Palat – Tera Hero Idhar Hai

"Palat – Tera Hero Idhar Hai"

Varun Dhawan in the music video of the song.
Song by Arijit Singh from the album Main Tera Hero
Released 26 February 2014 (Video Teaser)
28 February 2014 (Video promo)
3 March 2014 (Full song)
Format CD single, Legal digital download
Genre
Length 4:30
Label T-Series
Writer Kausar Munir
Composer Sajid-Wajid
Producer David Dhawan
Main Tera Hero track listing
  1. "Besharmi Ki Height"
  2. "Palat – Tera Hero Idhar Hai"
  3. "Shanivaar Raati"
  4. "Galat Baat Hai"
  5. "Besharmi Ki Height (Remix)"
  6. "Galat Baat Hai (Remix)"

Music video
"Palat – Tera Hero Idhar Hai" on YouTube

"Palat – Tera Hero Idhar Hai" (English: Turn around – Your hero is here) is a Hindi song from the 2014 Bollywood film, Main Tera Hero. Composed by Sajid-Wajid, the song is sung by Arijit Singh, with lyrics penned by Kausar Munir and Danish Sabri. The music video of the peppy, dance track features actors Varun Dhawan and Ileana D'Cruz.[1]

Background

The song is composed by Sajid–Wajid and rendered by Arijit Singh, marking their first collaboration which is followed by "Raat Bhar" from Heropanti which was released the same year.[2] It is also the first song which features Dhawan in a song sung by Singh, followed by "Samjhawan" from Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania, which was also released on the same year.[3] Singh has performed another track in the album, titled "Shanivaar Raati" a duet with Shalmali Kholgade.[4]

The producers of the film capitulating on the popularity of the song "Palat – Tera Hero Idhar Hai" from the soundtrack attached a remix version of it along with the theatrical prints of Ragini MMS 2 which released on 21 March 2014—instead of the theatrical trailer—marking the first such instance.[5][6] Some critics compared the track, "Palat – Tera Hero Idhar Hai" to the 1981 song, "Jahan Teri Yeh Nazar Hai" from the soundtrack of the film, Kaalia.[7][8] Talking about the resemblance, Sajid stated: "I won't deny any influence in our work, but I am not sure to what extent it goes". According o him the lyrics and the vibe of the song are similar, though the tune is different.[9] The song was talked for its similarity with many tracks performed by Govinda.[10]

The song is directed by David Dhawan who is contributed by his elder son, Rohit. The lyrics of the song is penned by Kausar Munir who stated; " To crack this very simple yet catchy and populist vibe is hard, and I don't understand the game of hits and flops".[11] Additional lyrics of the song is penned by Danish Sabri.[12] Since the song required Dhawan to involve a lot of heavy duty steps on the ground with body weight balanced on the hands solely and to avoid any injuries to his wrist and hand, he suggested wearing biker's gloves.[13]

The promotional released music video features, Nargis Fakhri through various snippets from the film and songs like "Galat Baat Hai" and "Shanivaar Raat". However the video used in the movie, features Varun Dhawan and Ileana D'Cruz with no frames of Fakhri. In the music video of the song, he dances in the middle of a basketball court, on a wall and even while hanging from an artificial climbing rockface.[14] The song starts as Dhawan tries wooing Ileana on a college campus who is then accompanied by a bunch of guys, showing some Bollywood dance moves.[12]

Release and response

A 15-second teaser of the song was released on YouTube handle of T-Series, on 26 February 2014.[15] The promotional music video of the song was uploaded on 28 February 2014.[16] The full version of the audio track was released digitally on 3 March 2014, in the soundtrack of the album.[17][18]

The song went on to become one of the most popular songs of 2014.[19] Talking about the popularity of the song, Ileana D'Cruz said; "Songs are such an important part of the film. I am very happy and surprised that 'Palat' became a big hit".[20] Regarding the success of the song, Varun Dhawan commented: "While promoting the film in various cities, I was inundated with requests to dance on Palat. In Indore, when we asked the crowd to select a track, this song was the unanimous choice. They went berserk when it was played".[21]

Chart performance

On 4 March 2014, the debuted in the iTunes Indian Top 100 Charts at position 30,[22] and jumped to position 4, on 7 March 2014.[23] On 3 April 2014, the song was ranked at position 7 in the chart.[24] and jumped to position 6 on 8 April 2014,[25] before reaching its peak position 3 on 9 April 2014.[26] On 4 January 2015, the song entered the iTunes Cambodian Top 100 Charts at the top position,[27] before falling to position 9 on 5 January 2015.[28]

On 21 March 2014, the song debuted at position 13 in The Times of India Mirchi Top 20 Chart,[29] jumped to position 9 on 28 March 2014,[30] and further moved to position 5 on 4 April 2014.[31] On 11 April 2014, the song climbed to position 3,[32] reached its peak position 2, on 17 April 2014.[33]

The song also made its debut at No. 35 position in the Top 40 Asian Download Charts on 29 March 2014,[34] jumped to position 23 on 5 April 2014.[35] On 12 April 2014, the song reached its peak position 12 in the chart,[36] before falling to position 13 on 19 April 2014.[37]

Year Chart Peak
position		 Ref.
2014 iTunes Indian Charts 3 [26]
iTunes Mauritian Charts 38 [38]
91.9 Friends FM Bollywood Top 20 7 [39]
Planet Bollywood Top Songs Chart 7 [40]
The Times of India Mirchi Top 20 Chart 2 [33]
Top Asian Download Charts 12 [36]
2015 iTunes Cambodian Charts 1 [27]

Critical Reception

"Palat – Tera Hero Idhar Hai" was met with general acclaim from music critics.

Joginder Tuteja from Rediff.com felt the song has "catchy beats and a foot-tapping rhythm", calling it as "the height of the masala score".[41] Prateek Sur from Bollywood Life thought the song is "is the best one in the whole album", who praised the lyrics by Kumaar and Danish Sabri for giving "the perfect Govinda-ish song" and opined: "Arijit is known for giving soulful, romantic tracks and before people could typecast him in that genre, he comes up with this song to prove his versatility in other genres".[42]

Devesh Sharma from Filmfare talked about the resemblance of the song with the RD Burman's composition and commented: "Singh sings it in full Kishore Kumar mode and you can’t help but smile at the nostalgic feel that it provides as well is own comic resonance".[43] Similar sentiments were echoed by Rafat of Glamsham, who thought, Singh's "emotive and zesty rendition is the highlight of the track".[44] Bollywood Hungama's Rajiv Vijayakar called Arijit Singh a "revelation", who further stated: "This is terrain he has never been visualized in before, and the singer shines".[45]

Apart from the positive response from the critics, the song received some negative reviews. Tulsi from Bollywood.com, calling the song "as disastrous as its title", criticized the composition for giving a feel of "a decade outdated" track and thought that "Singh is clearly cut for romantic songs only".[46]

Track listing and formats

  1. "Palat Tera Hero Idhar Hai" – 4:30
  2. "Palat Tera Hero Idhar Hai (Remix)" – 2:36

Release history

Country Date Format Label Ref
India 28 February 2014 Digital download T-Series [17]
United States CD single [47]
United Kingdom [48]
Germany [49]
France [50]
Japan [51]

Accolades

Year Award Category Nominee Result Ref
2014 Life OK Now Awards, May 2014 Best Singer of the Month Male Arijit Singh Won [52]
Stardust Awards Best Male Playback Singer Nominated [53]

References

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  2. ↑ Sarika Sharma (18 April 2014). "'Raat Bhar' from Tiger Shroff's 'Heropanti'". The Indian Express. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Aparna Mudi (12 June 2014). "The soulful 'Samjhawan' from 'Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania'". Zee News. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Devesh Sharma (25 March 2014). "Music Review: Main Tera Hero". Filmfare. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Varun’s Palat song as a promo with Ragini MMS 2". TNN. The Times of India. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
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  11. ↑ Seema Sinha (27 June 2014). "Kausar Munir: I never planned to become a lyricist". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
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