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[edit] Music

The film's soundtrack includes a qawwali by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, a ghazal by Farida Khanum, a modern song by Sukhwinder, an old Indian song by Rafi, a folk dance song, and a variety of other little pieces. The film includes the song "Aaj Mausam Bada Be-Imaan Hai" by Mohammed Rafi (originally from the 1973Bollywood movie Loafer), and an Urdu ghazal, "Aaj Jaane Ki Zid Na Karo" ("Don't Be So Stubborn About Leaving Today"), sung by Pakistani artist Farida Khanum.

[edit] Awards

The movie won the Golden Lion, the highest prize at the Venice Film Festival. Mira Nair was the first woman to win this award, and the second Indian (after Satyajit Ray for Aparajito). The film was also nominated for the award for Best Foreign Film at the Golden Globes.