Teri Meri Kahani (song)

"Teri Meri Kahani" (English: Story of Yours and Mine) is a Hindi song from the Bollywood film Happy Hardy and Heer directed by Raka, starring Himesh Reshammiya and Sonia Mann. The song was sung by Reshammiya and social media sensation Ranu Mondal. The song was composed by Reshammiya, while its lyrics were penned by Shabbir Ahmed. The song was released on 11 September 2019.[1]

For other uses, see Teri Meri Kahaani.
"Teri Meri Kahani"
Cover art of the song
Song by Himesh Reshammiya and Ranu Mondal
from the album Happy Hardy and Heer
Released11 September 2019
StudioHR Musik, Mumbai
GenreFilm soundtrack
Length4:55
LabelTips Music
Songwriter(s)Himesh Reshammiya (music)
Shabbir Ahmed (lyrics)
External video
"Teri Meri Kahani" on YouTube: 29M views (272M+ views across YouTube) as on 6 April 2020

Background

Ranu Mondal, who used to beg by singing at Ranaghat Junction railway station in West Bengal, was noticed by a passenger Atanu Chakraborty who shoot a video of her singing Lata Mangeshkar's "EK Pyaar Ka Nagma" and posted on social-media. Within a few days it went viral, being viewed more than 2.5 million times across various social platform and she was appreciated for her voice.[2][3] Soon after being viral she was invited to music reality show Superstar Singer, where Reshammiya, one of the judges of the show, listening her voice, being impressed offered her a song for the film Happy Hardy and Heer.[4][5]

Song Video

The song video featured Himesh Reshammiya and Sonia Mann from the film and Ranu Mondal while singing at HR Musik Studio. The video starts with Reshammiya, telling the lines "Taj Mahal ki rakhwali karte karte chowkidar ko yeh lagne lag jatahe ki Taj Mahal uski property hain, magar papers toh Shah Jahan ke hi naam hain na."(literally, After working as a guard for Taj Mahal for days, the guardman imagines it to be his own property, but actually Shah Jahan is already credited for it.)

Release

On 22 August 2019, Reshammiya posted a short video of recording the song with Mondal on his Instagram account which was viewed more than 4 lakh times within an hour and earned almost 1 million views on his instagram account.[6]

On 10 September 2019, a one-minute teaser was released[7] and a day after on 11 September, the full song was premiered which was viewed more than 500,000 times within an hour of release and was trending on #1 on YouTube.[8] On 6 April 2020, a full version video song was released on YouTube by Tips Music.[9]

Remix

A remix by DJ Akbar Sami was also released on 19 December 2019.[10] The remix version includes alaaps by Salman Ali.

Reception

The song was warmly received by audiences and praised by critics. It also became the second most searched song and most searched Hindi song on Google in 2019.[11][12] Soon, after the release, the song was trending on TikTok and it was hashatagged more than 80 million times on that platform.[13]

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Google most searched song of 2019 2[14]

References
  1. "Ranu Mondal's song Teri Meri Kahaani to release tomorrow. Seen the trailer yet?". India Today. 10 September 2019.
  2. "Woman sings Ek Pyaar Ka Nagma at Ranaghat railway station in Bengal. Viral video has 2.5mn views". India Today. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  3. "6 times Ranu Mondal went viral since her Ranaghat railway station video". India Today. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  4. "Ranu Mondal from Ranaghat went viral for Ek Pyaar Ka Nagma Hai. She just got a call from music reality show". India Today. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  5. "A Bollywood contract for India's busking sensation is no reason to pat ourselves on the back". The National. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  6. "Ranu Mondal from Ranaghat just recorded her first song. Internet cannot thank Himesh Reshammiya enough". India Today. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  7. Karki, Tripti (10 September 2019). "Ranu Mondal's Teri Meri Kahani official teaser out, full song to release tomorrow (Watch Video)". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  8. Vijaykar, R. M. "Himesh Reshammiya and Ranu Mondal's 'Teri Meri Kahani' Trends at No.1 on YouTube: Watch". India West. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  9. Full Video: #TeriMeriKahani - Happy Hardy And Heer | Himesh Reshammiya & Ranu Mondal | Sonia Mann. Tips Official. 6 April 2020.
  10. "Himesh Reshammiya On The Remix Of Happy Hardy And Heer's Song Teri Meri Kahani: "Akbar Sami Has Done A Great Job Again"". Koimoi. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  11. "Google Trends 2019: Ranu Mondal's Teri Meri Kahani to Coca Cola Tu, Top 10 Songs of the Year". News18. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  12. Das, Kristina. "India Googled Le Photo Le more than Ranu Mondal's Teri Meri Kahani in 2019. Details here". India Today. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  13. "What? Himesh Reshammiya And Ranu Mondal's Teri Meri Kahani Is Google's Most Searched Song Of 2019". www.spotboye.com. 14 December 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  14. "Most Searched Songs On Google 2019 | Top Searched Songs On Google 2019 In India – FilmiBeat". www.filmibeat.com. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
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