Having first come across the playful Mann ki dori from Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl on Armaan Malik's Instagram feed, we were certain that the track would serve as an all-purpose background score — dish-washing sessions, roti-making routines, late-night story-writing sessions, and, eventually, as an addition to our travel playlist, (whenever travelling is again a possibility). But having watched the Janhvi Kapoor-starrer a day after its release, it was easy to see that there was no other situation in which Amit Trivedi's creation fit like a hand in glove, as it did in the movie. It would be safe to say that the subsequent offerings too — including the quirky Rekha o Rekha, and the tear-jerker, Dori tutt gaiyaan — lift each sequence in equal measure. Imagine our surprise then when Trivedi tells us that he did not have access to the rushes of the film when creating the songs, having simply worked on them based on the brief given by director Sharan Sharma.

"All the songs were created before the film was shot. The only exception being [Arijit Singh-rendered] Bharat ki beti, which was created after watching about 80 per cent of the film. The most exciting part of every project is working with different directors, and analysing their distinct tastes. That discovery is a beautiful process. My biggest take-away from this project is how fantastic Sharan is, as a filmmaker. His sensibility, when it comes to selecting a tune for a situation, is bang on. And, just like he knows what he wants, he is well aware of what he does not want too," says Trivedi, whose YouTube channel is for a music aficionado, what a candy store is for a kid.