Tags: Genre, Music Genre, Topical Concept.
Filmi pop (Urdu: فلمی موسیقی filmi mosiqi) is a term first coined by Pakistani music journalist M Ali Tim in 1990 but made famous by the country’s most influential pop critic Nadeem F. Paracha. In 1966 a talented young playback singer Ahmed Rushdi (now considered as one of the greatest singers of south Asia) sang the first South Asian pop song ‘Ko Ko Korina’ for the film Armaan.