''Guru'' is the soundtrack to the 2007 film directed by

Mani Ratnam Gopala Ratnam Subramaniam (born 2 June 1956), known professionally as Mani Ratnam, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema and few Hindi, Telugu and Kannada films. Ratnam has won six ...

. The soundtrack was released on 18 November 2006. ''Guru''s music is composed by

A. R. Rahman Allah Rakha Rahman (; born A. S. Dileep Kumar; 6 January 1967) is an Indian music composer, record producer, singer and songwriter, popular for his works in Indian cinema; predominantly in Tamil and Hindi films, with occasional forays in int ...

with lyrics provided by

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Overview

Like many of Rahman's soundtracks, ''Guru'' comes with a variety of songs. The songs vary in their musical style, from the Turkish inspired " Mayya Mayya" to the folk-ish "Ek Lo Ek Muft", the love ballad '' Tere Bina'' and rain-themed song, "

Barso Re "Barso Re" is a song from soundtrack of the 2007 Indian Hindi biographical film ''Guru'', directed by Mani Ratnam. The song was composed by A. R. Rahman with lyrics provided by Gulzar and sung by Shreya Ghoshal, featuring Uday Mazumdar. The s ...

". The song '' Tere Bina'' is dedicated to the memory of Pakistani

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singer

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since it was the 10th anniversary of his death. Gulzar also adapted the lyrics of "Ay Hairathe" from the lyrics of Amir Khushroo's "Ay Sarbathe Aashiqui". Rahman personally trained

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ian singer

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to sing "M Mayya", a song which Rahman wrote while on Hajj in

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. After he heard a man near a river who was continually repeating "maya maya maya" (water in

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), he told Gulzar to incorporate the word into the tune he had created while touring in

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. The soundtrack has proved a success, staying at the number one spot thirteen weeks after its release, despite receiving stiff competition from other albums released. The song " Shauk Hai" has been used in the movie, but was not released on the audio CD. The soundtrack release of ''Guru'' also incorporated bonus tracks from Rahman's other albums ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Meenaxi''.

Usage in media

The song " Tere Bina" was used in the 2013 American 3D computer-animated adventure sports comedy film Planes, produced by DisneyToon Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The song " Tere Bina" was used in American web series

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based on character of the same name in American comic book Marvel comics . Produced by Marvel studio. It was used in season 1 episode 3 " destined" it was released in 22 June 2022 .

Track listing

Hindi (Original)

Lyrics:

Tamil (Dubbed)

Lyrics:

Vairamuthu Vairamuthu Ramasamy (born 13 July 1953) is an Indian lyricist, poet, and novelist working in the Tamil film industry. He is a prominent figure in the Tamil literary world. A master's graduate from the Pachaiyappa's College in Chennai, he first ...

Telugu (Dubbed)

Lyrics :

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Awards

Filmfare Awards *Won, Best Music Direction –

*Won, Best Female Playback –

Shreya Ghoshal Shreya Ghoshal (born 12 March 1984) is an Indian singer and television personality. One of the highest-paid and most well-established playback singers of Indian cinema, she has received four National Film Awards, four Kerala State Film Awards ...

for ''Barso Re'' *Nominated, Best Male Playback – A. R. Rahman for ''Tere Bina'' *Nominated,

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Star Screen Awards *Won, Best Music Direction – A. R. Rahman *Won, Best Background Score – A. R. Rahman *Won, Best Female Playback – Shreya Ghoshal for ''Barso Re'' *Nominated, Best Female Playback – Chinmayi for ''Tere Bina'' IIFA Awards *Won, Best Music Direction – A. R. Rahman *Won, Best Female Playback – Shreya Ghoshal for ''Barso Re'' *Nominated,

– Gulzar Zee Cine Awards *Won, Best Music Direction – A. R. Rahman *Won, Best Female Playback – Shreya Ghoshal for ''Barso Re'' *Nominated,

– Gulzar

References

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