Akshay & IP Singh: We gave the love song an electronic treatment

Updated On: 26 March, 2024 05:29 AM IST | Mumbai | Sonia Lulla

Having crafted one original and two re-imagined numbers for Crew, composer duo Akshay & IP Singh on the liberties they enjoyed while working on the Tabu, Kareena and Kriti starrer

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Rendered by B Praak and Asees Kaur, Akshay & IP Singh’s composition Dar ba dar was a track safely guarded by Rhea Kapoor who admired it when she first heard it, several years ago. It wasn’t until Crew came along that the song found a suitable home. “Rhea, who had been listening to it since we first played it for her, contacted us to use it for this film,” recalls Akshay of the Friday release, adding, “There was no script that demanded this song before Crew, but when this was made, the song was a fitting [addition]. She wanted us to see the film so that we could make some minor tweaks for it to fit the story, and that’s how this number came about,” says Akshay, who calls the track “special” given that it resulted from a casual jamming session with Singh. “Until now, it was only [played] on the piano. But Rhea encouraged us by stating that even if it was a soft romantic number, we could venture into an electronic zone. We are glad that it plays at an integral part in the film,” he says of the Tabu, Kareena Kapoor Khan, and Kriti Sanon starrer.

A still from Crew