The Maliks come together for ‘Zara Thehro’ presented by Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series!
July 08,2020Armaan Malik & Amaal Mallik team up for this
song co-directed by their father Daboo Malik
With music and melody running through their veins and blockbuster songs
such as Bol Do Na Zara, Main Hoon Hero Tera, Kaun Tujhe and Tumhe Apna Banane
Ka among others to their credit, celebrated singer Armaan Malik and music
composer Amaal Mallik have proved to be a force to reckon with.
The young, talented singer and composer have always created magic with
their respective repertoire. After the success of their previous singles such
as Paas Aao, Ghar Se Nikalte Hi and Main Rahoon Ya Na Rahoon, they now come
together for ‘Zara Thehro’ presented by Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series.
Composed by Amaal Mallik, with vocals by Armaan Malik and Tulsi Kumar,
‘Zara Thehro’ is written by Rashmi Virag and describes the intensity of a
precious moment shared between lovers who refuse to part. Featuring Armaan
Malik and model-actor Mehreen Pirzada, ‘Zara Thehro’ is a special collaboration
that brings together the musically gifted Armaan and Amaal Mallik along with
their father who takes on the role of the music video’s director along with
Team Trigger Happy.
‘Zara Thehro’ is also a musical reunion of sorts as Amaal, Armaan, and
lyricist Rashmi Virag come together three years after ‘Tere Mere’ from the 2017
movie Chef.
Talking about the song, acclaimed singer Armaan Malik says, “I’m pretty
stoked for this release. It’s very rare to find a duet that has been crafted
like this in recent times. ‘Zara Thehro’ is a conversation between two lovers,
using the simplest of words to convey emotions. I’m glad Tulsi and I are
teaming up yet again for a beautiful song like ‘Zara Thehro’ because listeners
love hearing our duets! In the past we have collaborated on multiple tracks
such as ‘Dil Mein Chhupa Loonga’(Wajah Tum Ho), ‘Dil Ke Paas (Unplugged), and
the ‘Tose Naina-Tum Jo Aaye’ from Mixtape to name a few. I love how Tulsi
and my voice compliments each other and the melody. She has a unique voice,
with child-like innocence and sweetness.”
Armaan adds, “My dad Daboo Malik and Team Trigger Happy conceptualized
the video breakdown and now that it’s all edited and put together, it looks
amazing. We sang, shot, and got this ready from our homes during the lockdown,
without much professional help. It is something I’ll be super proud of 10 years
down the line also.”
Adds popular composer, Amaal Mallik, “Zara Thehro stemmed from a thought
of marrying two separate thoughts – musical and conceptual. One, was the idea
penned down by Rashmi Virag, the lyricist, who told me about creating a song
that speaks about a scene where a lover asks another to just sit and speak for
a little more time before they disperse. The scene played out so beautifully in
front of my eyes, that it drove me to create something on it immediately. I've
made sure nothing sounds compromised or substandard just because of the time
we're living in currently.”
Amaal further adds, “Textures can be manoeuvred and that's what I have done
with Tulsi Kumar and Armaan's voice being brought together. Giving the audience
a contrast in texture takes this song into a different zone and that's the aim.
Armaan and Tulsi have had really successful collaborations in the past for
other composers. Tulsi and I have had fruitful collaborations like Soch Na Sake
(Airlift) and Salamat (Sarabjit).”
Interestingly, the very versatile Tulsi Kumar, who has co-sung Zara Thehro with
Armaan is excited about being part of this brand new single. She says “This is
a song about pure love, about emotions between two people, where they convey
their feelings to each other through beautiful poetry. Rashmi Virag has yet
again given us some beautiful and relatable lyrics. It’s an amazing composition
and I absolutely loved being part of it. Singing this song took me back to a
lot of emotions I have felt personally at some point in my life. I am sure this
song will touch numerous hearts and souls.”
In fact, Tulsi has worked with both the brothers – Armaan and Amaal. She
says, “In the past Armaan and I have come together for some beautiful tracks
like Dil Mein Chupa Loonga ,Toh Se Naina,/ Tum Jo Mixtape, Dil Ke Paas
(unplugged), to name a few and I’m happy about this collaboration for Zara
Thehro as well. I have also worked with Amaal on a lot of his previous
compositions like Soch Na sake, Salaamat, Tere Bin to name a few and have a
very positive feeling about this one too.”
Director Daboo Malik shares, “Actually, I had directed the video of Armaan’s
first single, which was shot in Dubai. So technically, the seeds of direction
were sown long time ago for me. But, after that, we always left it to other
directors to do the job for all his subsequent videos. However, when it came to
‘Zara Thehro’, we had no option but to shoot at home. We went through various
ideas and thoughts and finally I thought why not shoot and let Armaan emote his
true feelings. I said let the face speak, let the emotions in the eyes be
captured. We waited for the right light over a period of two days and kept
shooting till we got what we wanted.”
Says T-Series head honcho, Bhushan Kumar, “Armaan and Amaal have given the industry some of the most memorable songs. Amaal Mallik’s compositions have a ethereal quality that linger on and are always remembered for melody. Armaan Malik on the other hand is one of the finest singers we have in the industry. The coming together of Armaan and Tulsi Kumar on this duet creates magic that is mesmersising to the ears, which listeners are going to love. The combination of the two is simply explosive. We are very proud to present ‘Zara Thehro’, a sureshot winner.”
Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series presents ‘Zara Thehro’. With vocals by Armaan Malik and Tulsi Kumar, the song is composed by Amaal Mallik, with lyrics by Rashmi Virag. Featuring Armaan Malik and actor Mehreen Pirzada, the video of ‘Zara Thehro’ is directed by Trigger Happy and Daboo Malik and will be out soon on T-Series’ YouTube channel