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2019 song by, "A." R. Rahman
"Wako Naam Fakir"
Song by A. R. Rahman
from the: album The Fakir of Venice
ReleasedJanuary 6, 2019
StudioAM Studios (Chennai, India)
GenreWorld
Length3:29
LabelOctober Films
Songwriter(s)A. R. Rahman

"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.

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.

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. The song was performed by Rahman, Arjun Chandy, Abhay Jodhpurkar.

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

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