new delhi the capital will witness national and international sufi singers like abida parveen ali zafar hans raj hans andrea griminelli italian flautist and will also introduce emerging talents such as indira naik vidhi sharma rajesh pandey vidhi lal shivani varma murad ali among others at the threeday sufi festival to be held from march 24 presented by rumi foundation and designed and directed by filmmakerpainter muzaffar ali the threeday festival was announced in the capital by ali along with singer abida parveen andrea griminelli and sharmila tagore dilshaad sheikh syeda hameed members of the rumi foundation celebrating 10th year of jahan e khusrau in the capital ali maintained that the journey of jahan e khusrau began with the thought of bringing all pure souls together on one platform in delhi a city of great souls and saints because of delhis great history the idea to put together new talent along with those of dargahi souls against the backdrop of humayuns tomb within the radius of the nizamuddin dargah was compelling it was like bringing all pure souls together and presenting them in a beautiful cinematic way he said this years festival will not only hosts eminent artistes of the sufi traditions from all over the world but also serve as a platform for emerging singers and practitioners of classical and modern dance form with sufiaana music each year jahan e khusrau presents 2030 new compositions sung in a new and innovative form in this light the festival is set to introduce new talents like italian flautist andrea griminelli vidhi sharma indira naik and shivani varma while veteran sufi singer abida parveen from across the border comes with all new compositions in sufiaana kalam reminiscing on her long association with the festival parveen said that whenever she comes to perform for jahan e khusrau an extraordinary noorani blissful process begins the rumi foundation knows how to collect different colours and create an atmosphere which is so pure and durgahi that no difference is felt between the one whos singing and the one whos listening even if one person gets attached with the sufi saints in such an atmosphere its enough to break all barriers of faith and territorial boundary she said according to ali jahan e khusrau as a movement has found resonance in different parts of the world as a bridge between the east and the west and made both listeners and artistes realise its universalism over the last decade jahan e khusrau has presented rare poetry of the mystics of india and the sub continent it has showcased sufi singers dancers and musicians from different parts of india pakistan bangladesh uzbekistan iran israel morocco tunisia turkey italy sudan egypt greece germany japan usa and canada from presenting doyens in sufiaana singing such as lotfi bouchnak omar faruk azam ali masood habibi shubha mudgal shafqat ali khan ila arun sukhwinder singh daler mehndi astad deboo malavika sarrukai shubjaat hussain khan and abida parveen to introducing fresh promising