However, it sounds more suitable in a song about a college student lamenting his friendzoned status, than in a song about machines falling in love with each other. The pleasant trips down memory lane that this song takes you on though, is coupled with contemporary touches that remind me of the crazy zany stuff Rahman tried for ‘2.0’. Mishra - flamboyant and fun to listen to, even in all their simplicity and lack of coherence. The song’s lyrics too, remind me of the 90s Rahman’s collaborations with P.K. The guitar and bass-led arrangements of Dil Bechara provide a cool opening for the album, immediately throwing you back to Rahman’s ‘Mustafa Mustafa’ (Kadhal Desam), because of the similar perky staccato-with-bass that plays throughout the song. Special thanks to Vipin Nair at Musicaloud for making available the full music credits for the album! 🙂 A month ago, the unfortunate news of Sushant’s passing away shocked the nation, and it makes this album all the more special and hard-hitting in a way. Amitabh Bhattacharya returns for the lyrics department (coincidentally, he only worked with Rahman in the past for ‘Lekar Hum Deewana Dil’!) and I couldn’t help but expect great things from the music. Anyway, if ‘Lekar Hum Deewana Dil’ was anything to go by (another film with a completely new director and starcast, though connected to Imtiaz Ali) I expected the music for this film too, to be youthful and peppy. First of all, Rahman hadn’t signed a Hindi film album for a couple of years, and when he finally decides to come back, he decides to make it for a film with a new director and a young starcast. This felt weirdly surprising for more than one reason. Rahman had been roped in to compose it’s music. When the movie was announced, what immediately sold me was the fact that none other than A.R. The film is an adaptation of the 2014 Hollywood film ‘The Fault in Our Stars’, and is directed by Mukesh Chhabra, produced by Fox Star Studios and written by Shashank Khaitan. Amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it is the first of a series of films to be premiered on the Hotstar streaming service. Dil Bechara is an upcoming romantic Bollywood film starring the late Sushant Singh Rajput and Sanjana Sanghi in lead roles.

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