The producer of “Peechay Hutt” said that the collaboration with “Ms. Marvel” is bringing more visibility to Pakistan through one of the most exciting things the country has to offer: its music.
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, the Oscar-winning Pakistani filmmaker who co-directed “Ms. Marvel”, is the first Muslim character to have her own comic book series. This series has already made history for South Asian and Muslim representation.
It stars Iman Vellani, a Pakistani-Canadian actor, as the lead character, Kamala Khan, a 16-year-old high school student and superhero fangirl who discovers she has powers of her own.
The official “Ms. Marvel” poster already features artwork by Pakistani illustrator Shehzil Malik and now will also have Pakistani music in its soundtrack — “Peechay Hutt” (“Back off”) by Hasan Raheem, Talal Qureshi, and Justin Bibis, which features in the 14th edition of the country’s most popular music show, Coke Studio, curated and produced by Zulfiqar “Xulfi” Jabbar Khan.
Khan announced the collaboration in an Instagram post.
“Through art, through art we tell our identity to people,” he said. “We offer something extremely interesting and exciting to the world; the way we are and the kind of music we have.”
The song is about taking charge, standing out and winning.
For Xulfi, it is very relevant to “Ms. Marvel.”
“Like the words ‘rasta chhodiye ab hum aa gaye’ (‘get out of the way, we are here now’),” he said. “It is a Pakistani superhero and the song answers so many things.”
The “Ms. Marvel” series premiered on the Disney+ streaming service on June 8, 2022, and will consist of six episodes, concluding on July 13.
