Afreen Afreen
"Afreen Afreen" ( ) is a ghazal song written by Javed Akhtar and composed by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. It first featured on their collaborative album "Sangam" in 1996. In 2016, it was covered by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan (Nusrat's nephew) and Momina Mustehsan during season 9 of "Coke Studio". 1996 version. "Afreen Afreen" was first released during the IndiPop and fusion music wave of the mid-1990s as a non-film music video. The music video featured Lisa Ray. 2016 version. It was later rendered by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan with Momina Mustehsan, during season 9 episode 2 of  Pakistani musical TV show "Coke Studio". The music was directed by Faakhir Mehmood. Popularity. As of February 2022, it has garnered over 341 million views on YouTube, it is currently third on the list of most viewed YouTube videos of Pakistani-origin, just after Atif Aslam's rendition of "Tajdar-e-Haram" having 342 million views. It was the most-watched Pakistani music video of 2016. According to Google, its lyrics were one of the most searched lyrics for the year 2017. Momina Mustehsan became the fifth-most googled person in Pakistan in 2016.