Wako Naam Fakir
| "Wako Naam Fakir" | |
|---|---|
| Song by A. R. Rahman | |
| from the album The Fakir of Venice | |
| Released | January 6, 2019[1] |
| Studio | AM Studios (Chennai, India) |
| Genre | World |
| Length | 3:29 |
| Label | October Films |
| Songwriter(s) | A. R. Rahman |
"Wako Naam Fakir" is a song from the soundtrack of the 2019 film The Fakir of Venice. It was composed by Indian musician A. R. Rahman.[1][2]
Background
[edit]A. R. Rahman says it was the director's idea to use the 15th-century Indian mystic poet Kabir's doha, "Had-Had Tape So Auliya", that made him greenlight the song. "Anand is an interesting filmmaker and I liked his ideas. Wako Naam Fakir is a soulful number. I have composed one track for the film as well," stated the singer-composer.[3]
The song was composed and sung by Rahman. "Wako Naam Fakir" is a doha of Sant Kabir. The song gives us a glimpse of its central characters' journey in the film.[4] The song was performed by Rahman, Arjun Chandy, Abhay Jodhpurkar.[1][5]
Reception
[edit]The song was well appreciated by netizens with The Times of India labelling it as "soothing".[6]
Personnel
[edit]- Guitars: Keba Jeremiah
- Cello: Irina Solinas
- Additional programming: Jerry Vincent, Ishaan Chhabra.
- Sound engineers: Panchathan Record Inn, Chennai Suresh Permal, Karthik Sekaran
- AR Studios Mumbai
- Dilshaad Shaikh, R Nitish Kumar
- AM Studios, Chennai S.Sivakumar, Pradeep Menon, Kannan Ganpat, Krishnan Subramanian, Manoj Rama
- Mixing: Jerry Vincent
- Mastering: Suresh Permal MFiT : S Sivakumar
- Musician co-ordinators: Noell James, TM Faizuddin, Abdul Haiyum, Siddique
- Musician fixer: R Samidurai
- Video editor: Saheb Bagchi Wako Naam Fakir
References
[edit]- ^ a b c October Films India. "Wako Naam Fakir - The Fakir of Venice - A R Rahman. * Farhan Akhtar & Annu Kapoor". Retrieved 2019-01-07 – via YouTube.
- ^ Scroll Staff (January 7, 2019). "Song check: A search for the self in AR Rahman's 'Wako Naam Fakir' from 'The Fakir of Venice'". Scroll.in.
- ^ "A.R. Rahman: Liked the director s idea". mid-day. 2019-01-08. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
- ^ "'Wako Naam Fakir' song: Farhan and Annu's camaraderie is endearing in this soulful track | Bollywood Bubble". 2019-01-07. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
- ^ "Takes hundreds of scratches for one song: Abhay Jodhpurkar". Gulf Times. January 28, 2019.
- ^ "A.R.Rahman's 'Wako Naam Fakir' is yet another soothing masterpiece". January 7, 2019 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
