Haider

Haider

Album Category: Hindi, Film
Year: 2014
Music Director: Vishal Bhardwaj, Mehdi Hassan
Lyricist: Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Gulzar, Traditional
Label: Junglee Music
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Album Credits: MUSIC PRODUCED BY: Ketan Sodha. ALL SONGS RECORDED BY: Salman Khan Afridi; AT: Studio Satya, More...
 
Film Credits: DIRECTOR: Vishal Bhardwaj. PRODUCER: Siddharth Roy Kapur, Vishal Bhardwaj. STORY: William Shakespeare. SCREENPLAY: Basharat Peer, More...
 
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Song Listing


 
Aao Na
Singer: Vishal Dadlani
Music Director: Vishal Bhardwaj
Lyricist: Gulzar
Genre: Rock
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Bismil
Singer: Sukhwinder Singh
Music Director: Vishal Bhardwaj
Lyricist: Gulzar
Genre: Filmi, Arabic, New Age
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Khul Kabhi Toh
Singer: Arijit Singh
Music Director: Vishal Bhardwaj
Lyricist: Gulzar
Genre: Pop, Sugam, Jazz
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Jhelum
Singer: Vishal Bhardwaj
Music Director: Vishal Bhardwaj
Lyricist: Gulzar
Genre: Filmi, Sugam
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Gulon Mein Rang Bhare
Singer: Arijit Singh
Music Director: Vishal Bhardwaj, Mehdi Hassan
Lyricist: Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Genre: Ghazal
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Do Jahan
Singer: Suresh Wadkar, Shraddha Kapoor
Music Director: Vishal Bhardwaj
Lyricist: Gulzar, Traditional
Genre: Sugam, Kashmiri Folk, Pop
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Ek Aur Bismil
Singer: Sukhwinder Singh
Music Director: Vishal Bhardwaj
Lyricist: Gulzar
Genre: Filmi, Arabic, Pop
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So Jao
Singer: Alaap Mazgaonkar, Sourabh Joshi, Mayukh Sarkar, Muzamil Bhawani, Bashir Bhawani, Bashir Lone
Music Director: Vishal Bhardwaj
Lyricist: Gulzar
Genre: Filmi
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Aaj Ke Naam
Singer: Rekha Bhardwaj
Music Director: Vishal Bhardwaj
Lyricist: Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Genre: Sugam
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Trivia


 

    Album

  • This film was an adaptation of Shakespeare's "Hamlet". It was the third film in Vishal Bhardwaj's film series of Shakespeare adaptations. The other films in the series were "Maqbool" (2004), based on "Macbeth", and "Omkara" (2006), based on "Othello".[1][2]
  • Journalist and writer Basharat Peer debuted as a screenwriter in this film. Prior to this, he was best known for his memoir "Curfewed Night" (2010) which told the story of his life as a young man in the violence-ridden Kashmir of the 1990s. Basharat also appeared in the film in a cameo role as a man afflicted by a strange condition - an inability to enter doors unless he had been searched and asked to identify himself. The idea for this character came from a Kashmiri short story "New Disease" written by the well-known writer Akhtar Mohiuddin. Basharat Peer had translated this story into English.[3]
  • Vishal Bhardwaj dedicated the film to his father Ram Bhardwaj, who had written lyrics for Hindi film songs in the 1970s and 1980s.
  • The film's shooting was disrupted by protests by the banned Kashmir University Students' Union. However, the film's end credits were preceded by the message "Principal photography for this film was entirely conducted in Kashmir without any disruptions".[4][5]
  • The film came in for criticism from many Kashmiri Pandits. They expressed disappointment that the film ignored the predicament of their community. The film was also criticised for giving a platform to the views of Kashmiri separatists and vilifying the Indian army. Kashmiri Pandits found the filming of the song "Bismil" at the ancient Martand Sum Temple particularly offensive. They found it inappropriate that a site of great significance to them was chosen to stage such a dark song replete with devilish images. The Martand Temple was built in the 8th century. It was destroyed in the 15th century by Sikandar Shah Miri, also called Sikandar Butshikan (“Sikandar the Iconoclast”). The controversy surrounding the film died down in the months following its release. However, in March 2015, when the film won five National Film Awards and Vishal Bhardwaj dedicated them to Kashmiri Pandits, the community’s angst boiled over again. Anupam Kher was one of the most prominent Kashmiri Pandits to speak out against the film and its director this time.[6][7][8][9]
  • The CBFC gave the film a 'UA' certificate after suggesting several cuts. This was the last film cleared by the Censor Board chief Rakesh Kumar before he was suspended. A member of the board complained that after getting the edited version of the film, Kumar cleared the film himself without consulting the other members. Rakesh Kumar was later arrested for taking bribes to clear films.[10][11]
  • Vishal Bhardwaj and Shahid Kapoor decided early on not to take any remuneration for this film. Bhardwaj explained that they did so because the film was very important to them and they did not want to burden its already big budget with their fees.[12]
  • There was a running joke in the film using the Yiddish word "chutzpah". The film credited the jokes to "Osho Talks". Vishal Bhardwaj said that he had first heard the word in a talk given by the Indian guru Osho. He explained that he chose the word chutzpah since it rhymed with AFSPA (Armed Forces Special Powers Act). One of the key themes of the film was the view that the army was committing excessive and unwarranted violence on the people of Kashmir under the provisions of AFSPA.[13][14]
  • It was reported in 2018 that Saqib Bilal, a teenager who had made a brief appearance in this film, was killed in an altercation with the armed forces. Saqib had joined a militant outfit a few months before the encounter.[15]

    Song

  • Jhelum - Vishal Bhardwaj had composed this song as a student at the Delhi University in 1985. Its original lyrics went "Badhta jaye andhiyara doobi saanjh to dil ka samandar aur hua khara". Tragedy struck on the day he composed the song when his father, lyricist Ram Bhardwaj, passed away. Bhardwaj set the tune aside then and brought it back to life eventually for this song.[16]
  • Gulon Mein Rang Bhare - This was Vishal Bhardwaj's recreation of a popular ghazal composed and sung by Mehdi Hassan.[17]
  • Gulon Mein Rang Bhare - Concerned that he wouldn't be able to do justice to the song, Arijit Singh evaded rehearsals on the pretext that he had to go out to smoke. The singer refused to return to the studio despite filmmaker, music director Vishal Bhardwaj's entreaties. Arijit sent Bhardwaj his recording of the song later and recorded the song in the studio after the filmmaker convinced him that he was ready.[18]
  • Aaj Ke Naam - Vishal Bhardwaj had originally composed this song for the play "Ismat Aapa Ke Naam" directed by Naseeruddin Shah and performed by the Motley Theatre Group.[19]



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