I admit I don't watch too many reality shows or contests on TV. Browsing channels sometime last week, I happened to watch Amanat Ali sing "Tujhse Naraaz Nahin Zindagi". It was a brilliant performance to say the least.

I discovered that this was quite a nice story .... Amanat Ali is a Pakistani who entered an Indian singing show and finished third. Since the show was based on sms voting, most people say that the size of the population worked against him somewhat, since he was pretty much the best singer by a mile.

But it's a nice story nevertheless. He may not have won, but the fact that he got as far as he did says something.

This performance is his rendition of "Khamaj" a super-hit from the Pakistani band Fuzon. It's from their first album. I bought the album a long time ago and this was my favourite song.

Amanat sings this slightly differently from Fuzon, and brings a great story-telling quality to the song with his poignant, deliberate rendition. A must watch!

It doesn't hurt that this clip also has Diya Mirza watching, looking as beautiful as ever ... overwhelmed and everything at the power of the song :-)