Wako Naam Fakir Explained
"Wako Naam Fakir" is a song from the soundtrack of the 2019 film The Fakir of Venice. It was composed by Indian musician A. R. Rahman.[1] [2]
Background
A. R. Rahman says it was the director's idea to use the 15th-century Indian mystic poet Kabir's doha, "Had-Had Tape So Auliya", that made him greenlight the song. "Anand is an interesting filmmaker and I liked his ideas. Wako Naam Fakir is a soulful number. I have composed one track for the film as well," stated the singer-composer.[3]
The song was composed and sung by Rahman. "Wako Naam Fakir" is a doha of Sant Kabir. The song gives us a glimpse of its central characters' journey in the film.[4] The song was performed by Rahman, Arjun Chandy, Abhay Jodhpurkar.[5]
Reception
The song was well appreciated by netizens with The Times of India labelling it as "soothing".[6]
Personnel
- Guitars: Keba Jeremiah
- Cello: Irina Solinas
- Additional programming: Jerry Vincent, Ishaan Chhabra.
- Sound engineers: Panchathan Record Inn, Chennai Suresh Permal, Karthik Sekaran
- AR Studios Mumbai
- Dilshaad Shaikh, R Nitish Kumar
- AM Studios, Chennai S.Sivakumar, Pradeep Menon, Kannan Ganpat, Krishnan Subramanian, Manoj Rama
- Mixing: Jerry Vincent
- Mastering: Suresh Permal MFiT : S Sivakumar
- Musician co-ordinators: Noell James, TM Faizuddin, Abdul Haiyum, Siddique
- Musician fixer: R Samidurai
- Video editor: Saheb Bagchi Wako Naam Fakir
Notes and References
- Web site: October Films India. Wako Naam Fakir - The Fakir of Venice - A R Rahman. * Farhan Akhtar & Annu Kapoor. YouTube. 2019-01-07.
- Web site: Song check: A search for the self in AR Rahman’s ‘Wako Naam Fakir’ from ‘The Fakir of Venice’. Scroll. Staff. January 7, 2019. Scroll.in.
- Web site: A.R. Rahman: Liked the director s idea. 2019-01-08. mid-day. en. 2019-01-09.
- Web site: 'Wako Naam Fakir' song: Farhan and Annu's camaraderie is endearing in this soulful track Bollywood Bubble. 2019-01-07. en. 2019-01-09.
- Web site: Takes hundreds of scratches for one song: Abhay Jodhpurkar. January 28, 2019. Gulf Times.
- Web site: A.R.Rahman's 'Wako Naam Fakir' is yet another soothing masterpiece. January 7, 2019. The Economic Times - The Times of India.
