Barfi! (soundtrack)

Barfi!
Soundtrack cover
Soundtrack album by
Pritam
Released9 August 2012
Recorded2012
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length38:52
LanguageHindi
LabelSony Music India
ProducerRonnie Screwvala
Pritam chronology
Cocktail
(2012) 		Barfi!
(2012) 		Rush
(2012)

Barfi! is the soundtrack album for the 2012 Hindi film of the same name. The music and original score is composed by Pritam and featured lyrics written by Swanand Kirkire, Ashish Pandit, Neelesh Misra and Sayeed Quadri. The film is directed by Anurag Basu and produced by Ronnie Screwvala and Siddharth Roy Kapur under UTV Motion Pictures, starring Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, and Ileana D'Cruz in the lead roles. The film marks Pritam's third collaboration with Basu after Gangster (2006) and Life in a... Metro (2007). The album was under-development, when the film was in post-production stage and was completed only by early-August 2012. All the tracks in the film expresses the feelings of Kapoor's character.[1]

The original soundtrack consisted of ten tunes (six original songs and four alternative renditions of the tracks), also including a promotional single which was not included in the film. It was released on 9 August 2012 by the Sony Music India label and received highly positive reviews from critics and audiences.[2] Due to its critical and commercial reception, the album was hailed by music critics as "one of the best Bollywood albums of the year and decade".[3] It was a recipient of several awards and nominations, including two Filmfare Awards, four IIFA Awards, three Screen Awards, an Asian Film Award, a Times of India Film Award and a Producers Guild Film Award.

  1. ^ "'Barfi!' songs express Ranbir's character's feelings". News18. 12 August 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Anupama Chopra's review: Barfi". Hindustan Times. 15 September 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  3. ^ Nair, Vipin (30 December 2019). "Bollywood music: A decade of highs and lows". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 7 January 2022.