Ekk Deewana Tha (soundtrack)

Ekk Deewana Tha is the soundtrack album, composed by A. R. Rahman to a 2011 Indian romantic drama film Ekk Deewana Tha, written and directed by Gautham Menon, featuring Prateik Babbar and Amy Jackson, in her Bollywood debut, in the lead roles.^[1][2] This film is a remake of Gautham Menon's own Tamil film, Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa. The soundtrack album was released at Lawns of Taj Khema, eastern gate of The Taj Mahal, Agra, by A. R. Rahman on 21 December 2011.^[1]

Background

A. R. Rahman has retained the same tunes from Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa. The soundtrack album consists of lyrics penned by Javed Akhtar, collaborating with Gautham Menon for the first time. Javed Akhtar had to be in Chennai, to supervise the script and writing the lyrics for the film. A source close to the development said, "Javed saab and Gautham hit it off well. The lyricist's inputs will be taken into consideration as Gautham is particular that his film should not come across as a routine South Indian remake."^[3]

Release

The crew including A. R. Rahman and Javed Akhtar were set to perform live at Mehtab Bagh, which has a stunning backdrop in the Taj Mahal. However, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) later denied permission to the crew owing to the damages sustained while shooting for Mere Brother Ki Dulhan was going on at Mehtab Bagh. Then the music album was released at Lawns of Taj Khema, eastern gate of Taj Mahal, which has a good view of the Taj Mahal, on 21 December 2011.^[4][5] The audio CD is expected to hit the stores, all across the country, on January 6th, 2012. The audio is released under the label of Sony Music.

Tracklist

All lyrics written by Javed Akhtar, except where noted. 

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