Pagglait – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Pagglait is the soundtrack album composed by playback singer Arijit Singh, in his debut as a music composer. It is the soundtrack for the 2021 Hindi-language black comedy film of the same name released on Netflix. Directed by Umesh Bist and produced by Shobha Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor, Guneet Monga, Achin Jain of Balaji Motion Pictures and Sikhya Entertainment, the film stars Sanya Malhotra, Shruti Sharma, Ashutosh Rana and Raghubir Yadav in lead roles. Singh wrote the lyrics for some of the songs along with Neelesh Misra which had 24 tracks in total; eight original songs, two revisited and reprised versions of three tracks, originally composed, and 12 instrumental compositions from the film's background score. The soundtrack was released through Arijit's own label Oriyon Music on 10 March 2021 to positive critical response. Background On 7 March 2021, Guneet Monga of Sikhya Entertainment, one of the film's producers announced that playback singer Arijit Singh will create the tunes for the film, which will also make his debut as the music director. Singh initially stated his entry through music direction, when he liked one of the film Haraamkhor, he spoke to Guneet, who produced the film, requesting her that if she has good scripts like this, she must tell him to try his hands on music composing and was his intention to do so. When Guneet came up with the script of Pagglait, he was impressed by the writing and decided to set the tunes for the film. In an interview with Hindustan Times, Singh stated that "I wanted to get associated with good scripts, but I didn’t look for it that way, it came to me. I didn’t plan it. Generally, I wouldn’t give so much time to scripts. If I have given almost two years of creative time to this film, with great passion, I have understood the intricacies of the narrative". Development Singh added that the producers wanted four songs as a sample first, but he was nervous in doing so due to his attempt on composition for the first time. Hence, he asked the producers to use the original songs he composed, if they liked it [or] might communicate with other composers to produce the songs, instead he will compose the background score. However the team liked the sample songs he produced and then Arijit decided to come up with an album of 24 tracks.