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Video: Mumbai police wins hearts with meticulous rendition of Ya Mustafa

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The Mumbai police has won hearts with its band Khaki Studio presenting an excellent rendition on video of 'Ya Mustafa' – an evergreen multilingual song from Egypt, first made popular in Europe by singer Bob Azzam.</p>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KhakiStudio?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#KhakiStudio</a> presents a 'must' watch rendition of 'Ya Mustafa' – an evergreen multilingual song from Egypt, first made popular in Europe by singer Bob Azzam.<a href="https://t.co/TxLCSadNia">https://t.co/TxLCSadNia</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MumbaiPoliceBand?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MumbaiPoliceBand</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MusicalMonday?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MusicalMonday</a></p>
— Mumbai Police (@MumbaiPolice) <a href="https://twitter.com/MumbaiPolice/status/1513357526955626498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 11, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Ya Mustafa is played meticulously by the police band on several instruments such as tenor saxophone, euphonium, flat clarinet, oboe, tuba and flute.</p>
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The cover of the song, composed by famous Egyptian musician Mohamed Fawzi, was posted on the Mumbai police’s YouTube page on Monday and was also tweeted by the force’s Twitter handle.</p>
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Khaki Studio dates back to the pre-Independence era as it was started by the British as the Bombay Police Band in 1936.</p>

IN Bureau

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