Ranbir and I share a long association and now, I am composing for his
home production, Jagga Jasoos.

He came to me a few weeks ago asking me
to compose a theme anthem for his football club Mumbai FC. I initially
assumed it was a song and I composed it as such with Amitabh
Bhattacharya composing the lyrics. When he dropped in at my recording
studio last Saturday to hear it, he told me he didn't want a song,"
Shared Pritam, with no remorse about the song Ranbir scrapped.
Explaining why no remorse, Pritam stated, “He told me he would use it
in one of his films.

He then sat with Amitabh and me for two hours and
stated what he exactly wanted - an anthem which the crowds can chant
without music and clap to as one. He was very clear that it shouldn't
sound like a song and wanted it to be without music. It was really
simple to compose this song. The best part of the experience was, that
by the end of it, I understood that there's a director in Ranbir and
that he'd soon become one. The way he took charge of the whole thing
and recorded the anthem was fantastic - just a day before his club
played the match in Kolkata. Ranbir knows what he wants exactly and
guided us accordingly.” The fuzzy-haired music director who recently
returned from his much needed vacation claimed he was totally
impressed to his how musically inclined his good friend and associate
was…