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It was a unique introduction to the film’s music score, which is already available online. Aamir Khan’s production, Ek Din, was intended to be his son Junaid Khan’s first release, as per the actor. But at the venue, Junaid laughingly told me that it was not so! The music was celebrated at a musical mehfil (gathering) recently at Mumbai’s PVR Lido cinema.
The younger Khan had made his debut (after doing stage) in Maharaj on OTT in 2024, followed by Loveyapa (2025). The new film, directed by Sunil Pandey, has music by Ram Sampath. Present along with them was singer Meghna Mishra was also present. Also present were the technical teams of the movie, led by co-producer Aparna Purohit, cinematographer Manoj Lobo and writers Sneha Desai and Spandan Mishra.
Present also was Aamir Khan’s sister, Nikhat Khan, who made her acting debut in 2019 with Mission Mangal, Akshay Kumar’s home production and has bene quite prolific since, and singer Sona Mohapatra, who is wife to the film’s composer.
The mehfil kicked off, albeit 90 minutes behind schedule, with some storytelling on the stages of falling in love—infatuation, commitment and heartbreak—by a host of energetic storytellers, accompanied by the performances of songs from the film. The stories had nothing to do with the film, per se, as far as it known to us. Then came three performances by the winners of the singing contest (held by the producers and music company Zee Music), who regaled the audience with their renditions of the film’s songs.
But the highlight was Aamir himself singing the title-track with composer Ram Sampath on the piano and singer Meghna Mishra. Mishra has sung two songs in the movie, including the title-track’s female version.
Aamir has been taking music lessons from a lady he terms as ‘Didi’ who was present in the crowded audience, for the last 30 months, and prayed that he will not let her and the audience down with his singing. And he did not!
Sampath made it a point to stress on a key to the music’s appeal—lyricist Irshad Kamil, who was traveling and could not be present. And Arijit Singh, who has sung on five of the six tracks, was also missed by Aamir.
The concert concluded with an introduction of the lead pair (Sai Pallavi fumbled as she addressed the audience endearingly in broken Hindi, stating that she was not prepared for being told to talk!) and the team.
The film’s music reminds me of the gossamer (and the un-trendy) score of Aamir’s breakthrough film, Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988), though it has its own stamp. If luck is with the team, the impact will be the same 38 years later, as this film is also a romance and also has six songs that are lyrically and musically rich yet contemporary. And in the current hotchpotch concoctions of songs, by its very nature, is again totally against ‘trends.’
