| "Wako Naam Fakir" | |
|---|---|
| Song by A. R. Rahman | |
| from the album The Fakir of Venice | |
| Released | January 6, 2019 |
| 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.
Background
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.
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. The song was performed by Rahman, Arjun Chandy, Abhay Jodhpurkar.
Reception
The song was well appreciated by netizens with The Times of India labelling it as "soothing".
Personnel
- 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
- ^ 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.
