83 (soundtrack)

***83*** is the soundtrack album to the 2021 Hindi-language sports drama film of the same name directed by Kabir Khan, based on the Indian Cricket Team led by Kapil Dev, which won the 1983 Cricket World Cup. The soundtrack composed by Pritam, featured 14 tracks with lyrics written by Kausar Munir, Jaideep Sahni, Prashant Ingole and Ashish Pandit. The score is composed by Julius Packiam. The album released through Zee Music Company label on 10 December 2021.Cite error: Closing `</ref>` missing for `<ref>` tag

## Background

The film's soundtrack is composed by Pritam, who worked with Kabir Khan's previous films including *New York* (2009), *Bajrangi Bhaijaan*, *Phantom* (2015) and *Tubelight* (2017). In January 2019, during the launch of Pritam's apprentice musical platform JAM8, along with Advait Chandan, Karan Johar and Imtiaz Ali, Khan announced that Pritam will compose the music and score for *83*. Speaking about the music of the film, Khan said that "Like every other Hindi films, the music will be definitely important in 83 as well, while also becoming an integral part of the film. It is a sports film, so the music will be motivational. There will be obviously, an anthem of motivation and songs of several mood in the film." Khan however added that there would be no lip-syncing songs in the film, as "audience will not accept Kapil Dev singing on the streets of London".
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Pritam read Kabir Khan's script for 6-7 times saying it as one of the "best scripts he had read in his career". The film did not have a single situation for a song in the film, which resulted Pritam to work around the theme of the film. In an interview with *Outlook India*-based critic Samarth Goyal, Pritam had stated "He wanted the music to just play in the background of the matches or the events that were happening. Like how it happens in Hollywood films. There is no lip-sync or anything. But it's like an OST version". Pritam had worked on the music of the film, after the scenes were shot, which he had done for the first time in his 20-year-long career, and he said that "I have never done it before in my career, so yes it was a different experience, to do that. But having said that, it was nice to see music play in your head, when you relive those images on screen and try to connect them with the memories you had of the same match you heard on the radio back then."

## Release

The album consisted of 14 tracks, spanning a duration of 53 minutes. The album has six original tracks, with five alternate versions of the tracks, whose duration being trimmed from the original song, or being recorded with a different singer.Cite error: Closing `</ref>` missing for `<ref>` tag The second song, "Bigadne Do" was released on 10 December 2021, which was sung by Benny Dayal and lyrics were written by Ashish Pandit. The same day, Zee Music Company released the full soundtrack album.Cite error: Closing `</ref>` missing for `<ref>` tag when the team attended the premiere of the film at Red Sea International Film Festival in Saudi Arabia. The film version of the track was later released as a single on 17 December 2021.

## Track listing

### Telugu

All lyrics are written by Sriraag Vadlakonda.

### Kannada

All lyrics are written by Varadaraj Chikkaballapura.

### Malayalam

All lyrics are written by Siju Thiruvaroor.

## Album credits

#### Performer(s)

* Composition, production, musical arrangements, recording, mixing, mastering – Pritam
* Lyrics – Kausar Munir, Jaideep Sahni, Prashant Ingole and Ashish Pandit.
* Singers – Arijit Singh. Benny Dayal. Amit Mishra, Papon, Tushar Joshi, Mohammed Irfan, Raghava Chaitanya and K.K.

## References

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1. ↑ [TBA 83 – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]. Jiosaavn.
2. ↑ [TBA Director Kabir Khan on 83: ‘There’s no way we could have gone wrong when the Gods of cricket were there to guide us’-Entertainment News , Firstpost] (en) (2021-12-24).
3. ↑ [TBA Ranveer Singh starrer 83’s album will not have lip synced songs says director Kabir Khan; here’s why] (en) (2019-01-18).
4. ↑ [TBA Kabir Khan Reveals About The Shooting Schedule Of 83, Lip-Syncing Songs & More!] (en-US) (2019-01-18).
5. ↑ [TBA Pritam makes music for Ranveer Singh's '83] (en).
6. ↑ [TBA Pritam to compose music for Ranveer Singh starrer '83] (en-US) (2019-05-13).
7. ↑ [TBA Pritam to compose music for Ranveer Singh-starrer '83'].
8. ↑ [TBA When Pritam ‘Howled’ After Reading Kabir Khan’s Script For Ranveer Singh Starrer ‘83’] (en).
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10. ↑ [TBA 83 song Lehra Do: Ranveer Singh and his team that 'never wins' show just what they can do in emotional video] (en) (2021-12-06).
11. ↑ [TBA 83’s Bigadne De: Ranveer Singh, Saqib Saleem wash clothes in bathtub, celebrate victories with team in new song. Watch] (en) (2021-12-10).
12. ↑ [TBA Glimpses of Ranveer Singh starrer '83 light up Burj Khalifa in Dubai] (en) (2021-12-18).
13. ↑ [TBA '83': How Ranveer Singh And Deepika Padukone's Film Lit Up The Burj Khalifa] (en).
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