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www.newsindiatimes.com – that’s all you need to know Music News India Times (July 5, 2025 - July 11, 2025) July 11, 2025 26 Dhun Brings Back The Musical Trio Of Mohit Suri, Mithoon And Arijit Singh T he musical trio of Arijit Singh, Mithoon and director Mohit Suri, who have created chartbusters in Hindi filmmusic including Tum hi ho from Aashiqui 2, are back for the film Saiyaara’s next song, Dhun, which has been released by Yash Raj Films. Mohit shares a musical journey with Mithoon spanning two decades now. They started their collaboration in 2005 when they did Zeher and Kalyug, for which Mithoon had arranged songs. For 20 years, Mithoon and Mohit have also worked on albums like Murder 2, Aashiqui 2, Ek Villain, Hamari Adhuri Kahaani, Half Girl- friend, Malang and now Saiyaara. Speaking about his musical journey with Mithoon, Mohit says, “It’s been 20 years of knowing Mithoon, creating music with him and cherishing the brilliant mind that he has. I feel incredibly happy to see our body of work, especially the romantic songs that we have produced together.” He adds, “So, whenever Mithoon and I team up, there are big expectations from us to deliver a great track and we relish that pressure. It fuels us to create some- thing new, something that should get spo- ken about. It makes us push ourselves to deliver a big song that is loved by people.” Before coming together in Saiyaara, singer Arijit Singh has collaborated with Mohit Suri on several soulful hits like Tum hi ho, Chahoon main ya na, Hummar jayenge from Aashiqui 2, to Hamdard in Ek Villain, to the Hamari Adhuri Kahani title-track, to Phir bhi tumko chaahunga in Half Girlfriend, to Chal ghar chalen in Malang. About this collaboration, Mohit says, “Arijit Singh has given me incred- ible memories to cherish for this lifetime. These are not just songs sung by Arijit, but pieces of my heart.” The director adds, “Naturally, when Mithoon, Arijit and I come together, we know that people want us to give them a song to remember and we love that expec- tation. The universe somehow brings the three of us together every single time to create a very simple but a very powerful emotional song, and Dhun from Saiyaara is that song.” Talking about the song he adds, “Dhun is a song that celebrates the struggle in love, in life and the motivation real struggle can provide anyone to overcome all obstacles. Life is not a bed of roses, and people go through a lot and Dhun is a celebration of that spirit of never giving up. We hope that everyone loves it.” The film launches Ahaan Panday. The studio has also handpicked Aneet Padda (who stole hearts with her brilliant perfor- mance in the much-acclaimed series Big Girls Don’t Cry) as the next YRF heroine. YRF, in its 50-year history, is known for giving India some of the cult romantic films of all time primarily directed by Yash Chopra and Aditya Chopra. Mohit Suri, who is currently in his 20th year in cine- ma, has also directed some of the favorite romantic films. The film is produced by the company’s CEO, AkshayeWidhani and is set to release on July 18. By RajivVijayakar On R.D. Burman’s Birth Anniversary, Looking At The Moonlighting Composers Like Him J une 27 marks the 86th birth anniversary of composer R.D. Burman, who was among the early composers to moonlight—that is, do something in cinema out- side music. Many composers have become playback singers, some are also lyricists frequently or rarely (Prem Dhawan, Ravindra Jain, Rajesh Roshan, Anu Malik, Nadeem of Nadeem-Shravan, Lalit of Jatin-Lalit, Vishal of Vishal-Shekhar, Sajid-Wajid, Himesh Reshammiya and Mithoon among them!). There have been quite a few films in which composers have made cameos as them- selves too. As a very much-justified grouse is that Pancham (as R.D. Burman is known) has been celebrated at every birth and death anniversary and other com- posers are ignored, I am ‘using’ his anniversary to highlight all composers (including him!) who have tried their hand at other cinematic departments. Pancham acted in comic roles in Bhoot Bungla and Pyar Ka Mausam with great timing, and one wishes one had seen more of him in that de- partment. But both these films came before he became extremely busy as a composer. Here is an alphabetical list of the others. A.R. Rahman produced a musical named 99 Songs. Anu Malik made an appearance as himself here and there, but what counts are his roles as a pan- dit (!) in Guridner Chadda’s Bride And Prejudice and as an irascible talent judge in LSD 2! Bappi Lahiri has acted in Mr and Mrs Khanna as a singer named Victor, and also produced three films—Rock Dancer, Love Story 1998 (for which he was also billed as ‘writer’) and the Bengali Lal Dorja. Dr. Bhupen Hazarika was a multifaceted genius as writer, producer, director and actor in Bengali and Assamese cinema besides as lyricist, composer and singer. In Hindi cinema, he acted in and produced Ek Pal and wrote Chin- gaari besides scoring music and singing. Hemant Kumar remains a famous film producer in addi- tion to being a singer-composer: he has produced films as memorable as Bees Saal Baad, Kohra, Biwi Aur Makan and Khamoshi. Himesh Reshammiya Himesh made a superbly successful acting debut in Aap Kaa Surroor, and since then, he has acted in over 10 films, produced a few (like Badass Ravikumar) and even penned scripts for that film, Tera Surroor, The Expose, Khiladi 786 and Damadamm! But he is a unique case here, for he made a highly successful debut first as the producer, story writer and title-song composer of TV seri- als, led by Andaz before gravitating to filmmusic! Hridaynath Mangeshkar In Hindi cinema, Hridaynath Mangeshkar co-pro- duced the film, Lekin. Laxmikant-Pyarelal Laxmikant Kudalkar and Pyarelal Sharma began their careers as child artistes even as they were learning music. Among them were Laxmikant’s Ankhen and Narsi Bhagat. Pyarelal was also a child actor, and his films included Shammi Kapoor’s debut release, Rail Ka Dibba. Naushad produced Babul, Uran Khatola and Maalik and wrote the stories of Palki and Tere Payal Mere Geet. Unofficially, he is said to have also co-scripted and even financed other films! S.N. Tripathi , apart from being a well-known composer (especially of mythological and histori- cal films) with an inclination towards classical music, was a prolific actor (over 50 films), director (reportedly 18 films) and writer of a few films as well. In all the latter three departments, he was largely associated with the same genres. Salil Chowdhury directed Pinjre Ke Panchhi and was the story writer for Bimal Roy classics like Do Bigha Zamin and Parakh. He also penned the screenplay of Roy’s Prem Patra. The composer also was the story writer for Naukri, directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee in 1981. Shankar Mahadevan (of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy) Though never in Hindi movies, Shankar Ma- hadevan essayed the sterling role of a musician in the Marathi classic, Katyaar Kaaljaat Ghusali, a film with liberal usage of Hindi and Urdu. Shekhar Ravjiani (of Vishal-Shekhar ) was leading lady So- nam Kapoor’s love interest in Neerja. Wajid (of Sajid-Wajid) Sajid andWajid both played cameo roles occasionally, with Sajid playing a significant role inWanted. By RajivVijayakar PHOTO:Video Grab PHOTO:PublicityPhoto PHOTO:Yash Raj Films PHOTO:PublicityPhoto R.D. Burman and Mehmood enact a comic scene in Bhoot Bungla, marking the composer’s first film as actor and second as music director. A.R. Rahman produced the Hindi film, 99 Songs. Ahaan Panday enacts Dhun in Saiyaara. Himesh Reshammiya is composer, singer, actor, writer and producer and began his career as a TV producer, writer and singer.