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Filmmaker Karan Johar’s Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham remains a timeless classic. Besides the amazing cast, the songs are still fan favorites. Think about the scene where Shah Rukh Khan lands at his home in a helicopter, and Jaya Bachchan’s character senses her son’s arrival, and the title song starts playing in your head. Ever wondered how they made that song? Lalit Pandit, the composer, recently shared that director Karan Johar’s request was unique – he wanted a bhajan for that moment. The title song of the film Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham was composed by Jatin-Lalit.
In an interview with Rajshri Unplugged, Lalit said, “The most difficult song was the one which looked very simple. It was the title song of the film. Because Karan’s brief was very difficult to comply with. He wanted a bhajan. Bhajans usually have a simplistic tune, it cannot be orchestrated as a huge song. But he did not want that. He wanted a song that Jaya ji is singing for god, Jaya ji is singing for her husband, so it needed to imply both.”
The composer continued, “In this song, they were showing that Shah Rukh is trying to reach somewhere, he is running just to reach somewhere on time. So that needed to be heavily orchestrated, sort of melodious but with action kind of thing. This was a difficult combination to do. His brief was that ‘it has to be a big bhajan, it can’t be a simple bhajan.’” Lalit praised Lata Mangeshkar, who crooned the song and credited her for making it a big hit.
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, also starring Amitabh Bachchan, Kajol, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Hrithik Roshan in pivotal roles, was released in 2001.
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