Adnan Sami Recalls Composing ‘Kabhi Toh Nazar Milao’ In Just Five Minutes

MUMBAI- Singer-composer Adnan Sami has taken a walk down memory lane, recalling how his iconic song ‘Kabhi Toh Nazar Milao’, starring Aditi Govitrikar, came into being in a matter of minutes.

Sharing a picture of the piano on which he composed the track, Sami revealed that the melody struck him unexpectedly one evening after dinner.

The ‘Lift Karadey’ hitmaker added: “It was right after dinner, when I was casually just walking by the Piano & stopped & started fiddling with the keys & suddenly, the tune of the ‘Mukda’ came to my mind- I composed the Mukda within 5 minutes!!”

Reflecting on the moment of inspiration, the musician said that true creativity often arrives instantly and at the most random times.

“Those who understand true inspiration, they know that it can come instantly and at any random moment… Well, it was a ‘moment’… And as they say, the rest is history- The album was a record-breaking No.1 for 1.5 years!! Thank you!” he concluded the post.

Sami performs Indian and Western music in several languages, including Hindi, Urdu, English, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam. He has been awarded the Padma Shri for his contribution to music.

He was raised and educated in the United Kingdom. He was previously a Canadian citizen but became a naturalized Indian citizen in 2016.

Some of his iconic songs include ‘Kabhi Nahi’, ‘Tera Chehra’, ‘Bheegi Bheegi Raaton Mein’, and ‘Bhar Do Jholi Meri’, among others. (IANS)