"Sawan Aaya Hai" () is a romantic song from the 2014 Hindi film ''

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''. Composed and written by

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, the song is sung by

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. The music video of the track features actors

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and

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. The official music video has 169 Million views on YouTube as of March 2025.

Background and release

The song is composed and written by

. He initially worked with

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, where he recorded a few songs for one of her films, which got delayed and shelved. She later recommended him for the producer of the film,

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, where he offered him to compose a song for the film. The video of the song was used in the end credits of the film. The song is picturised on

and

, marking the debut

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appearance of Abbas, who had earlier worked in Pakistani cinema. The music video of the track was officially released through the YouTube channel of

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on 30 July 2014. The song was the first track released from the film. The full song was released digitally on 31 July 2014 as a single. It was included in the soundtrack of the album which was released on 8 August 2014. The soundtrack also contains an unplugged version of the song sung by Kakkar, and a remix version of the original song by DJ Shiva.

Critical reception

Original version

Kasmin Fernandes of ''

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'' felt that "Singh does a commendable job" in the vocals. Writing for ''

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'', Joginder Tuteja thought its "melody, lovelorn lyrics" and "quintessential" vocals by Singh make it an instantly catchy song. Apart from the positive response from the critics, the song received some negative reviews. Surabhi Redkar from ''Koimoi'' calling the composition by Tony Kakkar "quite repetitive", stated; "supposed to be a romantic number, the song fails to create any impact". He also panned the remix version of the song calling it "completely unnecessary".

Unplugged version

Surabhi Redkar from ''Koimoi'' reacted positively to the version, calling the song "decent number" stated; "This version being an unplugged one is a much more mellow than the original". Kasmin Fernandes of ''

'' reacted in a mixed way to the song; "Music director Kakkar comes on board as singer on the unplugged version of Sawan Aaya Hai, which sounds better thanks to the acoustic guitar and flute, but could have done without Kakkar's nasal twang".

Promotional version

In 2014, a promotional cover version of "Sawan Aaya Hai", recreated by Arko was released. Titled "Mohabbat Barsa De", the song uses the additional vocals by Arjun and Samira Koppikar while the vocals by

–sung the original version of the song–was retained. The version of the song feature actors,

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and Arjun. The version was released on 2 September 2014, 11 days before the release of the film.

Background

The song was shot in a

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studio within two days. The version of the song was picturised on

and

. The video of the song is directed by Ajay Kumar and Sanjukta Kumar. The song is sung by Arjun,

and Samira Koppikar. Additional English lines were included in the version which was written by Arjun. The song marks the third time Arjun covered a version sung by Singh, the first being "

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" followed by "

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Track listing and formats

*Digital single # "Sawan Aaya Hai" – 4:48 *Original Motion Picture Soundtrack # "Sawan Aaya Hai" – 4:48 # "Sawan Aaya Hai" (Unplugged) – 4:11 # "Sawan Aaya Hai" (Remix) – 4:20 # "Mohabbat Barsa De" – 4:36 #"Saawan Aaya Hai" By Tony Kakkar

References

External links

{{Arijit Singh Songs in Hindi Songs written for Hindi-language films Arijit Singh songs 2014 songs