Roy's loud and clear political message clicks

LAHORE - With boyish good looks and moving commitment to a cause Shehzad Roy has worked his magic once again. His sixth ‘Kismat Apne Haath Mein’ launched the other day at a juvenile jail is creating ripples in the music industry. One of the most exciting singers Shehzad this time around has a political message and music relevant to our turbulent times.
The video of ‘Laga Rahe’ is already a rage among the young people. It is a political comment on the current situation in the country. The call for the restoration of judiciary, increasing inflation and crime, price hike and the real politicking of corrupt politicians all feature in the video. The title song ‘’Kismat Apne Haath Mein’ written, composed and sung by Shehzad is a song for creating awareness. It is about the less privileged ones in the society and their state of deprivation. Though didactic in both songs Shehzad has managed to present it all in a very light and interesting way. It, however, continues to haunt you about the sanity that is not there in things happening around us. The rest of the album is typical Shehzad stuff - love, romance and funky.
Talking to The Nation on Sunday Shehzad was overjoyed by the huge response from his fans and general public. “I feel that just like the kids in the juvenile jail the country itself is in a jail like condition wherein things are getting worst from worse.
“This was the concept that I decided to launch the album in a jail. And this has happened for the first time that album launching was held in jail. I wanted to send the message loud and clear to the masses and those in power. It is time to act. It is time to changes things positively,” he said.