Kahaani
Soundtrack album by
Vishal–Shekhar
Released13 February 2012
Recorded2012
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length28:18
LabelT-Series
ProducerVishal–Shekhar
Vishal–Shekhar chronology
The Dirty Picture
(2011)		 Kahaani
(2012)		 Shanghai
(2012)

Kahaani is the soundtrack to the 2012 film of the same name directed by Sujoy Ghosh starring Vidya Balan. The film's music consists of six original songs composed by Vishal–Shekhar, with two of them only featured in the film. The album is individually distinctive to the film, either being defined as both companion piece and a concept album to the story and themes. The songs written by Vishal Dadlani, Anvita Dutt and Sandeep Shrivatsava, consists lyrics in English, Hindi and Bengali languages. T-Series released the film's soundtrack album on 13 February 2012, to critical acclaim calling it as one of Vishal–Shekhar's best scores.

Development

Shekhar Ravjiani recalled the film had them a chance to curate an original soundtrack with Balan's character in mind where the audience travels with her, so as the music. He described the six-song soundtrack as a companion piece to the film which describes its mood, while two songs from the soundtrack are only heard in the film. When Ghosh gave the script to the duo, he insisted to design those songs without pinpointing on where the songs to be placed. Hence, they came up with five songs for the film, which did not have lip sync. Ravjiani said that Ghosh would often say "Aami Shotti Bolchi" (transl. I speak the truth), which led Vishal Dadlani pitching the hook line to write lyrics for the song of the same name. That song was performed by Usha Uthup.[1]

Ghosh had an idea for using Rabindranath Tagore's poem "Ekla Chalo Re" as a song for the film. Vishal–Shekhar then tuned it arranged to suit the scenario, by incorporating a Gospel version of the song through Church choir so as to give a new flavour and avoided using an instrumental support, thereby becoming an a cappella number.[2] Ravjiani brought Amitabh Bachchan to perform vocals, who described that Bachchan's voice "just added to the magic of the song. His voice was the best thing that could have happened to that composition."[3]

Clinton Cerejo performed the film score and arranged the songs "Ekla Cholo Re" and "Tore Bina" while Mikey McCleary arranged "Piya Tu Kahe Rootha Re". Javed Bashir performed that track, after Ravjiani searching a random list of Pakistani singers performed on Coke Studio and recorded his vocals in Pakistan.[1]

Track listing

Kahaani (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)[4]
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Aami Shotti Bolchi"Vishal DadlaniUsha Uthup, Vishwesh Krishnamurthy3:20
2."Piya Tu Kahe Rootha Re"Anvita DuttJaved Bashir4:59
3."Kahaani" (Male)Vishal DadlaniKK, Vishal Dadlani4:26
4."Tore Bina"Sandeep SrivatsavaSukhwinder Singh5:52
5."Kahaani" (Female)Vishal DadlaniShreya Ghoshal, Vishal Dadlani4:28
6."Ekla Cholo Re"Rabindra SangeetAmitabh Bachchan5:13
Total length:28:18

Release

The soundtrack to Kahaani was released at the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival in Mumbai on 13 February 2012, with Balan, Ghosh and the composer duo.[5][6] The same day, the album was subsequently released on the digital music platform Apple iTunes since its inception from India in mid-2012.[4]

Reception

Reviewing the soundtrack for The Times of India, Anand Vaishnav commented that "Kahaani, as an album, stays honest to the theme of the film".[7] Rohit Vats of CNN-IBN stated that the soundtrack "features right voices with the overall mood of the album".[8] A critic from Mumbai Mirror rated the album with 3 stars out of 5, saying that the music "has its way of standing out among the ordinary".[9] Vipin Nair of Music Aloud described the score as "surprisingly light-hearted" in contrast to a "dark and melancholic" soundtrack as anticipated. He further complimented it as "a superlative work from the duo" and "one of their career best" rating 8.5 out of 10.[10] Suparna Thombare of Bollywood Life wrote "It is not a soundtrack that will be as popular as it should be, considering its musical quality. But that doesn’t take away from the fact that it rocks."[11] Joginder Tuteja of Bollywood Hungama described it as "a soundtrack that keeps it close to Kahaani across the album" and rated 3.5 out of 5.[12] "Kahaani is quite an interesting departure from the duo’s usual sound".[13]

Accolades

Award Date of ceremony[lower-alpha 1] Category Recipients Result Ref
Mirchi Music Awards 7 February 2013 Background Score of the Year Clinton Cerejo Won [14]
Screen Awards 12 January 2013 Best Background Score Clinton Cerejo Nominated [15]
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Star Guild Awards[lower-alpha 2] 16 February 2013 Best Male Playback Singer Amitabh Bachchan for "Ekla Cholo Re" Nominated [19]
[20]

Notes

  1. ↑ Each date is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.
  2. ↑ Also known as Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards.[17][18]

References

  1. 1 2 "'Kahaani is my favourite Vishal-Shekhar album'". Rediff. Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "Bachchan Sings Tagore's 'Ekla Cholo Re' in Kahaani". NDTV. Archived from the original on 11 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  3. ↑ "Shekhar Ravjiani: "Music will always change for the best"". Radio and Music. Archived from the original on 11 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Kahaani (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Vishal–Shekhar. iTunes. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Kahaani Music Launch at Kala Ghoda Arts Festival". MissMalini. 14 February 2012. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  6. ↑ "Vidya has taken over as 'female hero', says Shekhar". Hindustan Times. 13 February 2012. Archived from the original on 11 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  7. ↑ Vaishnav, Anand (15 February 2012). "Music review—Kahaani". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  8. ↑ Vats, Rohit (15 February 2012). "Music review: Kahaani focuses on nostalgia". CNN-IBN. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  9. ↑ "Kahaani music review". Mumbai Mirror. The Times of India. 16 February 2012. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  10. ↑ Nair, Vipin (15 February 2012). "Kahaani – Music Review (Bollywood Movie Soundtrack) - Music Aloud". Music Aloud. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  11. ↑ "Kahaani music review: A rocking soundtrack with a Bengali flavour". Bollywood Life. 5 March 2012. Archived from the original on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  12. ↑ Tuteja, Joginder (9 March 2012). "Kahaani Music Review". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 10 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  13. ↑ Srinivasan, Karthik (14 February 2012). "Kahaani (Music review), Hindi – Vishal Shekhar". Milliblog. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  14. ↑ "Winners – Mirchi Music Award Hindi 2012". www.radiomirchi.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  15. ↑ "Screen Awards 2013: Hall of Fame". The Indian Express. 18 January 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  16. ↑ "Nominations: 19th Annual Colors Screen Awards". Bollywood Hungama. 2 January 2013. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  17. ↑ "Watch: Was Salman Khan joking or just being rude?". CNN-IBN. 29 March 2013. Archived from the original on 6 June 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  18. ↑ Film Producers Guild of India. "Star Guild Awards". YouTube. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  19. ↑ "Winners Of Renault Star Guild Awards 2013". Bollywood Hungama. 18 February 2013. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  20. ↑ "8th Apsara Guild Awards – Nominees". Film Producers Guild of India. Archived from the original on 30 September 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
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