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Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

Album Category: Hindi, Film
Year: 2016
Music Director: Pritam, Sohail Rana
Lyricist: Amitabh Bhattacharya, Faiyyaz Hashmi
Label: Sony Music
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Album Credits: BACKING VOCALS: Arjun Chandy, Keshia Braganza, Gwen Diaz, Neetu Bhalla, N.K. Deep Kaur, Bhabita, Geet, Ashwin, Himanshu, Akashdeep. MUSICIANS: Roland, More...
 
Film Credits: DIRECTOR: Karan Johar. PRODUCER: Hiroo Yash Johar, Karan Johar, Apoorva Mehta. STORY: Karan Johar. SCREENPLAY: Karan Johar. DIALOGUE: Niranjan Iyengar, More...
 
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Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (Tu Safar Mera)
Singer: Arijit Singh
Music Director: Pritam
Lyricist: Amitabh Bhattacharya
Genre: Filmi
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Raanjhan De Yaar Bulleya
Singer: Amit Mishra, Shilpa Rao
Music Director: Pritam
Lyricist: Amitabh Bhattacharya
Genre: Filmi, Sufi/Qawwali, Rock
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Channa Mereya
Singer: Arijit Singh
Music Director: Pritam
Lyricist: Amitabh Bhattacharya
Genre: Filmi
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The Breakup Song
Singer: Arijit Singh, Badshaah, Jonita Gandhi, Nakash Aziz
Music Director: Pritam
Lyricist: Amitabh Bhattacharya
Genre: Filmi, Pop
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Cutiepie
Singer: Nakash Aziz, Pradeep Singh Sran
Music Director: Pritam
Lyricist: Amitabh Bhattacharya
Genre: Filmi, Bhangra
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Ali Ali Ali Alizeh
Singer: Arijit Singh, Ash King, Shashwat Singh
Music Director: Pritam
Lyricist: Amitabh Bhattacharya
Genre: Pop, Filmi
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Raanjhan De Yaar Bulleya (Reprise)
Singer: Arijit Singh, Shilpa Rao
Music Director: Pritam
Lyricist: Amitabh Bhattacharya
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Channa Mereya (Unplugged)
Singer: Arijit Singh
Music Director: Pritam
Lyricist: Amitabh Bhattacharya
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Aaj Jane Ki Zid Naa Karo
Singer: Shilpa Rao
Music Director: Sohail Rana, Pritam
Lyricist: Faiyyaz Hashmi, Amitabh Bhattacharya
Genre: Filmi, Sugam
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  • The film was caught up in the events following the Uri terrorist attack of September 18 2016 in which 18 Indian soldiers were killed. The relationship between India and Pakistan deteriorated after the attack and re-ignited debates about the involvement of Pakistani artists in Indian films. The makers of this film came under criticism since it featured Pakistani actors Fawad Khan and Imran Abbas. Workers of the political outfit MNS staged protests outside the office of Dharma Productions. The Cinema Owners and Exhibitors Association announced that its member theatres would not screen films featuring Pakistani actors, including this film. It was reported that director Karan Johar made a key change to the film due to the heightened sensitivities in the country. According to news reports, the characters of Anushka Sharma and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan were changed from Pakistanis to Indian Muslims. A truce was brokered between MNS and the film industry in a meeting called by the Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. MNS's Raj Thackeray promised to not disrupt the screenings of films with Pakistani actors that were already in production. Karan Johar committed to including a slide in the film's opening that paid tribute to the Indian army. Additionally, The Producer Guild of India agreed to not sign Pakistani artists going forward. The film received mixed reviews but was a box office hit.[1][2][3][4]
  • The film featured a line that did not go down well with fans of the legendary Hindi film playback singer Mohammed Rafi. In a scene, Ranbir Kapoor's character says that people compare his voice with Mohammed Rafi's and Anushka Sharma's character responds "Mohammad Rafi? Woh gaate kam rote zyada the na?". Rafi's son Shahid Rafi demanded that director Karan Johar tender an apology and delete the line from the film. Other prominent people including singer Sonu Nigam also criticised this line. Interestingly, the film may have taken its title from a popular Rafi song from the film "C.I.D." (1956).[5][6]
  • Sony Music released a Deluxe Edition of the film's soundtrack to exploit the success of the film and its music. This album included three songs in addition to the six in the original soundtrack album - two version songs and a rendition of the popular ghazal "Aaj Jane Ki Zid Na Karo". The ghazal was used in the film's background score. An album with instrumental versions of the film's songs was also published after the film's release.
  • The makers of the film had licensed the title song of the film "An Evening In Paris" (1967) and even shot it for the film. The song sequence had featured Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma, with the actors choreographing their moves themselves. However, it appears that director Karan Johar was not satisfied with the result and did not include it in the film. Saregama released the song separately as a single and published the deleted song sequence on YouTube. The original song, composed by Shankar - Jaikishan, sung by Mohammed Rafi, and written by Hasrat Jaipuri, was used as-is.[7][8]
  • A controversy erupted when Ajay Devgan released an audio clip of a conversation between the former actor and film reviewer Kamaal R. Khan (KRK) and producer Kumar Mangat Pathak. In this conversation, KRK was heard saying that he had taken Rs. 25 lakhs from Karan Johar to praise this film and criticise this Devgan's "Shivaay" (2016). Both films were released together. It appears that the "sting" was conducted at the behest of Ajay Devgan, who suspected foul play when KRK recorded a clip of the opening of "Shivaay" (2016) while watching it in a Dubai theatre and posted it on Twitter along with a series of unflattering remarks about it. Devgan responded to the audio clip with a strongly worded statement asking for the matter to be investigated and Karan Johar's involvement determined. KRK retracted his statement later and said that he had said what he had said to put an end to Pathak's persistent questioning. Johar refused to comment on the issue at the time but in 2019, he said that the controversy had damaged his relationship with Devgan and his wife Kajol, who had acted in many films produced by him. He clarified that they had mended their relationship since then but that he had decided to avoid release conflicts like this in the future.[9][10][11][12]
  • The Filmfare Awards renamed the award category 'Best Music Director' to 'Best Music Album' in 2017. It is possible that this was done in recognition of a significant trend of the 2010s - Hindi films involving multiple composers. This was the first film to win this award after the category rename. Prior to this, there had been three instances of the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director being shared by music directors - by Sajid - Wajid and Lalit Pandit for "Dabangg" (2010), by Mithoon, Jeet Ganguly, and Ankit Tiwari for "Aashiqui 2" (2013), and by Ankit Tiwari, Meet Bros Anjjan, and Amal Malik for "Roy" (2015).[13][14][15]

    Song

  • Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (Tu Safar Mera) - Pritam had composed two tune options for this song. He ended up repurposing the unused tune for the song "Tu Jo Mila To Ho Gaya Main Qabil" ("Bajrangi Bhaijaan", 2015).[16][17]
  • Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (Tu Safar Mera) - According to Pritam, lyricist Amitabh Bhattacharya had written this song during a car ride from Andheri to Karan Johar's office in Khar, Mumbai. Pritam had shared the tune with him at the beginning of the car ride and asked him to come up with the lyrics to go with it! Bhattacharya had been very unhappy to start with but had managed to deliver the lyrics by the time they reached Johar's office. The lyricist had found his lyrics for the song predictable but had let them be since Johar and Pritam liked them. The song and its lyrics became very popular and Bhattacharya concluded that predictable lyrics can sometimes make songs more accessible.[18][19]
  • Channa Mereya - The British band Coldplay performed this song in their concert in Mumbai on November 19, 2016. Attended by the rich and the famous, the concert was considered one of India's biggest music events of the year.[20]
  • The Breakup Song - In an interview, Amitabh Bhattacharya cited the usage of "baasi" and "jeevit" in this song as an example of his attempts to use words that appeared to be dropping out of popular use. The use of "keval jhaag" in the song "Bhaag DK Bose Aandhi Aayi" ("Delhi Belly", 2011) was another such instance. Bhattacharya said that he was inspired to do this by what Gulzar had said in an interview - that he had used words like "chimta" and "charkha" in "Chappa Chappa Charkha Chale" ("Maachis", 1996) in order to preserve words that seemed to be falling out of favour.[21][22][23]
  • Aaj Jane Ki Zid Naa Karo - This was a cover version of a song originally composed by Sohail Rana and written by Faiyyaz Hashmi for the Pakistani film "Baadal Aur Bijli" (1974). While the original version was sung by Habib Wali Mohammad, the song is more widely known for its rendition by Farida Khanum.



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