Love Aaj Kal (2020 soundtrack)

Love Aaj Kal
Soundtrack album by
Pritam
Released14 February 2020
Recorded2019–2020
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length49:55
LanguageHindi
LabelSony Music India
Pritam chronology
The Sky Is Pink
(2019) 		Love Aaj Kal
(2020) 		Ludo
(2020)

Love Aaj Kal is the soundtrack album to the 2020 film of the same name directed by Imtiaz Ali which is a spiritual successor of his own 2009 film, and starred Kartik Aaryan and Sara Ali Khan in the lead roles. The film's soundtrack is composed by Pritam and lyrics written by Irshad Kamil, both of them worked on the predecessor as well. The album was released under the Sony Music India label on 14 February 2020.

Release

The album was preceded by the first single, "Shayad" which released on 22 January 2020.[1][2] The song was performed by Arijit Singh;[3][4] Pritam considered the song as "an ode to young love" and through this, he wanted to create a soundtrack "that imbibes its timelessness" like the predecessor's soundtrack.[5]

The second song "Haan Mat Galat" was released on 29 January 2020.[6][7] The song was rendered by Arijit and Shashwat Singh.[8][9] On making the song, Pritam noted that they wanted a "light and exciting" song that stayed with the audience as well as capturing the essence of the film.[10] He considered the song to be the point of view of youngsters in the current generation and their reaction to the pre-conditioning enforced them by the society and how they reached the tipping point where the refuse to shape and reshape themselves as per the society and instead choose to carry on with the acceptance of "right and wrong".[10]

The third song "Mehrama" was released on 7 February 2020.[11][12] It is an emotional duet number sung by Darshan Raval and Antara Mitra.[13][14]

The complete soundtrack featuring 13 songs was released through Sony Music India on 14 February 2020, the same day as the film.[15]

Reception

Vipin Nair of The Hindu stated that while the original 2009 film's soundtrack had been the composer-lyricist's best works, he rated this soundtrack higher owing to the quality of the songs and lesser Punjabi influences.[16] Debarati S Sen of The Times of India noted that Pritam lives upto the standards he set with the 2009 film's soundtrack, for the spiritual sequel.[17] Joginder Tuteja of Bollywood Hungama wrote "The music of Love Aaj Kal has consistency written all over it, barring a couple of songs which are misfits."[18] Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com called it a "catchy soundtrack".[19] However, Ritika Handoo of Zee News stated that Pritam "fails to impress" as none of the songs clicked with the exception of "Shayad" and "Parmeshwara".[20]

Track listing

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Shayad"Arijit Singh4:07
2."Haan Main Galat"Arijit Singh, Shashwat Singh3:38
3."Mehrama"Darshan Raval, Antara Mitra4:09
4."Rahogi Meri"Arijit Singh4:13
5."Aur Tanha"KK4:56
6."Yeh Dooriyan"Mohit Chauhan4:02
7."Shayad" (Reprise)Arijit Singh, Madhubanti Bagchi4:06
8."Parmeshwara"Raftaar3:07
9."Dhak Dhak"Nikhita Gandhi, Akasa Singh3:29
10."Haan Tum Ho"Arijit Singh, Shilpa Rao4:51
11."Mehrama" (Extended)Darshan Raval, Antara Mitra5:37
12."Shayad" (Aaj Kal)Arijit Singh3:40
13."Shayad" (Film Version)Jubin Nautiyal, Madhubanti Bagchi4:05
Total length:54:00

Accolades

Award[a] Date of ceremony[b] Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
Filmfare Awards 28 March 2021 Best Music Director Pritam Nominated [21]
[22]
Best Lyricist Irshad Kamil – ("Mehrama") Nominated
Irshad Kamil – ("Shayad") Nominated
Best Male Playback Singer Arijit Singh – ("Shayad") Nominated
Darshan Raval – ("Mehrama") Nominated
Best Female Playback Singer Antara Mitra – ("Mehrama") Nominated
International Indian Film Academy Awards 3–4 June 2022 Best Lyricist Irshad Kamil – ("Shayad") Nominated [23]
[24]
[25]
Mirchi Music Awards 19 March 2022 Album of The Year Love Aaj Kal Nominated [26]
[27]
Listeners' Choice Album of the Year Nominated
Best Song Producer(s) – Programming & Arranging Arijit Singh, Somanshu Agarwal, Sunny M. R. and Zafar Iqbal Ansari – ("Shayad") Nominated

Personnel credits

Credits adapted from Sony Music India:[28]

  • Music – Pritam
  • Lyrics – Irshad Kamil
  • Music Production – DJ Phukan, Sunny M. R., Arijit Singh, Sourav Roy, Aditya N., Saurabh Lokhande, Utkarsh Dhotekar
  • Vocal Production – Akashdeep Sengupta, Tushar Joshi, Arijit Singh, Antara Mitra
  • Music Arrangements – Sunny M. R., Arijit Singh, Sourav Roy, Aditya N., Tushar Joshi, Saurabh Lokhande, Utkarsh Dhotekar
  • Music Programming – Somanshu Agarwal, Zafar Iqbal Ansari, Arijit Singh, Johan Polke
  • Sound Design – DJ Phukan, Sunny M. R., Ashwin Kulkarni, Aditya N., Tanuj Tiku, Akashdeep Sengupta, Aniruddh Anantha
  • Vocal Conductor – Aniruddh Anantha
  • Music Production Manager – Anurag Sharma
  • Chief Sound Engineer and Shoot-Mix – Ashwin Kulkarni
  • Sound Engineers – Aniruddh Anantha, Harjot Kaur, Aaroh Velankar
  • Recording Engineer – Ritvik Shah
  • Songs Premixes – Sunny M.r. & Ashwin Kulkarni
  • Mixing and Mastering – Eric Pillai (Future Sound Of Bombay), Shadab Rayeen (New Edge Studios)
  • Technical Assistance – Anirban Sinha Chowdhury, Michael Edwin Pillai, Abhishek Sortey, Dhananjay Khapekar, Tapas Sahoo
Musicians
  • Backing Vocals – Akashdeep Sengupta, Shashwat Singh, Nihal Shetty, Harjot Kaur, Ashwin Kulkarni, Aniruddh Anantha, Aman Agarwal, Vivienne Pocha, Shazneen Arethna, Marianne D'Cruz Aiman, Chandana Bala Kalyan, N'Faly Kouyate, Ibrahim Sidede, Lydia Ogoti, Hannah Wangari
  • Additional Vocals – Akashdeep Sengupta
  • Chorus – Akashdeep Sengupta, Aniruddh Anantha, Anurag Sharma, Ana Rehman, Harjot Kaur, Shreya Phukan, Mandy Gill, Mukund Shrikant Suryawanshi
  • Vocal Design – DJ Phukan
  • Harmony Design – Akashdeep Sengupta, Aniruddh Anantha, Aditya N.
  • Acoustic Guitars – Arijit Singh, Tushar Joshi
  • Electric Guitars – Aditya Shankar Benia, Prachotosh Bhowmik, Roland Fernandes
  • Guitars – Pawan Rasaily, Aditya N., Sudhir Choudhary, Roland Fernandes, Raghav Chaitanya, Josh Smit
  • Bass – RajKumar Dewan, Among Jamir, Roland Fernandes, Sunny M. R., Ernest Tibbs
  • Drums – Alan Hertz
  • Woodwinds – Nirmalya Humtoo Dey
  • Flute, Viola and Violin – Shirish Malhotra
  • Strings – Tapas Roy
  • Percussion – Gary Novak, Alan Hertz
  • Tabla – Sukanto Singha, Ishteyak Khan
  • Sarangi – Dilshad Khan
  • Saxophone – I D Rao
  • Ukulele – Ashwin Kulkarni
  • Kora – N'Faly Kouyate
  • Thumb Piano – Anand Bhagat, Rapasa nyatrapasa Otieno
  • African Harp – Nyatiti
  • Live Dubs – Zafar Iqbal Ansari, Tushar Joshi, Kaushik Das, DJ Phukan, Sunny M.R., Shubham Shirule
  • Live Rhythms and Percussions – Vibhas 'Titu' Rahul, Anand Bhagat
  • Live Xylophone – Anand Bhagat

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Awards, festivals and organizations are in alphabetical order.
  2. ^ Date is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.

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