No surprise, Jhoome Jo Pathaan has turned out to be a massive hit all across the globe. And, so The Pioneer interacted with the female voice behind the track, who is overwhelmed by its blockbuster hit.
Shikha Duggal
Mausam bigadne wala hai, apni kursi ki peti bandh lijiye” — an early dialogue, when the Shahrukh starrer Pathaan begins and ends with a blustering chartbuster sung by Arijit Singh and Sukriti Kakar.
A song that shook the theatres across the world, a song that made us see clips of fans dancing going viral and a song that heard the maximum whistles and screams. Jhoome Jo Pathaan has unquestionably become the revolutionary song of the singer Sukriti Kakar’s musical life!
In an exclusive conversation with us, the Kar Gayi Chull fame shared her thoughts on this dewy success, once again in her life but this time all by herself.
“I never experienced a craze for a track like this ever before — singing for Deepika Padukone was the joy of joys for me. The first few days of Pathaan was no less than a festival in the country! I was visiting the theatres to see the crowd, and always, the premises were full and they were cheering on the song.
I saw the spectators getting up from their seats and just going bonkers then and there. The whole scenario proved a point: Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone belong to Indian cinema! We happened to witness their super stardom beforehand.”
Her song that was already buzzing before the release, made her only watch how humongous the craze can be and it certainly filled her with a lot of sentiments. She continued to express, “This song was recorded years ago — I had no idea, I am going to be doing a playback for Deepika Padukone.
The director was there in the studio, but they never spoke of Pathaan. Hence, I didn’t know at all. It was the lyrics that made me strike a bulb in my head that I am actually singing for Pathaan and couldn’t contain my excitement back then.”
Demolishing several box office records, the film goes on to become a blockbuster hit so far and so did her track. Her mom, who herself is a trained Hindustani classical musician — was all so delighted to see the daughter climbing the ladder of success so early in her career. And then, Sukriti was totally devoted to the track once she put two into two together. “I wanted to sound my best to be able to match Deepika!
I was just imagining how charismatic she is going to be looking on the track that I have sung for her, I couldn’t stop visualising. Vishal-Shekhar described to me what Deepika’s role in the spy verse was! Finally, I sang for Deepika Padukone and I couldn’t have asked for more so early on in my life,” adds the vocalist.
Like any other cine-goer, everyone not just fell in love with the movie but also its tracks. This made Sukriti think that she really is the new talk of the town! And, “Now I am, hopefully, only going to go upwards. My global collaboration is on the way! And now is the right time to say that Bollywood is gaining its momentum back.”
