No Bhutto song, no wedding!

Music has no barriers, no doubt, but when it comes to political party anthems, one should be a bit careful while singing. But it seems for us Hyderabadis it is ‘who cares a damn?’
In what sounds like an off the wall trend in the making, the whole city is now dancing to the tunes of the political anthem of Pakistan People’s Party, apparently oblivious of the origin of the song. Attend any marriage function or a small function in any part of the city, be it of Muslims’, Hindus’ or Sikhs’, you can see the participants dancing in glee to the tunes of the PPP song, full of praises of its slain president Benazir Bhutto!
This most preferred music in Hyderabadi marriages or even a small function is the very same Dila Teer Bija where they sing paeans of the former Pakistan President.  
Not only Muslims, but people belonging to every community dance to this song which is the title song for the PPP. Even though some of them know that the song is originated from the neighboring country, still they insist on playing it. On many instances, the music players were manhandled and abused by dancers for not playing this particular music.
“The first song that we learn is Jeay Bhutto. We also learn teen maar but the people love to dance on this song. Not only they dance but also demonstrate their skills on bow and swords while dancing in marriage parties. The music is slow and beats are very loud and clear. Even old can easily dance to it,” Nasir Ahmed, a music band player said.
“Iss music pai dance karay bhagair khoi shadi puri nahi hoti (Without this song, no marriage is complete in our city). There are more than 100 different music bands in Hyderabad and all are perfect in Jeay Bhutto Benazir. We have been playing music in marriages for the last 15 years. Even now the people are crazy about this music,’’ M  Pavan, who runs Pavan Band said.
“Is it so? I did not know that it is Pakistani music. So what? It hardly matters to me. The music is excellent and we play it every time in our functions and marriages,” Raju Yadav, a businessman said. “Music and dance has no religion. Once we start dancing, we totally get involved into it and in fact it is a sort of relaxation,” Raju said.
Bija Teer Bija was first sung by PPP women activists for Benazir Bhutto when she was elected the Prime Minister in late eighties. Later, Pakistani composer Zahoor Khan Zebi composed it for the PPP and the album was named Awami Tohfa.
On June 18, 2010, a soundtrack of the documentary Bhutto was released by her daughter Bakhtawar. Bhakthawar teamed up with Stewart Copeland (ex-drummer for Pakistani police) to rework the PPP iconic song Dila Teer Bija.  Later Copeland, composed Dila Teer Bija featured in the film Bhutto.
But for Hyderabadis, it just another song that gives them kick during functions!