"" ( ) is originally a song by the Pakistani pop rock band Jal. It was sung by Atif Aslam and composed by Atif and Goher Mumtaz. Later it was released in several different versions in Jal's album Aadat by Farhan Saeed and Atif Aslam's solo album Jal Pari. It was also used in the Bollywood films Kalyug and Chocolate.
The song was written by Goher Mumtaz and Atif Aslam, sung by Atif Aslam, with music by Jal the band. Atif was at the time the lead singer of Jal. Atif recorded Aadat with his pocket money at the age of 17. The band released the song on the internet in December 2003. The song was included in Atif Aslam's first solo album Jal Pari. The song became a youth anthem. By the time the song was released, it became a major hit in the subcontinent, with many radio and TV stations airing it. Another deep blue version of the song was also used in the same album. The music video of the song was directed by Umer Anwar.
The song was featured in Ramin Bahrani's 2005 film Man Push Cart which has won international awards and was praised by the critics.
Atif Aslam said in an interview: "I had no idea it was going to do that well." He added that he thought Aadat would be this one-hit-wonder and included it in his first album Jal Pari. He put the song on the internet to which he received fantastic feedback from the audiences.
Faizan-ul-Haque, a former VJ on Indus Music, said of the song: "Aadat was not the best song of its time, but it is one that the young public connected with the most."
In Jal's first album Aadat, the song was made by Jal, having same composition and lyrics as of Atif's version. It was sung by Farhan Saeed, as Atif had left the band at that time. Another song was also made in the same tone as of Aadat with different lyrics named "Bikhra Hoon Main" ( ).
Farhan Saeed said that he is grateful to his fans all around for accepting and loving his music. He said that "Wo Lamhey" and "Aadat" became youth anthems, not only in Pakistan but also in India and in other countries where people speak Urdu and Hindi.
The track "Aadat" was reused in 2005's Mohit Suri film Kalyug with music being recreated by Mithoon under the label Saregama. It was sung by Atif Aslam. Remix version was sung by Atif and remixed by DJ Suketu. Another version was also used in the film which was sung by Jal. This song has sales over 1,400,000.
Note: All credits taken from YouTube.
In 2005 film, Chocolate, directed by Vivek Agnihotri, the song was remade. Composed by Pritam and lyrics by Praveen Bharadwaj. Solo version was sung by KK, while duet version was sung by KK and Shreya Ghoshal. It was titled as Zahreeli Raatein ( ).
Note: Credits adapted from YouTube.
The track won the awards of 'Best Lyrics', 'Best Song' and 'Best Composition' at the 2005 Indus Musik Awards.
There are several official versions of the song sung by different singers.
After the release of the deep blue version of the song in Atif's single album Jal Pari, there were disputes between Atif and Jal about who held the copyright of the song.