Pritam, who has composed the song said, `The idea was to come up with a track that feels like a retro number from the 50s. We had to create a fun, mohalla song which has masti and mazak with a beautiful underlying layer of emotion. Striking that balance in terms of lyrics and the tune was challenging. It felt amazing when we finally cracked it.`
Set in Hira Mandi, First Class presents nuances of Varun`s character with a subtle play of lyrics in a light-hearted manner.
Elaborating on this, Pritam said, `The character is being introduced to the audience; he talks about a lot of things he feels, sees and experiences around him, but believes `sab first class hai.` That`s how we got the title of the song. While I can`t reveal the relevance of this number in the plot, I can just say that it takes the narrative ahead.`
Varun, who enjoys dancing thoroughly, relished filming the number. Pritam recalled the time when the actor first heard the track. `Varun loves songs that have a fun vibe. In this case, he also liked the kind of sound we created. It`s that rare mix of Indian instruments - we`ve emphasised on using live dholkis and dhols. It actually felt like I was a composer in the Partition era because I was recording the sound with so many live instrumentalists,` the composer recalled.
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Kalank is a Partition drama set in the 1940s starring Sanjay Dutt, Varun, Aditya Roy Kapur, Alia Bhatt, Sonakshi Sinha and Madhuri Dixit.
Fox Star Studios presents Kalank, A Dharma Productions & Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment film, directed by Abhishek Varman, to release on 17th April 2019. Produced by Karan Johar, Sajid Nadiadwala, Hiroo Yash Johar & Apoorva Mehta. Co-Produced by Fox Star Studios.