PremiumPritam Chakraborty on Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani's What Jhumka?: Karan Johar has a very strong sense of music
Pritam Chakraborty highlights the creative differences between Arijit Singh and Amitabh Bhattacharya while working on creating ‘What Jhumka?’.
Pritam praises Karan Johar for his music taste.
Last Updated: 09.19 PM, Jul 12, 2023
The second song of romantic drama Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani titled What Jhumka has been dropped today. In just a span of eight hours, the official music video on YouTube has received over 10 million views.
The official video features popular superstars Alia Bhatt and Ranveer Singh and the song is beautifully sung by Arijit Singh and Jonita Gandhi. On YouTube, Saregama Music – the official music partner of the movie – captioned it, “Get ready to hit the dance floor with 'What Jhumka'! Arijit Singh and Jonita Gandhi's enchanting voices will make your heart skip a beat. Let the rhythm take over and embrace the vibrant energy of this scintillating dance anthem!”
Though the buzz around the song continues to gain momentum, Pritam Chakraborty, the official music director of Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, has penned down an emotional note today thanking filmmaker Karan Johar and Saregama Music to give him an opportunity to be a part of the movie.
Pritam even outlined the creative differences between Arijit Singh and Amitabh Bhattacharya while working on creating ‘What Jhumka?’.
“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,” wrote Pritam.
He adds, “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?”
Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani is an upcoming romantic comedy family drama film directed by Karan Johar. The film will be released theatrically on July 28.