Jashn-e-Rekhta

Rekhta Foundation

Jashn-e-Rekhta is the official Spotify destination for Urdu Poetry, Shayari, Ghazals, Podcasts, Interviews, Conversations, Music, and Cultural Performances from the Rekhta Foundation. Born from the world’s largest festival dedicated to Urdu, this show brings together exclusive audio and video content across poetry, spoken word, music, and storytelling. Follow Jashn-e-Rekhta to listen and watch the finest of Urdu culture, performance, and literary conversations, all in one place.

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Jashn-e-Rekhta

Episodes (42)

May 20th Ali Fazal Gets Brutally Honest About Acting, Failure & Success | Live at Jashn-e-Rekhta
May 17th Javed Akhtar, Zehra Nigah, Abbas Tabish & More | Best of Jashn-e-Rekhta Mushaira
May 13th Piyush Mishra Unfiltered: Gen Z Love, Alcoholism, Art & Music

Jashn-e-Rekhta

May 20, 2026
40 minutes
37 MB

Ali Fazal comes to Jashn-e-Rekhta for a warm, candid, and deeply reflective conversation on cinema, Urdu, poetry, ambition, and the stories that shaped him. Opening with a nazm, Ali moves from the grace of Lucknow’s tehzeeb to his childhood memories of films, books, and language. He speaks about being born in Delhi and raised in Lucknow, the influence of his mother, his early connection with theatre and Shakespeare at Doon, and the difficult years that taught him fearlessness. The conversation also traces his journey from Bollywood to Hollywood, including Victoria and Abdul, Death on th...

Jashn-e-Rekhta

Ali Fazal Gets Brutally Honest About Acting, Failure & Success | Live at Jashn-e-Rekhta

Rekhta Foundation

00:00 -40:08