Ude Dil Befikre

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{{short description|Bollywood song from feature film Befikre}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Ude Dil Befikre
| cover = Ude Dil Befikre.jpg
| alt = cover art of "Ude Dil Befikre"
| type = single
| artist = [[Vishal-Shekhar,Benny Dayal]]
| album = [[Befikre#Soundtrack|Befikre (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)]]
| released = 3 November 2016
| genre = Bollywood
| length = 3:51
| label = [[Yash Raj Films]]
| composer = [[Vishal–Shekhar]]
| lyricist = [[Jaideep Sahni]]
}}
"'''Ude Dil Befikre'''" (English:Heart flies carefree) is a [[Music of Bollywood|Bollywood song]] from the soundtrack of the 2016 Indian feature film ''[[Befikre]]''. The song is composed by [[Vishal–Shekhar]], written by [[Jaideep Sahni]] and sung by [[Benny Dayal]]. The music video features [[Ranveer Singh]], and [[Vaani Kapoor]], and it was released by [[Yash Raj Films]].

The composer duo Vishal–Shekhar composed the song on a stairwell. Ranveer Singh asked background actors to slap him in the face to help him achieve the desired expressions on the music video; he was slapped 21 times. The song was released on 3 November 2016.

== Background ==
The song is written by [[Jaideep Sahni]], extra French vocals by Sophie Choudry,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/071116/watch-ranveer-vaani-are-bold-and-extremely-cold-during-the-making-ude-dil-befikre.html|title=Watch: Ranveer-Vaani are bold and extremely cold during the making Ude Dil Befikre|date=7 November 2016|website=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=25 March 2020}}</ref> and choreographed by [[Vaibhavi Merchant]].<ref name=":0" /> Composers Vishal–Shekhar said that the entire song was composed on a stairwell.<ref name=":1" /> The duo said that it was hard to find the right singer for the song, explaining: "When someone suggested Benny Dayal's name for the song and we were like he's a south Indian, we want someone who can get Arabic nuances", then they found out that Dayal spent his childhood in Oman and knew [[Arabic music]].<ref name=":1" /> Later, they described him as "He came in and nailed it".<ref name=":1" />

== Music video ==
[[File:Ranveer Singh at Sahara Star New Year's bash press meet1.jpg|thumb|left|[[Ranveer Singh]] (pictured in 2011) asked the [[background actor]]s to slap him 21 time to ensure he got the right expressions for the music video.|285x285px]]
The music video is set in [[Paris]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/ude-dil-befikre-is-everything-weve-seen-of-befikre-so-far-careless-free-spirited-wild-3086810.html|title='Ude Dil Befikre' is everything we've seen of Befikre so far: Careless, free-spirited, wild- Entertainment News, Firstpost|date=3 November 2016|website=Firstpost|access-date=24 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324214406/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/ude-dil-befikre-is-everything-weve-seen-of-befikre-so-far-careless-free-spirited-wild-3086810.html|archive-date=24 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Ranveer Singh described the weather during the filming as: "so cold that Adi [<nowiki/>[[Aditya Chopra]]] has to come to us saying you are not feeling cold".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/befikre-watch-the-making-of-ranveer-singh-vaani-kapoors-daring-title-song-1309443.html|title=Befikre: Watch the Making of Ranveer Singh, Vaani Kapoor's 'Daring' Title Song|date=8 November 2016|website=News18|access-date=25 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324215101/https://www.news18.com/news/movies/befikre-watch-the-making-of-ranveer-singh-vaani-kapoors-daring-title-song-1309443.html|archive-date=24 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> The song features UNESCO heritage sites from France, as a member of the film crew told [[Bollywood Hungama]]:<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/cool-new-dares-rare-parisian-spots-make-ude-dil-befikre-treat-watch/|title=Cool new dares and rare Parisian spots make 'Ude Dil Befikre' a treat to watch : Bollywood News – Bollywood Hungama|date=3 November 2016|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325055532/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/cool-new-dares-rare-parisian-spots-make-ude-dil-befikre-treat-watch/|archive-date=25 March 2020|access-date=25 March 2020}}</ref>

{{Cquote
| quote = In the song when Vaani strips atop a table, you see the National Public Library, a historic spot from Paris that has never been seen onscreen before. Ranveer and Vaani shake a leg on the terrace of the Opera Garnier, the city's famous historic house. A location that has been seen onscreen for the first time, only a four-member crew along with the actors was allowed to film at this tricky high spot.
}}

Choreographer [[Vaibhavi Merchant]] said that film director Aditya Chopra wanted to "scale up the level of craziness".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/befikre-why-ranveer-singh-vaani-kapoor-stripped-in-ude-dil-befikre-watch-video-4364016/|title=Why Ranveer Singh, Vaani Kapoor stripped in Befikre's Ude Dil Befikre, watch video|date=8 November 2016|website=The Indian Express|access-date=24 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324214410/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/befikre-why-ranveer-singh-vaani-kapoor-stripped-in-ude-dil-befikre-watch-video-4364016/|archive-date=24 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> The director titled the song as a 'dare song' and revealed that in the video the on-screen characters would assign each other for a few dares, but Merchant explained that "that was not it for even the choreographers had a tough task at hand to complete the song in scheduled time".<ref name=":0" /> When filming the music video, actor Ranveer Singh asked the [[background actor]]s to slap him hard across his face to ensure that he got the right expressions for the music video, and was slapped 21 times.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Watch-Ranveer-and-Vaani-live-life-on-the-edge-in-Ude-Dil-Befikre/articleshow/55223077.cms|title=Watch: Ranveer and Vaani live life on the edge in 'Ude Dil Befikre'|website=The Times of India|access-date=25 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325044153/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Watch-Ranveer-and-Vaani-live-life-on-the-edge-in-Ude-Dil-Befikre/articleshow/55223077.cms|archive-date=25 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the music video, [[Vaani Kapoor]] and [[Ranveer Singh]]'s characters dare each other to do various things such as "stripteases, ballet on the streets and stealing a football from the stadium during an ongoing match".<ref name=":2" />
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|+
Chart performance
! scope="col" |Chart (2016)
! scope="col" |Peak
position
|-
|Asian Music Charts ([[Official Charts Company]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/asian-download-chart/20161209/asian/|title=Asian Music Chart Top 40 {{!}} Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com|access-date=24 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324214617/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/asian-download-chart/20161209/asian/|archive-date=24 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
|11
|-
|''[[The Times of India]]'' [[Radio Mirchi|Mirchi]] Top 20 Chart<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/musicchart/6692253.cms?chartid=1&periodtype=4&date=2016-12-02|title=Music Chart – The Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=24 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324221432/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/musicchart/6692253.cms?chartid=1&periodtype=4&date=2016-12-02|archive-date=24 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
|6
|}

== Release ==
The song was released on 3 November 2016.<ref name=":3" /> It received 9 million views on YouTube in its two weeks of release.<ref name=":1" />

Devansh Sharma of ''[[Firstpost]]'' wrote, "Vishal-Shekhar's energetic and high-octane music serves as an appropriate background score and Benny Dayal's vocals adds the punch".<ref name=":2" /> Rachit Gupta writing for ''Filmfare'' said that the visuals of "Ude Dil Befikre" "are gold standard".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmfare.com/reviews/movie-review-befikre-17326.html|title=Movie Review: Befikre|website=filmfare.com|access-date=25 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325053613/https://www.filmfare.com/reviews/movie-review-befikre-17326.html|archive-date=25 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Urvi Parikh of ''Pink Villa'' said that the song is "spot on".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/video/367440/mashup-govinda-raveena-ranveer-vaanis-ude-dil-befikre-spot|title=This mashup of Govinda-Raveena on Ranveer-Vaani's Ude Dil Befikre is spot on!|website=PINKVILLA|access-date=25 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325053620/https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/video/367440/mashup-govinda-raveena-ranveer-vaanis-ude-dil-befikre-spot|archive-date=25 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> ''India'' wrote: "[the song] tries too hard to be unabashed love. But simply put the song both lyrically and visually is repetitive".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.india.com/entertainment/befikre-song-ude-dil-befikre-from-stripping-to-stealing-chaddi-ranveer-singh-and-vaani-kapoor-unleash-puremadness-1627512/|title=Befikre song Ude Dil Befikre: From stripping to stealing chaddi– Ranveer Singh and Vaani Kapoor unleash pure MADNESS!|last=Desk|first=India com Entertainment|date=3 November 2016|website=India News, Breaking News, Entertainment News |access-date=25 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325054100/https://www.india.com/entertainment/befikre-song-ude-dil-befikre-from-stripping-to-stealing-chaddi-ranveer-singh-and-vaani-kapoor-unleash-puremadness-1627512/|archive-date=25 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> [[CNN-News18|News18]] wrote that: "[the song] will force you to dance carefree wherever you are".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/befikre-ranveer-singh-vaani-kapoors-carefree-romance-light-up-the-title-track-1307816.html|title=Befikre: Ranveer Singh, Vaani Kapoor's Carefree Romance Light Up the Title Track|date=3 November 2016|website=News18|access-date=25 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325054726/https://www.news18.com/news/movies/befikre-ranveer-singh-vaani-kapoors-carefree-romance-light-up-the-title-track-1307816.html|archive-date=25 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Bollywood Hungama]] called the song "a visual treat".<ref name=":3" />

''[[The Himalayan Times]]'' wrote: "Songs Nashe Si Chadh Gayi and Ude Dil Befirke make the audience groove and sing with them".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/entertainment/movie-review/cliched-romantic-story-in-ranveer-and-vaani-befikre/|title=Clichéd romantic story in Ranveer and Vaani's Befikre|date=10 December 2016|website=The Himalayan Times|access-date=25 March 2020}}</ref> Suparna Thombare of Cinestaan wrote: "Ude Dil Befikre is a joyride and an easy-on-the-ears party number".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2016/nov/3/2786|title=Ranveer, Vaani indulge in outrageous dares in catchy 'Ude Dil Befikre' song|last=Thombare|first=Suparna|website=Cinestaan|access-date=25 March 2020}}</ref> ''[[India Today]]'' wrote: "The high octane number, composed by Vishal-Shekhar and sung by Benny Dayal, is catchy and does not go the old-school way of mush and romance".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/ranveer-singh-vaani-kapoor-ude-dil-befikre-new-song-watch-349989-2016-11-03|title=WATCH Ude Dil Befikre: Ranveer Singh and Vaani Kapoor's hot bods steal the show|website=India Today|url-status=live|access-date=25 March 2020|last3=Ist|first3=2016 12:15}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+
Release history
!Country
!Date
!Format(s)
!Label
! scope="col" |{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!scope="row" |Various
|1 December 2016
|Digital download
|[[Yash Raj Films]]
|<ref>{{Citation|title=Befikre (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Vishal-Shekhar|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/befikre-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1181809037|access-date=25 March 2020}}</ref>
|}

== Track listing ==
{{track listing
| all_writing =
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Ude Dil Befikre
| length1 = 3:51
| extra1 = [[Benny Dayal]]
| writer1 = [[Jaideep Sahni]]
| music1 = [[Vishal–Shekhar]]
|}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==

* {{YouTube|id=gXe-KWe-YMs|title=Ude Dil Befikre}}

[[Category:2016 songs]]
[[Category:Songs written for films]]
[[Category:Hindi film songs]]

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