Published 10:02 IST, May 27th 2020

Ajay Devgn starrer 'Baadshaho': Making of 'Mere Rashke Qamar' song

Ajay Devgn plays the role of princess Gitanjali's bodyguard in 'Baadshaho'. Here's everything to know about the making of 'Mere Rashke Qamar' song.

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Bashaho stars Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi, Ileana D’Cruz, Esha Gupta, Sanjay Mishra, and Vidyut Jammwal in le roles. Helmed by Milan Luthria, 2017 period action thriller film is set in backdrop of emergency era between 1975 to 1977. Bashaho revolves around princess Gitanjali, who hails from a royal family in Rajasthan.

However, during emergency period, government raids her palace to confiscate all gold that rightfully belongs to m, besides putting Gitanjali behind bars. So, she seeks help of her bodyguard and uses him for her benefits by seizing gold back, which follows story ahe. Upon its release, Bashaho received mixed reviews from critics and audience alike. But it was successful at box office. Moreover, its songs stole limelight. So, we have described making of Mere Rashke Qamar of this Ajay Devgn movie.

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making of Mere Rashke Qamar

Mere Rashke Qamar is originally a ghazal qawwali written by Urdu poet Fana Buland Shehri and composed by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. It was reme for Ajay Devgn’s period-drama movie. According to makers of Bashaho, this song perfectly matched vibe of palace and Rajasthan. y have shared BTS from making of Mere Rashke Qamar, in which director guides everyone to look at vint car which would arrive within five minutes. In later scene, vill people look at car, while Milan Luthria directs scene.

filmmaker revealed ar reason for choosing Mere Rashke Qamar for Ajay Devgn’s movie. According to Luthria, this popular track brings feeling of period in which story of Bashaho is set. ditionally, Gulshan Kumar explained that it was difficult to make a song from era in which movie is set. refore, makers purposely chose Mere Rashke Qamar, which would be pride of film.

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Milan Luthria also talked about music label. He said that while working with T-Series, y wanted strong music which is also quite melodious. Gulshan Kumar, on or hand, revealed that this track is a fusion of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan’s songs. He described how Mere Rashke Qamar was created by using 80s music and that it went on to become popular in time. Moreover, this upbeat song received mostly positive reviews from critics.

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10:00 IST, May 27th 2020