Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani: Pritam reveals why Ranveer Singh – Alia Bhatt starrer ‘What Jhumka’ only had instrumental of ‘Jhumka Gira Re’

The second song ‘What Jhumka’ was released on Wednesday from Karan Johar’s upcoming movie, Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani. Billed as a new era of love, this movie reunites Ranveer Singh and his Gully Boy co-star Alia Bhatt. The song is an homage to the 1966 song ‘Jhumka Gira Re’ from the movie Mera Saaya. However, the song only uses the instrumental of it instead of recreating the entire track. Music composer Pritam revealed why they opted to go this way for the song.

 

Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani: Pritam reveals why Ranveer Singh – Alia Bhatt starrer ‘What Jhumka’ only had instrumental of ‘Jhumka Gira Re’

 

In a tweet on Wednesday, Pritam said, “Karan has a very strong sense of music and knows exactly what he wants. For the Rocky and Rani background soundscapes, we decided to use 60s and 70s film music. In fact, the entire film is an homage to those great musicians and great songs—the music both of us have grown up with. This goes perfectly with the script and setup of the movie.  Also, Saregama coming in as the music label and having the biggest catalogue of old film music made this dream of having a lot of retro re-invention in the film a cake walk.”

 

He added, “The song "What Jhumka" is an extension of that homage to one of our favourite songs, "Jhumka Gira Re," by Madan Mohan Ji, Asha Bhosle Ji, and Raja Mehdi Ali Khan. Besides, it’s an honour to be able to put my name beside Madan Mohan Ji's name in the credits! The initial idea in the shoot mix was to use only the instrumental melody of the song for the shoot (thus there’s no lip sync by Ranveer in the hook), but later Arijit really wanted to sing the actual song in the end, and I really liked the idea. Amitabh doesn’t agree, and he wants only the instrumental as a hook, and we’re still fighting. So how do you feel? Should we just keep the "Jhumka Gira Re" melody instrumental, or do you like the lyrics at the end?”

 

 

 

The song has been crooned by Arijit Singh and Jonita Gandhi with rap verses from Ranveer Singh.

 

Viacom18 Studios and Dharma Productions present A Dharma Productions film, Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, produced by Hiroo Yash Johar, Karan Johar, and Apoorva Mehta is all set to hit the big screen on 28th July 2023.

 

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