M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (soundtrack)

M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story
Soundtrack album by Amaal Mallik and Rochak Kohli
Released	24 August 2016
Recorded	2015
Studio	YRF Studios, Mumbai Future Sound of Bombay, Mumbai
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	38:00
Language	Hindi Tamil Telugu Marathi
Label	T-Series
Producer	Amaal Mallik Rochak Kohli Meghdeep Bose
Amaal Mallik chronology
Baar Baar Dekho (2016) M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016) Force 2 (2016)
Rochak Kohli chronology
Wazir (2015) M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016) Fugay (2016)
Singles from M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story
"Besabriyaan[1]" Released: 20 July 2016 "Kaun Tujhe[2]" Released: 28 July 2016 "Jab Tak[3]" Released: 5 August 2016 "Phir Kabhi" Released: 10 August 2016

M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story is the soundtrack album to the 2016 Hindi-language film of the same name directed by Neeraj Pandey. Based on the life of former Indian cricketer MS Dhoni, the film stars Sushant Singh Rajput as Dhoni along with Disha Patani, Kiara Advani, and Anupam Kher in pivotal roles. The album consists of nine songs composed by Amaal Mallik in his first album as a solo composer, with one song being composed by Rochak Kohli as a guest composer, featuring lyrics written by Manoj Muntashir. The vocals were performed by Armaan Malik, Arijit Singh, Siddharth Basrur, Rochak Kohli, Palak Muchhal, Ananya Nanda and Adithyan A. Prithviraj. The background music was composed by Sanjoy Chowdhury.

The album was recorded entirely using live instrumentation and has only one soundscape used considering the theme of the film. After M. M. Kreem, whom collaborated with Pandey for the soundtracks: Special 26 and Baby, refused his offer on his priorities with Baahubali: The Beginning (the first film in Rajamouli's Baahubali franchise) despite composing one promotional single, Pandey chose Amaal Malik for the film soundtrack and initially recorded six songs within March—October 2015. No lip-syncing is used in the songs, as the team believed that the songs blend in the narrative. The album released in Tamil, Telugu and Marathi with the lyrics were penned by Pa. Vijay, Chaitanya Prasad and Guru Thakur for the respective languages. Out of the seven songs, a promotional track "Har Gully Mein Dhoni Hai" (also released in Tamil) and two alternate versions of the songs were used in Hindi version, while the Telugu and Marathi album have seven tracks.

The album opened to positive reviews from critics, praising Amaal Malik for using single soundscape and retaining the freshness and melody in the tracks, but criticised for the familiarity of the tunes. The tracks "Besabriyaan", "Kaun Tujhe", "Phir Kabhi" and "Har Gully Mein Dhoni Hai" received the most consumer response and Palak Muchhal, the singer of "Kaun Tujhe" received a News18 and Screen Award for Best Female Playback Singer respectively.