Bilal who composed the tune for the Urdu alphabet

Pakistan’s famous singer Bilal Maqsood, who rose to fame with the musical group Strings, says that everyone forgets children, so he In the style of ‘Sesame Street’ Made a ‘firm friend’. The content of this channel also includes a video on Urdu alphabet, after which Urdu got an alphabet song for the first time.

Talking to Independent Urdu, he said that it took him a year and a half to compose the lyrics.

Bilal Maqsood has also prepared a Patli Ghar in Urdu language for children in the style of Patli Tamasha.

For this, Bilal Maqsood made special puppets and then created their characters, then composed songs and also prepared some sketches.

According to Bilal, this is just the beginning and they are working on the second season as well. Bilal Maqsood said that Benish Umar and Umar Adil helped him in this work because they needed people who have special attachment to children for this work.

Bilal Maqsood says that ‘Whatever is learned in life, one has to forget it and think like a child, it is a science of its own, but it is not necessary to be a child, it is necessary to love them. ‘

Bilal Maqsood said that he was inspired by ‘Sesame Street’ and had been watching it since childhood and thought that he had to go to it sometime.

Then Rafi Peer Theater in Pakistan did a lot of work, Farooq Qaiser made Uncle Sargam so now they want to take it forward.

Bilal Maqsood said that in 2019, he had spoken to Farooq Qaiser, the creator of Uncle Sargam, but at that time he was also working on ‘Strings’.

Bilal Maqsood said that children are neglected by everyone, they have nothing to watch in Urdu, so a ‘firm friend’ has been made for these children.

Regarding the political satire, Bilal Maqsood said that he wanted to keep it non-political and a phrase like ‘Barash Badi Hoti Hai To Pani Badi Aata Hai’ was a humorous phrase, which is why he used it.

Bilal Maqsood says that ‘YouTube was chosen so that it can be seen all over the world, it has just one season, now it will make a second season as well.’

About writing Roman Urdu in the show, Bilal said that the screen space was limited and now Roman writing has become easier to read.

The goal is to make children memorize songs.