Kun Faya Kun (Rockstar, 2011)

'Kun Faya Kun' is a qawwali composed by A. R. Rahman for the 2011 Hindi film Rockstar, directed by Imtiaz Ali, and dedicated to the Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya. ^{1 2} Its title is an Arabic phrase that the article glosses as "be, and it is". ¹

The article recounts that Imtiaz Ali told Rahman about the film's hero, Jordan, who can express himself only through music and whose music takes in the places he passes through; when he is thrown out of his house he goes to the Nizamuddin Dargah in Delhi, spends time with the qawwals and plays with them, and out of that journey into music and life the qawwali was composed. ¹

It is track four of the soundtrack album, listed as 'Kun Faaya Kun (Raga Bhairavi)', 7 minutes 53 seconds long, sung by Rahman with Javed Ali, Mohit Chauhan and the Nizami Bandhu; Irshad Kamil wrote all the album's lyrics, and the track list was published on Rahman's site on 16 September 2011. ¹

The article's awards table lists the song as winning the Mirchi Music Award for a song representing the Sufi tradition, at the 4th ceremony on 21 March 2012 for the music of 2011, ³ and nominated elsewhere for song of the year, best composition, best lyrics and best group performance. ¹

• English Wikipedia, 'Rockstar (soundtrack)', revision 1381114859 of 20 October 2026. ¹
• Wikidata item Q7355590. ²