Pritam says What Jhumka is an ‘homage’ to Jhumka Gira Re, shares idea was to have only instrumental melody ‘but later Arijit wanted to sing the actual song’

Explaining the addition of “Jhumka Gira Re” to “What Jhumka”, he shared, “The initial idea in the shoot mix was to use only the instrumental melody of the song for the shoot (thus there’s no lip sync by Ranveer in the hook), but later Arijit really wanted to sing the actual song in the end, and I really liked the idea.” Pritam mentioned that lyric writer Amitabh Bhattacharya only wants the instrumental melody of the song but they are “still fighting” on this.

The music composer then asked his followers, “So how do you feel? Should we just keep the ‘Jhumka Gira Re’ melody instrumental, or do you like the lyrics at the end?”

The song’s music credits on YouTube have been attributed to Madan Mohan and Pritam. For the lyrics and rap, Amitabh Bhattacharya has been credited with original lyrics credit given to Raja Mehdi Ali Khan. Arijit Singh and Jonita Gandhi have given the vocals for the song.

Karan has a very strong sense of music and knows exactly what he wants. For the Rocky and Rani background soundscapes, we decided to use 60s and 70s film music. In fact, the entire film is an homage to those great musicians and great songs—the music both of us have grown up with.…

— Pritam (@ipritamofficial) July 12, 2023

Karan Johar’s Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, starring Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh, Jaya Bachchan, Shabana Azmi and Dharmendra, is scheduled to release on June 28.