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2018 soundtrack album by Tanishk Bagchi, Lijo George–DJ Chetas and S. Thaman
Simmba is the maiden collaboration between Bagchi and Shetty. Bagchi, who had composed music for several films under Dharma Productions, was recommended by Johar to Shetty. The makers asked Bagchi to compose the title track "Aala Re Aala" which the crew immediately liked it. Later, he was offered to remake the song "Aankh Maare", originally composed by Viju Shah, written by Anand Bakshi and sung by Kumar Sanu and Kavita Krishnamurthy for the film Tere Mere Sapne (1996). Bagchi, with the music supervisor Azeem Dayani, had created five versions of the song, but did not like them as it missed the quirkiness they intended. He then composed a new middle section, which utilized Tusshar Kapoor's Golmaal voice and retained few lines from the original song, with Sanu to be a part of the remix as well. Arshad Warsi, who starred in the original film where the song is picturized upon and with whom he collaborated with Shetty in the Golmaal franchise, makes a cameo appearance in the song.
Bagchi recreated the qawwali song "Tere Bin Nahin Lagda" (1996) composed and performed by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, with the recreation being performed by his nephew Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Asees Kaur. This was the second time the song being recreated, the first is for the film Kachche Dhaage (1999) where the song was recreated as "Tere Bin Nahin Jeena" and is sung by Lata Mangeshkar. Bagchi composed a new mukhda for the song with lyrics by Rashmi Virag. Lijo George–DJ Chetas composed the dance number "Mera Waala Dance" which featured Singh and Ajay Devgan reprising his role as Bajirao Singham from the Singham franchise. S. Thaman, who previously composed the title track for Shetty's Golmaal Again (2017) had composed the score with Amar Mohile and Chandan Saxena. Thaman's rendition of the theme music is included in the soundtrack.
Release
The song "Aankh Maarey" was released as a music video was released as a single on 6 December 2018. Within six months of its release, the song garnered around 1 billion views. The second single "Tere Bin" was released on 14 December. The title track "Aala Re Aala" was released as the third song on 20 December. The fourth song "Mera Wala Dance" was released on 26 December. The soundtrack album was released by T-Series on 27 December, a day before the film's release.
Reception
Debarat S Sen of The Times of India wrote "Usually, remixes are not considered to be better than originals, but Tanishk's work in this album might just make you rethink about that." Joginder Tuteja of Bollywood Hungama wrote "Music of Simmba is better than what one expected from it. Other than situational songs (most of which work), the soundtrack also boasts of songs like 'Aankh Marey' and 'Mere Wala Dance' which have it in them to cover a much larger distance."
Tuteja, Joginder (28 December 2018). "Simmba Music Review". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 12 January 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
