Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara is the soundtrack album to Zoya Akhtar's 2011 Hindi film of the same name starring Hrithik Roshan, Abhay Deol and Farhan Akhtar. The film has seven songs and two remixes composed by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy with lyrics by Javed Akhtar. The album marks the second collaboration of the trio with Zoya Akhtar, and eighth with Excel Entertainment. The music was released on 17 June 2011 by T-Series. Overview This is second time the trio has worked for Zoya Akhtar and their sixth film with Excel Entertainment. The album features seven tracks and two remixes. "Dil Dhadakne Do" is a "zingy" rock track with "punchy beat" and guitar chords backed by the vocals of Suraj Jagan, Shankar Mahadevan and Joi Barua. "Ik Junoon (Paint It Red)", the song featuring the La Tomatina festival of Spain, is an Ambient song with an electropop twist. "Khwabon Ke Parindey" by Mohit Chauhan and Alyssa Mendonsa is a "happy, nosedived-into-love kind" of song with Brazilian bossa nova track with Latin style drumming to it. The song "Señorita" sung by the leads — Farhan Akhtar, Hrithik Roshan, Abhay Deol — marks the film debut of Spanish flamenco singer Maria del Mar Fernández. "Der Lagi Lekin" is a pathos song rendered by Shankar Mahadevan and "Sooraj Ki Baahon Mein" is a retro-pop track by Loy Mendonsa, Dominique Cerejo and Clinton Cerejo. The final song of the soundtrack is a monologue "Toh Zinda Ho Tum" by Farhan Akhtar with poetry of Javed Akhtar accompanied by soft acoustic tunes and cello. The album had featured in Bollywood Hungama's "10 Albums to watch out for in 2011" list.