This Ranbir Kapoor chartbuster song was earlier composed for Bajrangi Bhaijaan; not Kesariya, Kun Faaya Kun, Badtameez Dil, Papa Meri Jaan

Music composer Pritam, who has been receiving a great response to his latest soundtrack in Metro...In Dino, has revealed that the cult-classic song Channa Mereya was initially made for the Salman Khan-starrer Bajrangi Bhaijaan, and not Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma's Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. Channa Mereya is a modern heartbreak anthem, and boasts of a loyal following with more than 275 million streams on Spotify with daily streams clocking 2,00,000. That may not have been the case, had Kabir Khan picked the melody of Channa Mereya for Bajrangi Bhaijaan from Munni’s POV.

The music composer recently spoke with IANS, and shared the story behind Channa Mereya, and how fate played its part in the approval of the track by Karan Johar for Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. He told IANS, "For the same situation of Bajrangi Bhaijaan, I made Channa Mereya. It got bounced from Bajrangi Bhaijaan, and it went to Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. Mukhra was the same, but the lyrics were different."

He also spoke about two of his frequent collaborators, Imtiaz Ali and Anurag Basu, and what separates the two. Pritam said that the process of arriving at ideas is more or less similar when he works with both of them. However, it's their taste for certain kinds of textures which separates them. He said, "Imtiaz Ali likes sounds which are flowy, and percussive, those kinds of textures he likes. Anurag likes sounds which are more melodic."

Earlier, the composer had said that he is still working on the music of Metro...In Dino even after the film’s release. Those who know and have worked with Pritam, know very well that he becomes obsessed with his songs, to the point where he keeps working on them even after the entire film unit and producers think that the music is perfect, and nothing can be done to make it better.

He shared that until he is creatively satisfied with his compositions, he keeps on working on songs. The same is the case with Metro...In Dino. It’s been over a week since the release of the film, and the composer has to urgently deliver the soundtrack for the upcoming big ticket entertainer War 2 but he still isn't over Metro...In Dino, and hopes he could make some minor tweaks in the films' soundtrack before its OTT release.

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