Urdu Typography & Animation
This is a series of Urdu type posters and animations that I made for my Instagram posts. Most of them feature Urdu lyrics from Pakistani songs, both vintage and contemporary. Hope you guys will like it!
Pehlai crush tha, aj sai lanat hai (roughly translates to “used to have a crush on you, but from now on all i say is damn you”)
Pehlai crush tha, aj sai lanat hai (Animation)
Music: Young Shahrukh by Tesher
Dum Mast Qalandar (NFAK x Retro Sci-fi)
Dum Mast Qalandar (Animation)
Music: The Unforgettable Qalandar [Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan x French Montana] by Tesher
Falak shagaaf yai junoon (translates to "passion that can crack the sky")
Falak shagaaf yai junoon (Animation)
Music: Purpose Rap by Young Stunners
Sanu ilm ai, ai dunia film ai (literally translates to “we are aware that the world is a film”)
However, the word “film” (pronounced as filum) has a different connotation in desi street slang. I’m not quite sure what it actually means but I have always assumed that it has something to do with being mischievous and cunning.
However, the word “film” (pronounced as filum) has a different connotation in desi street slang. I’m not quite sure what it actually means but I have always assumed that it has something to do with being mischievous and cunning.
Sanu ilm ai, ai dunia film ai (Animation)
- Siyaahfam janain eham hain (translates to "Black Lives Matter")
Siyaahfam janain eham hain (Animation)
The sequence also features translations of BLM to other regional languages of the subcontinent - Pashto, Punjabi, Sindhi, Hindi, Bengali
