Kabira (song)
"Kabira" is a Hindi song from the 2013 Bollywood film, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. Composed by Pritam Chakraborty, the song is sung by Rekha Bhardwaj and Tochi Raina, with lyrics by Amitabh Bhattacharya. The music video of the track mainly focuses on actors Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone and Kalki Koechlin. An encore version of the same song was released as part of the film soundtrack, which was rendered by Arijit Singh and Harshdeep Kaur.
Background
The song is composed by Pritam. The song is a soothing melody with a Sufi touch to it, in a mix of rustic and western tunes. The song is shot at several locations from Rajasthan, and cinematography for the video is done by V. Manikandan. It is produced by Arijit Singh who also rendered the encore version of the same song. Singh produced another track from the film, titled "Balam Pichkari" which is sung by Vishal Dadlani and Shalmali Kholgade. Regarding his association in the song as a music producer, Singh stated; "It was a lean phase. That time helped me in becoming a better musician". In an interview with NDTV, Deepika Padukone picked the song as one of her favourite songs from the film and said it is the only song she "constantly heard on loop".