Even as the title song of Ae Dil Hai Mushkil is topping the charts, composer Pritam Chakraborty reveals that he had initially composed two options for the track, one of which ended up being used in Salman Khan’s Bajrangi Bhaijaan.
Penned by lyricist Amitabh Bhattacharya, the title song of the Ranbir Kapoor starrer has been sung by Arijit Singh. The film’s music composer Pritam recently revealed that it’s other version took the shape of Tu Jo Mila from last year’s blockbuster.
I had composed two options for the title track. One is the same title track ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’, as you hear it now. Since the choice was made, the other track I used it in ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’.Pritam Chakraborty, Music Composer
So, if you take Kyunki Tu Dhadkan Main Dil’ you can easily put it as ‘Kyunki Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. So, I had composed that song as an option for Ae Dil. Later, when this came in (ADHM title track), that song became Tu Jo Mila and it was going immensely well in Bajrangi Bhaijaan.Pritam Chakraborty
Karan Johar’s upcoming romantic saga also stars Anushka Sharma, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Fawad Khan. While Ranbir Kapoor plays the part of a singer in the film, Arijit Singh will be singing all his songs.
Ranbir will not be singing a song for the sound track. Nothing like that is decided. He is such a good actor that when he performs, it looks like he is singing the song. I think Ranbir is simply exceptional in the song (ADHM). The entire first mukhda of the song is just held on his eyes. He is singing and the entire expression, the mood of the song is perfectly reflected through his eyes. I messaged Ranbir multiple times saying that in my life I haven’t worked with an actor like him and that his talent is unparallelled. It is really brilliant for an actor to be able to hold a song for nearly 45 seconds, carry forward a full mukhda in one shot and express the entire emotion just through the eyes.Pritam Chakraborty
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil marks Karan Johar’s return to direction Student of the Year (2012). The composer goes on to explain the kind of mood he wanted to create for this Karan Johar project.
The film is about unrequited love, so songs actually depend upon the situation, characters. Though we don’t generally associate pure romantic melodies with Karan, this movie is much more intense.Pritam Chakraborty
According to the composer, the film’s music album will be out by the end of September and will be a mixed bag of intense, romantic and fun songs.
(With PTI inputs)
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