Once Upon ay Time in Mumbai Dobaara! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album to the 2013 film Once Upon ay Time in Mumbai Dobaara! directed by Milan Luthria. The film is a sequel to Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010), starring Akshay Kumar, Imran Khan and Sonakshi Sinha. The album consisted of six tracks composed by Pritam, Anupam Amod and Laxmikant–Pyarelal, with lyrics written by Rajat Arora. The album's lead single "Ye Tune Kya Kiya" was released on 13 June 2013, while the remaining tracks were released along with the album on 17 July 2013.
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| Released | 17 July 2013 | |||
| Recorded | 2013 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 23:42 | |||
| Language | Hindi | |||
| Label | T-Series | |||
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| Singles from Once Upon ay Time in Mumbai Dobaara! | ||||
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Background
editThe soundtrack of Once Upon ay Time in Mumbai Dobaara! features five songs, with three of them were composed by Pritam, and two of them by Anupam Amod.[1] The latter also recreated the song "Tayyab Ali" which is originally composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal and written by Anand Bakshi, from the film Amar Akbar Anthony (1977).[1] The lyrics for all the songs were penned by Rajat Arora, including the recreated version of "Tayyab Ali".[2] According to the singer Javed Ali, "Tayyab Ali" was recorded three to four times as Pritam wanted to have the feel of Mohammed Rafi as well as his own style.[3]
Marketing and release
editThe first single "Ye Tune Kya Kiya", sung by Javed Bashir and composed by Pritam, was released on 13 June 2013 as the lead single from the soundtrack album.[4][5] It was made available for purchase in the digital music platform iTunes and the media store iTunes Store.[4] The makers hosted three qawwali nights which were open to public from 28–30 June in Mumbai, Lucknow and Delhi which featured Kumar, Khan and Sinha in attendance, and featured performances of professional qawwals.[6] The music video of the song "Tayyab Ali" was launched at the same event held at Chinchbundar, Dongri with Khan and Sinha attending.[7][8] The soundtrack was launched on 17 July 2013.[1][2]
Music videos
editThe songs "Yeh Tune Kya Kiya" and "Chugliyaan" is picturized on Shoaib Khan (Kumar) and Aslam Siddiqui (Khan)'s love triangle with Jasmine Shaikh (Sinha).[4] The music video of "Tayyab Ali" was shot in six days at Film City in Mumbai.[9] The track "Tu Hi Khwaahish" is an item number picturized on Shoaib, Shaikh and Ayesha Dixit (Sophie Choudry) while Amanda Rosario and Hazel Crowney.[10] The video of the song was unveiled on 17 July 2013.[10] The music video for "Chugliyaan" was released on 24 July.[11] The video for the song "Bismillah" was shot at Film City and a Mumbai nightclub which was modified to evoke the 1980s.[12] It was released on 7 August 2013, two days before Eid-Ul-Fitr, to capitalise on Eid celebrations nationwide.[12]
Critical response
editThe soundtrack of the film received positive reviews. Rajiv Vijayakar of Bollywood Hungama said that "the soundtrack has only four songs but nevertheless emerges as one of the better albums of this year" rating three out of five stars.[13] Bryan Durham of The Times of India rated three-and-a-half out of five stars and said that "Pritam's compositions here are competent but nowhere as memorable as what he accomplished with OUATIM".[14] Joginder Tuteja of Rediff.com gave the same writing and summarized "Pritam's music in Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Dobara are good enough to be played on loop" calling "Yeh Tune Kya Kiya" and "Tu Hi Khwahish" as "instant winners".[15] Karthik Srinivasan of Milliblog wrote "Do gaane [two songs] work in this Dobaara [sequel]".[16]
In contrast, Sankhayan Ghosh of The Indian Express criticized it for the recycled tunes and described it as a "surprisingly bland outing".[17] Vipin Nair of Music Aloud gave 6/10 to the album and wrote that it works "less than half its predecessor – both in quantity and quality."[18] Anupama Chopra, in her review for Hindustan Times, wrote "too many songs unnecessarily stretch the film to 160 minutes".[19] Sarita A. Tanwar of Daily News and Analysis wrote "The soundtrack of this film also does not match up".[20]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Yeh Tune Kya Kiya" | Rajat Arora | Pritam | Javed Bashir | 5:14 |
| 2. | "Tayyab Ali" | Anand Bakshi, Rajat Arora | Laxmikant–Pyarelal, Anupam Amod | Javed Ali | 4:37 |
| 3. | "Tu Hi Khwahish" | Rajat Arora | Pritam | Sunidhi Chauhan | 4:51 |
| 4. | "Chugliyaan" | Rajat Arora | Pritam | Javed Ali, Sahir Ali Bagga | 4:59 |
| 5. | "Bismillah" | Rajat Arora | Anupam Amod | Anupam Amod | 4:56 |
| 6. | "Ye Tune Kya Kiya" (Unplugged) | Rajat Arora | Pritam | Arijit Singh | 4:51 |
| Total length: | 27:49 | ||||
References
edit- ^ a b c Pritam; Anupam Amod; Laxmikant–Pyarelal (17 July 2013). "Once Upon Ay Time In Mumbai Dobaara! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". T-Series. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2024 – via Apple Music.
- ^ a b "Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai Dobaara!: Track listing". In.com. 17 July 2013. Archived from the original on 19 August 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
- ^ "'Tayyab Ali Pyaar Ka Dushman' was recorded 3-4 times: Javed Ali". Radio And Music. 28 June 2013. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ a b c "Watch the first song: Yeh Tune Kya Kiya from Akshay Kumar's Once Upon..." The Indian Express. 15 June 2013. Archived from the original on 20 June 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ "New song from 'Once upon A Time In Mumbaai Dobara', 'Ye Tune Kya Kiya' goes viral". Daily News and Analysis. 13 June 2013. Archived from the original on 6 October 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ Awaasthi, Kavita (28 June 2013). "Akshay Kumar, Imran Khan set to encash Ramzan, Eid". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 6 October 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ Gokhale, Sachin (29 June 2013). "Images: Sonakshi and Imran play it up at the launch of 'Tayyab Ali'". Firstpost. Archived from the original on 6 October 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ "Sonakshi and Imran grooves to Taiyab Ali". India Today. 29 June 2013. Archived from the original on 6 October 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ "Tayyab Ali will be a hit among youngsters: Imran Khan". The Indian Express. 30 June 2013. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ a b Pacheco, Sunitra (17 July 2013). "Watch: New song Tu Hi Khwahish from Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Dobaara". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ Goyal, Divya (24 July 2013). "Watch: Akshay,Imran romance Sonakshi in Chugliyan from Once Upon A time In Mumbaai Dobaara". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 20 August 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ a b "OUATIMD makers to release Eid song". Bollywood Hungama. 3 August 2013. Archived from the original on 18 August 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- ^ Vijayakar, Rajiv (17 July 2013). "Music Review: Once Upon Ay Time in Mumbai Dobaara!". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 1 August 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
- ^ Durham, Bryan (9 August 2013). "Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai Dobaara". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 18 August 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
- ^ Tuteja, Joginder (22 July 2013). "Music Review: OUATIM Dobara has some good tunes". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
- ^ Srinivasan, Karthik (19 July 2013). "Once Upon A Time In Mumbai Dobaara! (Music review), Hindi – Pritam & Anupam Amod". Milliblog. Archived from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ Ghosh, Sankhayan (26 July 2013). "Music Reivew: Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Dobara, recycled retro". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 3 November 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ Nair, Vipin (17 July 2013). "Once Upon a Time in Mumbai Dobaara – Music Review (Bollywood Soundtrack)". Music Aloud. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ Chopra, Anupama (15 August 2013). "Anupama Chopra's review: Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Dobaara!". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ A Tanwar, Sarita (16 August 2013). "Film review: 'Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Dobara' is more likely to make you go ooh; instead of ouch!". Daily News and Analysis. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2024.