A Touch Of Kashmir In Saiyaara

Mohit
Suri’s
new
film

Saiyaara
will
see
a
slice
of
Kashmir,
as
two
musicians
from
the
Valley
make
their
debut
in
it.

Faheem
Abdullah
and
Arslan
Nizami,
who
have
released
songs
like

Trum
Trum
and

Fanna
Fillah
on
Apple
Music
and
Spotify,
will
make
their
foray
into
Bollywood.

Abdullah
hails
from
Srinagar
and
has
been
a
singer-songwriter
since
2020
with
the
single,

Jhelum.
His
companion
Arslan
Nizami
has
been
influenced
by
his
grandfather’s
teachings
and
his
father’s
songs,
and
has
infused
that
into
his
music.

Saiyaara
marks
the
debuts
of
Ahaan
Panday
and
Aneet
Padda.

Ahaan
is
Chunky
Panday’s
nephew
and
Ananya
Panday’s
cousin.

Aneet
was
earlier
seen
in

Big
Girls
Don’t
Cry,
a
series
on
Amazon
Prime
Video
India,
and
2022’s

Salaam
Venky,
starring
Kajol.

‘The
title
track
of

Saiyaara
will
see
us
launch
Faheem
Abdullah
and
Arslan
Nizami,
two
extremely
talented
Indian
composers
and
singers,
to
Bollywood.
The
track
has
been
composed
by
the
genius
Tanishk
Bagchi,
who
I
thank
for
making
me
meet
Faheem
and
Arslan,’
Mohit
Suri
says
in
a
statement.

‘One
thing
that
only
a
handful
close
friends
know
about
me
is
that
I
love
meeting
new
composers,
singers,
collecting
melodies
and
songs
much
like
people
who
love
reading,
collect
books.
So
the
album
of

Saiyaara
has
my
songs,
thoughts
and
melodies
that
I
have
carefully
collected
and
curated
for
over
five
years.’

Saiyaara
releases
on
July
18.

Photographs
curated
by
Satish
Bodas/Rediff