say or do, we are the Bayghairat Brigade," explains Ali Aftaab Saeed, who is the vocalist of the band.
The Lahore-based band comprises of Daniyal Malik, an economist by profession, 15-year-old Hamza Malik, who is in the ninth grade and Saeed, who works as a director at a local news channel.
"Although we have made a song that picks on the way things are happening in Pakistan, we are not revolutionaries," states Daniyal.
When asked about the idea behind the humourous name of the track, Daniyal explains, "The name 'Aalu Anday' doesn't have a thought process behind it, but listeners are coming up with their own justifications and we highly appreciate it."
Considering music to be a passion more than a profession, the band has accepted the deteriorating state of the music industry and have kept it in mind.
"Only schools will be interested in the kind of music we make and no school will call a band like Bayghairat Brigade to perform. That is why we didn't invest much into it and everything else that you see comes straight out of our pockets," states Saeed.
On the contrary, 15-year-old band member Hamza has absolutely no idea what the song means and what he has gotten himself into. "We told him a number of times, that if you want, we can edit you out of the video, but it was his passion for music that made him stick to it and the teenager had has done a good job," says Saeed.
However, one thing that saddens the band is that despite a number of puns on Ajmal Kasab, Owais Qadri and Maulana Abdul Aziz, all the threats that they have received so far are about the mention of Nobel Prize winner, Dr Abdus Salam
"It is sad and ironic that people threaten us or give suggestions like, 'You should have used Abdul Qadeer Khan's name instead of Dr Abdus Salam," says Saeed, but is quick to add, "Perhaps this was the kind of debate we wanted to trigger."
Different political parties have asked Bayghairat Brigade to join them and make music for their campaigns, but the band has refused. They, however, do not mind their music being used against any force that is anti-democratic.
Additionally, Bayghairat Brigade has a number of tracks ready for release and all of them are socially relevant. Like "Aalu Anday", the majority of the songs have a satirical tinge or a social message, which the band is adamant about sharing with listeners. With their first single going viral via YouTube and Facebook, Bayghairat Brigade is fast developing a following of everyone from teenagers to intellectuals — this is exactly what the band wants as this will help take their message to different groups in Pakistani society.
"Pakistan is going through a bad time but we are hopeful that the future can be different. Democracy can work in the country and we would encourage all of our fans and followers to vote," Saeed states.

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[Bumbley1]

Just read about this on the BBC, keep it up boys! This is why the internet is a truly wonderful tool, a guy in Virginia (USA) is watching a satirical Pakistani music video after reading about it on a British news site!

[psjanjua1975]

hi man keep up i read about u in BBC. so i search u r song really good song

[gabwhi]

That is Coooooool!

[MrWilliamson01]

At last.....a protest song worthy of being called a protest song. Good luck boys and keep it up. Nice work.

[aveerabh]

Got to hear about this in BBC, great job boys :-)

[virkshalu]

Great! Read about this song in The Times Of India;KEEP IT UP, BOYS!!!

[alimalikfranzy]

Very Nice Song

[umar9211]

Great Song ............

[abbaskh]

WHAT B.S

B.S.1) Majority in pakistan, even the maulvi, doesn't think that ajmal kasab is a Hero.

B.S.2) There might be a few who thinks qadri did something good but pakistan as a whole and the judiciary of pakistan gave him death sentence.

B.S.3) Free Judiciary = hanged PPP. Seriously! Seriously! are we going to argue about PPP regardless of its corruption and their head joker.

B.S.4) CJ worried about extension. Again seriously guys! The guy took so many major steps against the corrupt politi

[TheMuhibulhaq]

Awesome song

[mebiggles1]

Good luck lads. Keep safe.