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{{Infobox album
| name = Gadar: Ek Prem Katha<br>{{small|(Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)}}
| type = [[Soundtrack album]]
| artist = [[Uttam Singh]]
| cover = Gadar Ek Prem Katha (soundtrack).webp
| caption = Soundtrack album cover
| alt =
| released = 9 April 2001
| recorded = 2000{{ndash}}2001
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Soundtrack|Motion Picture soundtrack]], [[Filmi]]
| length = 38:19
| label = [[Zee Telefilms|Zee Records]]{{efn|The rights to the film's music were later acquired by [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]] in 2009 after Zee Records being defunct, and later reverted back to [[Zee Entertainment Enterprises]] through its newly formed record label [[Zee Music Company]] which currently has its rights}}
| producer = [[Uttam Singh]]
| prev_title = [[Farz (2001 film)|Farz]]
| prev_year = 2001
| next_title = [[Pyaar Diwana Hota Hai]]
| next_year = 2002
}}

'''''Gadar: Ek Prem Katha''''' is the [[soundtrack]] to the [[Gadar: Ek Prem Katha|2001 film of the same name]] directed and produced by [[Anil Sharma (director)|Anil Sharma]] and stars [[Sunny Deol]] and [[Ameesha Patel]]. Released through Zee Records on 9 April 2001, the nine-song soundtrack features compositions from [[Uttam Singh]] with lyrics written by [[Anand Bakshi]] and features vocals by [[Udit Narayan]], [[Alka Yagnik]], Preeti Uttam Singh, [[Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty]], [[Parveen Sultana]]. The soundtrack was the fifth-highest selling soundtrack of India during the time of its release.

== Development ==
''Gadar: Ek Prem Katha'' features five songs: "Udja Kale Kawan", "Musafir Jaane Wale", "Main Nikla Gaddi Leke", "Aan Milo Sajna" and "Hum Juda Ho Gaye", In addition, a traditional marriage song played in the background was also conceived for the soundtrack.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Uttam |author-link=Uttam Singh |date=15 June 2001 |title=''Gadar: Ek Prem Katha'' (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |url=https://music.apple.com/in/album/gadar-ek-prem-katha-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1529553319 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319215351/https://music.apple.com/in/album/gadar-ek-prem-katha-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1529553319 |archive-date=19 March 2023 |access-date=4 January 2024 |website=[[iTunes]] |publisher=[[Apple Music]] |via=[[Zee Music Company]]}}</ref>

As the film was set before 1947, composing music for the film was "challenging" for Singh, as it has to cater the modern audience while being authentic to the storyline. "Udja Kale Kawan", according to Singh was the "hardest" song he had composed. He could not fix a particular tune in mind, and after a month he thought of a tune that lasts around 16–17 seconds. He then met Bakshi for developing a song within this tune and gave him a week's time, but eventually wrote the entire lyrics for the song in 3 days. The song has four different versions that appears in each situation. When the full song was composed, [[Yash Chopra]]'s wife Pammi Chopra contacted Singh to check that if the song was adapted from a folklore or not, to which Singh replied that it was originally curated.

[[Udit Narayan]] and [[Alka Yagnik]] perform the vocals for [[Sunny Deol]] and [[Ameesha Patel]], respectively. [[Lata Mangeshkar]] was the initial choice for the female vocals of "Udja Kale Kawan", according to Singh as she previously worked on ''[[Dil To Pagal Hai]]'' (1997), but due to Mangeshkar's unavailability as she was on a [[concert tour]], Singh later brought Yagnik for the song. The [[thumri]] song "Aan Milo Sajna" was composed within fifteen minutes.<ref>{{Cite web|title=डेढ़ महीने लगे थे गदर के सुपरहिट गीत उड़ जा काले कांवा को बनने में...संगीतकार उत्तम सिंह ने खास यादें की साझा|url=https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/entertainment/bollywood/gadar-uttam-singh-reveals-special-memories-related-to-superhit-song-udja-kale-kawan-and-music-of-the-film-sunny-deol-slt|access-date=14 June 2023|website=Prabhat Khabar|date=8 June 2023|archive-date=14 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230614110514/http://www.prabhatkhabar.com/entertainment/bollywood/gadar-uttam-singh-reveals-special-memories-related-to-superhit-song-udja-kale-kawan-and-music-of-the-film-sunny-deol-slt|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Udja Kale Kawan
| note1 = Folk
| length1 = 03:11
| extra1 = [[Udit Narayan]]
| title2 = Musafir Jaane Wale
| length2 = 05:47
| extra2 = Udit Narayan, Preeti Uttam Singh
| title3 = Main Nikla Gaddi Leke
| length3 = 05:26
| extra3 = Udit Narayan
| title4 = Udja Kale Kawan
| note4 = Marriage
| length4 = 05:01
| extra4 = Udit Narayan, [[Alka Yagnik]]
| title5 = Hum Juda Ho Gaye
| length5 = 06:04
| extra5 = Udit Narayan, Preeti Uttam Singh
| title6 = Udja Kale Kawan
| note6 = Search
| length6 = 04:34
| extra6 = Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik
| title7 = Aan Milo Sajna
| length7 = 05:22
| extra7 = [[Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty]], [[Parveen Sultana]]
| title8 = Udja Kale Kawan
| note8 = Victory
| length8 = 01:20
| extra8 = Chorus
| title9 = Traditional Shaadi Geet
| length9 = 01:30
| extra9 = Preeti Uttam Singh
| total_length = 38:19
}}

== Reception ==
[[Sukanya Verma]] of ''[[Rediff.com]]'' described the music as "unconventional" and not the "regular commercial fare" concluding "if you're of the hip crowd, you might not hop for ''Gadar''".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Verma |first=Sukanya |date=19 May 2001 |title=The music review of Gadar-Ek Prem Katha |url=https://m.rediff.com/movies/2001/may/19gada.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615050306/https://m.rediff.com/movies/2001/may/19gada.htm |archive-date=15 June 2021 |access-date=4 January 2024 |website=Rediff.com}}</ref> Writing for ''[[Bollywood Hungama]]'', [[Taran Adarsh]] was more critical of the music describing as the "sore point" of the film, and "there is not one song that you recollect after the show has ended" excluding "Udja Kale Kawan" and "Hum Juda Ho Gaye" was "totally out of sync with the mood of the film".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adarsh |first=Taran |date=15 June 2001 |title=Gadar – Ek Prem Katha Music Review |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/gadar-ek-prem-katha/critic-review/gadar-ek-prem-katha-movie-review/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616021943/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/gadar-ek-prem-katha/critic-review/gadar-ek-prem-katha-movie-review/ |archive-date=16 June 2021 |access-date=4 January 2024 |website=Bollywood Hungama |language=en}}</ref> In the re-review for ''[[The Quint]]'', Pankhuri Shukla stated "even after two decades, the ''Gadar'' soundtrack still slaps."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shukla |first=Pankhuri |date=10 May 2019 |title=Millennial Review: Sunny Deol's Hyper-Nationalism in 'Gadar' |url=https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/millennial-review/millennials-review-classics-gadar-ek-prem-katha |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924042829/https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/millennial-review/millennials-review-classics-gadar-ek-prem-katha |archive-date=24 September 2023 |access-date=4 January 2024 |website=TheQuint |language=en}}</ref>

The soundtrack was the fifth-highest selling music album of India for the year with approximately 2.5 million copies being sold.<ref>{{cite web|title=Music Hits 2000–2009 (Figures in Units)|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=286&catName=MjAwMC0yMDA5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215081557/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=286&catName=MjAwMC0yMDA5&PHPSESSID=108b9056cd4ca14236f9c6119d34dcce|archive-date=15 February 2008|publisher=[[Box Office India]]|access-date=12 July 2017}}</ref>

== Accolades ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ {{sronly|List of accolades received by ''Dil Chahta Hai''}}
|-
! scope="col"| Award
! scope="col"| Date of ceremony{{efn|Date is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.}}
! scope="col"| Category
! scope="col"| Recipient(s)
! scope="col"| Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" |[[Filmfare Awards]]
| rowspan="3" |[[47th Filmfare Awards|16 February 2002]]
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director|Best Music Director]]
| [[Uttam Singh]]
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3" |<ref>Filmfare Awards:
*{{Cite news |date=April 2002 |title=Hold back the night |work=[[Filmfare]] |url=http://downloads.movies.indiatimes.com/site/april2002/cs.html |url-status=dead |access-date=18 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220191624/http://downloads.movies.indiatimes.com/site/april2002/cs.html |archive-date=20 December 2014}}
*{{Cite web |last=Dhirad |first=Sandeep |date=2006 |title=Filmfare Nominees and Winners |url=https://sites.google.com/site/deep750/FilmfareAwards.pdf?attredirects=0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019034032/https://sites.google.com/site/deep750/FilmfareAwards.pdf?attredirects=0 |archive-date=19 October 2015 |access-date=18 May 2021 |website=[[Filmfare Awards]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist|Best Lyricist]]
|[[Anand Bakshi]] {{small|(for "Udja Kale Kawan")}}
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer|Best Playback Singer – Male]]
| [[Udit Narayan]] {{small|(for "Koi Kahe Kehta Rahe")}}
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" |[[International Indian Film Academy Awards]]
| rowspan="3" |[[3rd IIFA Awards|6 April 2002]]
| [[IIFA Award for Best Music Director|Best Music Director]]
| [[Uttam Singh]]
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3" |<ref>International Indian Film Academy Awards:
*{{Cite news |last=Waheed |first=Sajahan |date=6 April 2002 |title=Battle of the megahits |page=27 |work=[[New Straits Times]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-T4hAAAAIBAJ |url-status=live |access-date=18 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518130016/https://books.google.co.id/books?id=-T4hAAAAIBAJ |archive-date=18 May 2021}}
*{{Cite news |last=Kumar |first=S. R. Ashok |date=5 April 2002 |title=IIFA awards presentation on Saturday |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/iifa-awards-presentation-on-saturday/article27840094.ece |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518130057/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/iifa-awards-presentation-on-saturday/article27840094.ece |archive-date=18 May 2021}}
*{{Cite web |title=IIFA Through the Years – IIFA 2002: Malaysia |url=http://www.iifa.com/iifa-years/iifa-years-2002/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703120347/http://iifa.com/iifa-years/iifa-years-2002/ |archive-date=3 July 2014 |access-date=18 May 2021 |website=[[International Indian Film Academy Awards]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[IIFA Award for Best Lyricist|Best Lyricist]]
| [[Anand Bakshi]] {{small|(for "Udja Kale Kawan")}}
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[IIFA Award for Best Male Playback Singer|Best Playback Singer – Male]]
| [[Udit Narayan]] {{small|(for "Udja Kale Kawan")}}
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" |[[Screen Awards]]
| rowspan="3" |18 January 2002
| [[Screen Award for Best Music Director|Best Music Director]]
| [[Uttam Singh]]
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3" |<ref>Screen Awards:
*{{Cite news |last=Bhattacharya |first=Roshmila |author-link=Roshmila Bhattacharya |date=25 January 2002 |title=Dil Chahta Hai, Lagaan make a clean sweep |work=Screen |url=http://screenindia.com:80/20020125/fcover.html |url-status=dead |access-date=18 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020221211720/http://screenindia.com/20020125/fcover.html |archive-date=21 February 2002}}
*{{Cite news |last=Bhattacharya |first=Roshmila |date=25 January 2002 |title=Magic — Part 1 |work=Screen |url=http://screenindia.com:80/20020125/fcover1.html |url-status=dead |access-date=18 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020224152414/http://screenindia.com/20020125/fcover1.html |archive-date=24 February 2002}}
*{{Cite news |last=Bhattacharya |first=Roshmila |date=25 January 2002 |title=Magic — Part 2 |work=Screen |url=http://screenindia.com:80/20020125/fcover2.html |url-status=dead |access-date=18 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030306063557/http://www.screenindia.com/20020125/fcover2.html |archive-date=6 March 2003}}
*{{Cite news |last=Bhattacharya |first=Roshmila |date=25 January 2002 |title=Magic — Part 3 |work=Screen |url=http://screenindia.com:80/20020125/fcover3.html |url-status=dead |access-date=18 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030306164716/http://www.screenindia.com/20020125/fcover3.html |archive-date=6 March 2003}}
*{{Cite web |title=8th Annual Screen Awards – Nominees & Winners for the year 2001 |url=http://www.indiafm.com:80/awards/screen/nominees2001.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040118035719/http://www.indiafm.com/awards/screen/nominees2001.shtml |archive-date=18 January 2004 |access-date=18 May 2021 |website=Bollywood Hungama}}</ref>
|-
| [[Screen Award for Best Lyricist|Best Lyricist]]
| [[Anand Bakshi]] {{small|(for "Udja Kale Kawan")}}
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Screen Award for Best Male Playback|Best Playback Singer – Male]]
| [[Udit Narayan]] {{small|(for "Udja Kale Kawan")}}
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="rowgroup" |[[Zee Cine Awards]]
| 11 January 2002
| [[Zee Cine Award for Best Lyricist|Best Lyricist]]
| [[Udit Narayan]] {{small|(for "Udja Kale Kawan")}}
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>Zee Cine Awards:
*{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/jan/11zee.htm |title=Lagaan sweeps the FairGlow Zee awards |last=Dubey |first=Bharati |date=11 January 2002 |website=[[Rediff.com]] |access-date=5 November 2021 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040755/http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/jan/11zee.htm |url-status=live }}
*{{Cite web |url=http://www.zeecineawards.com:80/year2002.html |title=5th Zee Cine Awards – Year 2002 |website=[[Zee Cine Awards]] |access-date=5 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050426235617/http://www.zeecineawards.com/year2002.html |archive-date=26 April 2005 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|}

== Use in sequel ==
The sequel to the film, titled ''[[Gadar 2]]'' (2023) featured music composed by [[Mithoon]] who recreated two songs from the original—"Udja Kale Kawan" and "Main Nikla Gaddi Leke"; the former as "Udd Jaa Kaale Kaava".<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=16 August 2023 |title=Mithoon on Gadar 2 success: I have seen the success of Aashiqui 2 and Kabir Singh, but I have never seen this kind of mass connection {{!}} Exclusive |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/mithoon-on-gadar-2-success-i-have-seen-the-success-of-aashiqui-2-and-kabir-singh-but-i-have-never-seen-this-kind-of-mass-connection-exclusive/articleshow/102778589.cms?from=mdr |access-date=4 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826232403/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/mithoon-on-gadar-2-success-i-have-seen-the-success-of-aashiqui-2-and-kabir-singh-but-i-have-never-seen-this-kind-of-mass-connection-exclusive/articleshow/102778589.cms?from=mdr |archive-date=26 August 2023 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> Singh criticised Sharma for reusing those songs without consent,<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 August 2023 |title=Gadar Ek Prem Katha composer Uttam Singh on not being approached for Gadar 2: 'They have used two of my songs… should at least have the etiquette to ask me once' |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/gadar-ek-prem-katha-composer-uttam-singh-on-not-being-approached-for-gadar-2-they-have-used-two-of-my-songs-should-at-least-have-the-etiquette-to-ask-me-once-8907251/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828120710/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/gadar-ek-prem-katha-composer-uttam-singh-on-not-being-approached-for-gadar-2-they-have-used-two-of-my-songs-should-at-least-have-the-etiquette-to-ask-me-once-8907251/ |archive-date=28 August 2023 |access-date=4 January 2024 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> though Sharma replied that the label [[Zee Music Company]] had owned the record rights to the franchise and therefore obtaining permission from the original artists were not necessary.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Entertainment |first=Quint |date=27 August 2023 |title=Gadar 2: Anil Sharma And Mithoon Respond to Uttam Singh's Allegations |url=https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/celebrities/gadar-2-anil-sharma-and-mithoon-respond-to-uttam-singhs-allegations |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103170051/https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/celebrities/gadar-2-anil-sharma-and-mithoon-respond-to-uttam-singhs-allegations |archive-date=3 January 2024 |access-date=4 January 2024 |website=TheQuint |language=en}}</ref> But Sharma wanted Singh to be credited for the recreations as well. After formally contacting Singh, Sharma ended the controversy, saying the former was misquoted.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 September 2023 |title=Anil Sharma says he didn't need Uttam Singh's permission to use his music in Gadar 2: 'Does anyone get permission from the original composers?' |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/anil-sharma-didnt-need-uttam-singh-permission-to-use-his-music-in-gadar-2-8962668/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001063132/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/anil-sharma-didnt-need-uttam-singh-permission-to-use-his-music-in-gadar-2-8962668/ |archive-date=1 October 2023 |access-date=4 January 2024 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

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== References ==
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