"Dheere Dheere" is a song by the Indian recording artist

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. He recorded this song on his iPhone and composed it on his laptop during his Bipolar Disorder. The track was released on 31 August 2015 as a single on

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song "Dheere Dheere Se" music by Nadeem–Shravan, lyrics by Rani Malik, Singing by

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, from the 1990 all-time blockbuster Bollywood film soundtrack album ''

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by T-Series on 2 September 2015.

Music video

The accompanying music video, directed by Ahmed Khan, was shot in

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Reception

The song has received commercial success, peaking at the number one position on YouTube India views, crossing five million views in 4 days of its release; and over 18 million views in a week. It also reached number one position on BBC Asian Download Charts in September 2015. In January 2016, the music video crossed 100million views on YouTube. As of June 2022, the song has received over 530million views on YouTube.

References

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