Nooran Sisters: Born to Love Sufi Music

Sultana Nooran and Jyoti Nooran

It is said, “Music is the sweetest of all afflictions”. The same holds true for the two adoring sisters from city, Sultana Nooran and Jyoti Nooran who have inherited the love of Sufi music from their father Gulshan Meer, who too sings professionally.

Sultana started singing when she was 7 years old while Jyoti realized her talent of singing when she was at the tender age of five.
These two known singers are set as best paradigms for all those Sufi singers in city and around.

Both sisters belong to a kin where the past four generations were into the field of Music. Wearing attractive suits with heavy necklaces both made the viewers surprise and overwhelmed with their melodious Sufi singing a couple of times in Doordarshan Kendra for various shows.

Behind the girls success is the immense contribution of their Guru-cum father, who trained them with every inch of Sufi Music’s ins and outs. In order to explore the world of music, both gave a duet performance in the year 2005 at ‘Jashan Di Raat’ in DD Jalandhar and got huge appreciation from people.

On asking why they selected Sufi music as their career option, both reveals, “We wish to generate the love for Sufi music again in the hearts of upcoming generation. As today the youth relishes more of western music like rock and pop, the Sufi culture is declining day by day. Thus, after getting training from our father, we wish to spread the love of Sufi music all over globe.”

‘Both are singing sensations who have set to rock the music world with their powerful and magical voice’ says mother of two, Mrs Rekha.
Sisters have a good command over both western as well as Indian classical music. They feel that Sufi and folk singing are closer to their heart than Bollywood performances. Music, for both, is like oxygen which keeps their life moving.

Besides albums Chanjar Chanak Pai, Groov Attack and Jaag Sikhi, they set fire on stage through MTV Coke Studio as well as singing for various bollywood flicks too.

Commenting on the latest trend of Music liked, both say, “Songs which have a good composition and meaningful lyrics is a good music. There is a lot of experimentation and the focus is shifting from melody to rhythm and music. We are losing the intricacies of melody, which is indeed sad.”