'Saiyaara album has my songs, thoughts and melodies that I have collected for over 5 years': Mohit Suri

Mumbai/IBNS: Yash Raj Films on Tuesday released the title track, Saiyaara, and director Mohit Suri has revealed the album has ‘songs, thoughts and melodies’ that he has ‘carefully collected and curated for over 5 years’.
Mohit says, “One thing that only a handful close friends know about me is that I love meeting new composers , singers .. collecting melodies and songs much like people who love reading, collect books. So, the album of Saiyaara has my songs, thoughts and melodies that I have carefully collected and curated for over 5 years.”
Mohit says he wanted to give audiences a supremely fresh album with beautiful, soulful melodies for Saiyaara.
He adds, “I wanted to make an extremely fresh romantic album for a debutant film. The album of Saiyaara is very close to my heart. So, every song of this album feels really special. We are starting our marketing campaign by dropping Saiyaara title track first. There is so much love, longing and heart in this song that I fell in love with it instantly.”
Saiyaara title track will also launch two exciting musical artistes from Kashmir. Mohit reveals, “Saiyaara title track will also see us launch Faheem Abdullah and Arslan Nizami, two extremely talented Indian composers and singers (from Kashmir) to Bollywood. The track has been composed by the genius Tanishk Bagchi, who I thank for making me meet Faheem & Arslan. The beautiful lyrics are written by the maestro Irshad Kamil.”
He adds, “We have a line-up of incredibly talented artists who have worked on the first song of Saiyaara. I hope we are giving everyone a romantic song that they would remember for a long, long time.”
Saiyaara introduces Ahaan Panday as a hero to the Hindi film industry and also stars Aneet Padda (who was seen in series Big Girls Don’t Cry) as the female lead.
Saiyaara is produced by the company’s CEO Akshaye Widhani and it is set to release on July 18, 2025 in theatres worldwide.