Om Shanti Om (soundtrack)

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Om Shanti Om
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Soundtrack album by
Vishal–Shekhar, Pyarelal
Released18 September 2007
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length61:18
Label T-Series
Producer Vishal–Shekhar

Om Shanti Om is the soundtrack to the 2007 film of the same name directed by Farah Khan, produced by Gauri Khan through Red Chillies Entertainment and starred Shah Rukh Khan, Arjun Rampal and Deepika Padukone (in her film debut). The film's soundtrack featured six original songs, four remixes and an instrumental track, all of them were composed by Vishal–Shekhar, and written by Javed Akhtar, Kumaar and Vishal Dadlani, except for one song composed by Pyarelal of the Laxmikant–Pyarelal duo. The soundtrack was released by T-Series on 18 September 2007 to critical acclaim and was one of the highest-selling music albums of the year.

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To date, this was the last time singers Udit Narayan and Abhijeet Bhattacharya provided their voices as playback singers to Shah Rukh Khan. The two men were synonymous as a singer-actor jodi combo for many of his previous films.

Development and release

A. R. Rahman was initially signed in to compose music for the film but he opted out after disagreements with T-Series as he wanted them to share the copyrights of music between him and the label. [1] Later Vishal–Shekhar was hired to score music for the film, in their maiden collaboration with both Shah Rukh and Farah. The duo had composed for few television advertisements directed by Farah, and with her rapport, they had been recommended to Red Chillies Entertainment for their recruitment as composers. [2]

The duo recalled that they grew up listening to music of the 1960s and 1970s and wanted the soundtrack to be a tribute to the music of that particular era while appealing to newer audiences at the same time. [2] The song "Dhoom Taana" was composed by Pyarelal of the Laxmikant–Pyarelal duo. Pyarelal stopped composing after his partner Laxmikant's death in May 1998, but owing to Farah Khan's request on composing a song as a tribute to Hindi film music of the 1970s and 1980s, he agreed at the insistence of his wife and daughter. The song was recorded with a 150-member-orchestra and traditional instruments like drums, tabla, dholak and dafli, which was a trademark of the duo and more than 40 different percussion instruments had been used. [3] Vishal–Shekhar also helped Pyarelal on orchestrating and arranging the tunes. [2]

Reception

Joginder Tuteja's review for Bollywood Hungama summarised the music as "one of the complete scores" from Vishal–Shekhar, giving four stars out of five. [4] Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com also gave it four stars out of five, with praise for the music, but criticised the "Dark Side" mix. [5] Writing for AllMusic , Bhaskar Gupta gave the album four-and-a-half stars out of five, summarizing "Vishal-Shekhar finally delivered a soundtrack that could be deemed their signature offering." [6]

Sales and records

Vishal–Shekhar who were judges at the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 reality show has given an interview to Rediff.com , recalled that Himesh Reshammiya (fellow composer and one of the judges) had said that the album as well as the film would be commercially successful even before release. [7] It was the highest-selling music album of the year in India, with sales of around 2 million units. [8]

Track listing

Om Shanti Om (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [9]
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Ajab Si" Vishal Dadlani KK 4:03
2."Dard-e-Disco" Javed Akhtar Sukhwinder Singh, Caralisa Monteiro, Nisha, Marianne4:31
3."Deewangi Deewangi"Javed Akhtar Shaan, Udit Narayan, Shreya Ghoshal, Sunidhi Chauhan, Rahul Saxena5:53
4."Main Agar Kahoon"Javed Akhtar Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal5:10
5."Jag Soona Soona Lage" Kumaar Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Richa Sharma 5:31
6."Dhoom Taana"Javed Akhtar Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Shreya Ghoshal 6:15
7."Dastaan-E-Om Shanti Om"Javed AkhtarShaan7:08
8."Dard-e-Disco" (Remix)Javed AkhtarSukhwinder Singh, Caralisa Monteiro, Nisha, Marianne4:38
9."Deewangi Deewangi" (Rainbow Mix)Javed AkhtarShaan, Udit Narayan, Shreya Ghoshal, Sunidhi Chauhan, Rahul Saxena4:48
10."Om Shanti Om" (Medley Mix)Javed AkhtarSukhwinder Singh, Caralisa Monteiro, Nisha, Marianne, Shaan, Udit Narayan, Shreya Ghoshal, Sunidhi Chauhan, Rahul Saxena, Abhijeet Bhattacharya6:06
11."Dastaan-E-Om Shanti Om" (Dark Mix)Javed Akhtar Shaan 6:21
12."Om Shanti Om" (Instrumental)  0:58
Total length:61:18

Accolades

AwardDate of ceremony [lower-alpha 1] CategoryRecipient(s) and nominee(s)ResultRef.
Asian Film Awards 17 March 2008 Best Composer Vishal–Shekhar Won [10]
[11]
Filmfare Awards 16 February 2008 Best Music Director Vishal–ShekharNominated [12]
[13]
Best Lyricist Javed Akhtar for "Main Agar Kahoon"Nominated
Vishal Dadlani for "Ajab Si"Nominated
Best Playback Singer KK for "Ajab Si"Nominated
Sonu Nigam for "Main Agar Kahoon"Nominated
International Indian Film Academy Awards 6–8 June 2008 Best Lyricist Javed Akhtar for "Main Agar Kahoon"Won [14]
[15]
Producers Guild Film Awards 30 March 2008 Best Music Director Vishal–ShekharNominated [16]
[17]
[18]
[19]
Best Lyricist Vishal Dadlani for "Ajab Si"Nominated
Best Male Playback Singer KK for "Ajab Si"Nominated
Best Re-RecordingKuldeep SoodNominated
Screen Awards 23 January 2008 Best Male Playback Singer KK for "Ajab Si"Nominated [20]
[12]
Best Background Music Vishal–ShekharNominated
Zee Cine Awards 26 April 2008 Best Music Director Vishal–ShekharNominated [21]
[22]
Best Lyricist Javed Akhtar for "Main Agar Kahoon"Nominated
Best Male Playback Singer KK for "Ajab Si"Nominated
Sonu Nigam for "Main Agar Kahoon"Nominated
Most Popular Track of the Year"Dard-e-Disco"Nominated

Notes

  1. ↑ Date is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.

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