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{{Infobox song
| name = Malang
| cover = Malang (Dhoom 3 Single) - Cover.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [[Pritam]] feat. [[Siddharth Mahadevan]] and [[Shilpa Rao]]
| album = [[Dhoom 3]]
| language = {{flatlist|
* [[Hindi (language)|Hindi]]
* [[Punjabi (language)|Punjabi]]
* English
* [[Urdu]]
}}
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2013|12|2}}
| recorded = 2012–2013
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = {{flatlist|
*[[Filmi]]
*[[Single (music)|Soundtrack single]]
*[[Sufi music|Sufi]]
}}
| length = {{Duration|m=4|s=33}}
| label = [[YRF Music]], [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]
| composer = [[Pritam]]
| lyricist = [[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer Anjaan]]
| producer = {{flatlist|
* [[Pritam]]
* [[Aditya Chopra]]
* [[YRF Music]]
}}
| misc = {{External music video|1=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxoTAvwCr4A "Malang"] on YouTube}}
}}

"'''''Malang'''''" ({{translation|Vagrant or Wanderer}}){{efn|[[Nastaliq]]: {{lang|ur|{{nq|ملنگ}}}}, {{Transliteration|ur|ALA-LC|''Malaṉg''}} {{IPA|ur|mələ̃ŋɡ|IPA}}; The word 'malang' has several meanings in different regions, which are sometimes contradictory. Though it is considered to originate from Persia, in Afghanistan it can be used to refer to magicians, beggars, sorcerers and holy men. Author Jonathan L. Lees book, The "Ancient Supremacy": Bukhara, Afghanistan and the Battle for Balkh, 1731-1901 describes malang as "a religious mystic, often with heterodox or extreme sufi tendencies; a shrine attendant".<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nYaamE_3kD4C&q=Malang | title=The "Ancient Supremacy": Bukhara, Afghanistan and the Battle for Balkh, 1731-1901 | publisher=BRILL | author=Jonathan L. Lee | date=1 January 1996 | pages=606| isbn=9004103996 }}</ref> The word's usage in the song is associated with the love of a nomadic nature, and thus "vagrant" has been used here.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bollymeaning.com/2012/01/malang-meaning.html | title=Malang meaning | publisher=Bollymeaning.com | accessdate=16 December 2013}}</ref>}} is the second single released from the 2013 Hindi film ''[[Dhoom 3]]'', which starred [[Aamir Khan]], [[Katrina Kaif]], [[Abhishek Bachchan]], and [[Uday Chopra]] and was directed by [[Vijay Krishna Acharya]]. The song was composed by [[Pritam]], [[Pritam]] composed for the previous two films of the [[Dhoom (film series)|film series]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/2624/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104140134/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/2624/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=4 November 2013 | title=Pritam chooses Dhoom 3 over Ek Tha Tiger | work=Bollywood Hungama News Network | date=15 September 2013 | accessdate=16 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2011/feb/170211-Aamir-Khan-Dhoom-3-Dhoom-3-music.htm | title=Aamir Khan to sing in Dhoom 3 | work=Subhash K. Jha | publisher=[[Mid-Day]] | date=17 February 2011 | accessdate=16 December 2013}}</ref> with lyrics by [[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer Anjaan]]. It was sung by [[Siddharth Mahadevan]] and [[Shilpa Rao]] and performed on film by Khan and Kaif. The song's performance is represented as part of a stage show. ''Malang'' was released on the [[Music download|digital music]] platform [[iTunes]] on 2 December 2013.<ref name="iTunes release and track listing">{{cite web |title=Malang (From "Dhoom:3") - Single|work=Siddharth Mahadevan, Shilpa Rao, Aditi Singh Sharma & [[Pritam]] |publisher=[[iTunes Store]] |date= 2 December 2013|url=https://itunes.apple.com/in/album/malang-from-dhoom-3-single/id768636846|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131216100843/https://itunes.apple.com/in/album/malang-from-dhoom-3-single/id768636846|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 December 2013}}</ref> Lyricist Sameer Anjaan has described the song as a "beautiful, pure and sublime [[Sufi music|Sufi love song]]".<ref name="Legal notice, FIR"/>

==Production==
The production for the song reportedly cost {{INR|50 million}} ({{US$|{{To USD|50000000|IND|year=2013|round=yes}}|long=no}})<ref name="mid-air dance and 5 crore"/><ref name="200 acrobats, 5 crore, location of shoot."/><ref name="5 crore">{{cite web | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-after-doing-acrobatic-dance-moves-in-malang-with-katrina-kaif-aamir-khan-tap-dances-solo-for-dhoom-3-1929971 | title=After doing acrobatic dance moves in 'Malang' with Katrina Kaif, Aamir Khan tap dances solo for 'Dhoom:3' | work=DNA Web desk | date=5 December 2013 | accessdate=17 December 2013}}</ref><ref name="5 crore, 200 dancers, height from ground and nausea of Khan"/><ref name="5 crore, 200 acrobats for 20 days and 2 month set"/><ref name="HT 5c, 200_20 2mnth"/><ref name="5 Cr">{{cite web | url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/bollywood/malang-song-from-dhoom-3-watch-the-spectacular-first-song-promo_146989.html | title='Malang' song from 'Dhoom 3': Watch the spectacular first song promo | work=Resham Sengar | publisher=[[Zee News]] | date=28 November 2013 | accessdate=17 December 2013}}</ref><ref name="5 cr, 2month, 200 artists"/><ref name="5 cr, 200, 2 month"/> making it the second [[List of most expensive music videos|most expensive Indian music video]] of all time.<ref>{{cite news |title=10 Of The Most Expensive Songs Ever Made In Bollywood |url=https://in.bookmyshow.com/entertainment/movies/hindi/10-expensive-songs-ever-made-bollywood |work=BookMyShow |date=7 February 2018}}</ref> It involved the work of 200 professional acrobats<ref name="mid-air dance and 5 crore"/><ref name="200 acrobats, 5 crore, location of shoot."/><ref name="5 crore, 200 dancers, height from ground and nausea of Khan"/><ref name="5 crore, 200 acrobats for 20 days and 2 month set"/><ref name="HT 5c, 200_20 2mnth"/><ref name="5 cr, 2month, 200 artists"/><ref name="5 cr, 200, 2 month"/> who were flown in from the United States for the song.<ref name="200 acrobats, 5 crore, location of shoot."/><ref name="HT 5c, 200_20 2mnth"/> The shoot, which took twenty days,<ref name="200 acrobats, 5 crore, location of shoot."/><ref name="5 crore, 200 acrobats for 20 days and 2 month set"/><ref name="HT 5c, 200_20 2mnth"/> used a set in Reliance Studios which took 2 months to construct.<ref name="mid-air dance and 5 crore">{{cite web | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-dhoom-3-teaser-of-rs5-crore-song-malang-causes-a-buzz-on-youtube-as-katrina-kaif-aamir-khan-up-the-heat-1926343 | title='Dhoom:3': Teaser of Rs5 crore song 'Malang' causes a buzz on YouTube as Katrina Kaif-Aamir Khan up the heat | work=DNA Webdesk | date=28 November 2013 | accessdate=17 December 2013}}</ref><ref name="200 acrobats, 5 crore, location of shoot.">{{cite web | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-first-look-of-dhoom-3-song-malang-katrina-kaif-aamir-khan-in-bollywood-s-most-expensive-track-1925768 | title=First look of Dhoom 3 song Malang: Katrina Kaif, Aamir Khan in Bollywood's most expensive track | work=DNA Web Team | date=27 November 2013 | accessdate=17 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/musicindia/dhoom-3-watch-aamir-katrinas-stunning-aerial-act-in-malang-promo_147012.html | title='Dhoom 3': Watch Aamir, Katrina's stunning aerial act in 'Malang' promo | work=Gayatri Sankar | publisher=Zee News | date=29 November 2013 | accessdate=17 December 2013}}</ref><ref name="5 crore, 200 acrobats for 20 days and 2 month set">{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/malang-song-teaser-from-dhoom-3-starring-aamir-khan-katrina-kaiff-218998-2013-11-27 | title=Teaser: Experience Malang with Aamir Khan and Katrina Kaif in Dhoom 3 | work=India Today | date=28 November 2013 | access-date=17 December 2013}}</ref><ref name="HT 5c, 200_20 2mnth">{{cite web | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/watch-teaser-aamir-katrina-in-malang-from-dhoom-3/article1-1156653.aspx | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131129113137/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/watch-teaser-aamir-katrina-in-malang-from-dhoom-3/article1-1156653.aspx | url-status=dead | archive-date=29 November 2013 | title=Watch teaser: Aamir, Katrina in Malang from Dhoom:3 | work=[[Hindustan Times]] | date=28 November 2013 | accessdate=17 December 2013}}</ref><ref name="5 cr, 2month, 200 artists">{{cite web | url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/aamir-khan-katrina-kaifs-dhoom-3-to-feature-rs.-5-crore-song-malang/1200125 | title=Aamir Khan, Katrina Kaif in Bollywood's most expensive song 'Malang' | work=Sunitra Pacheco | publisher=[[The Financial Express (India)|The Financial Express]] | date=27 November 2013 | accessdate=17 December 2013}}</ref><ref name="5 cr, 200, 2 month">{{cite web | url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/watch-aamir-khan-katrina-kaif-go-malang-in-dhoom-3/1200717 | title='Dhoom 3': Watch teaser of Aamir Khan, Katrina Kaif in 'Malang' | work=Sarika Sharma | publisher=[[The Financial Express (India)|The Financial Express]] | date=29 November 2013 | accessdate=17 December 2013}}</ref> [[Cirque du Soleil]] performers were hired to train the two actors in acrobatic performance for a few weeks prior to the shoot, which was done without the use of safety nets or harness.<ref name="Training">{{cite web | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/behind-the-scenes-aamir-katrina-sweat-it-out-for-malang/article1-1158978.aspx | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204122338/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/behind-the-scenes-aamir-katrina-sweat-it-out-for-malang/article1-1158978.aspx | url-status=dead | archive-date=4 December 2013 | title=Behind the scenes: Aamir-Katrina sweat it out for Malang | work=Hindustan Times | date=4 December 2013 | accessdate=17 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sify.com/movies/sneak-peek-malang-from-dhoom-3-news-bollywood-nl2pSwdgadb.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131128162758/http://www.sify.com/movies/sneak-peek-malang-from-dhoom-3-news-bollywood-nl2pSwdgadb.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=28 November 2013 | title=Sneak peek: 'Malang' from Dhoom 3 | website=[[Sify]] | date=28 November 2013 | accessdate=17 December 2013}}</ref>

The film's choreography required performer Aamir Khan to spin about 60 times in a minute<ref name="5 crore, 200 dancers, height from ground and nausea of Khan"/><ref name="Vertigo"/> at an elevation of 80 feet.<ref name="5 crore, 200 dancers, height from ground and nausea of Khan"/><ref name="Vertigo"/> As a result, Khan suffered from nausea during the filming and had to be put on medication to combat the sensation.<ref name="5 crore, 200 dancers, height from ground and nausea of Khan">{{cite web | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/aamir-khan-was-put-on-medication-for-malang/article1-1157034.aspx | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131130110746/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/aamir-khan-was-put-on-medication-for-malang/article1-1157034.aspx | url-status=dead | archive-date=30 November 2013 | title=Aamir Khan was put on medication for Malang | work=Shalvi Mangaokar, Hindustan Times | date=29 November 2013 | accessdate=17 December 2013}}</ref><ref name="Vertigo">{{cite web | url=http://www.koimoi.com/bollywood-popular/dhoom-3s-malang-song-was-shot-despite-aamirs-vertigo/ | title=Dhoom 3's Malang Song Was Shot Despite Aamir's Vertigo | work=Koimoi.com Team | publisher=Koimoi.com | date=29 November 2013 | accessdate=17 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/5925 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221130429/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/5925 | url-status=dead | archive-date=21 December 2013 | title="I was given motion sickness meds during 'Malang'" - Aamir Khan | work=Soumya Anantharaman | publisher=[[Bollywood Hungama]] | date=20 December 2013 | accessdate=22 December 2013}}</ref> Los Angeles based airbrush artist Adam Tenenbaum applied Khan's intricate, tattoo-like body paint for the shoot.<ref name="body art wala bath">{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/aamir-khan-gets-body-art-for-dhoom-3-song-malang-220416-2013-12-10 | title=Aamir Khan gets body art for Dhoom 3 song 'Malang' | work=India Today | date=11 December 2013 | access-date=17 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.epaper.eisamay.com/Details.aspx?id=8393&boxid=2367578 | title=Aamir's tattoo is in reality Air-brush body-art. | work=Deblina Ghosh Mukherjee | publisher=Eisamay | date=21 December 2013 | accessdate=22 December 2013 }}</ref> Katrina Kaif's part was choreographed by Shampa Gopikrishna; her sequences took 11 days to shoot.<ref name="Dance moves">{{cite web | url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/131202/entertainment-bollywood/article/dhoom-3-dance-moves-cost-bomb | title="Dhoom 3": Dance moves that cost a bomb! | work=Priyanka Praveen | date=2 December 2013 | access-date=17 December 2013}}</ref>

==Music video==
The song was shot in [[Mumbai]]'s Film City.<ref name="Shooting locale">{{cite web | url=http://www.koimoi.com/bollywood-popular/dhoom-3-song-malangs-first-look-revealed-feat-aamir-khan-katrina-kaif/ | title=Dhoom 3 Song Malang's First Look Revealed feat. Aamir Khan, Katrina Kaif | work=Koimoi.com Team | publisher=Koimoi.com | date=25 November 2013 | accessdate=16 December 2013}}</ref>

The music video starts with a picture of Aamir Khan and Katrina Kaif. The shot then moves to center around the logo of the song in front of a platform in the shape of [[Star of David]] or Star of Goloka<ref>{{cite web | url=http://gosai.com/writings/satkona-star-of-david-or-star-of-goloka | title=Satkona - Star of David or Star of Goloka? | work=Swami B.G. Narasingha | publisher=Gosai.com | date=6 February 2009 | accessdate=16 December 2013}}</ref> decorated with lights. Credits then display the names of the singers, Siddharth Mahadevan and Shilpa, that of the composer, [[Pritam]], and lastly those of the contributing lyricist [[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer Anjaan]].

The performance stage is lighted with small green, yellow and crimson coloured spotlights dotting the black background both horizontally and above the platform. The front of the stage is occupied by a water-body,{{clarify|date=January 2014}} semi-circular structures on two sides flanking the star shaped one in the middle, which holds the performers. An acrobat and a gymnast are at the front of the stage, along with others who are sitting on both sides of the water-body.{{clarify|date=January 2014}} While Sahir (portrayed by [[Aamir Khan]] in the [[Dhoom 3|film]] and music video) is shirtless and in black, Aliya (portrayed on screen by actress [[Katrina Kaif]]) wears a white outfit. Sahir enters the stage performing a [[Somersault|front somersault]] while the stage lights up with [[pyrotechnics]]. Taking hold of an [[aerial silk]], he glides once over the top of the audience whilst holding a torch with his free hand. Aliya enters the stage from above sitting on an [[aerial hoop]] while Sahir dances below, followed by both of them dancing together as well as performing aerobatic stunts in mid air with the support of [[aerial hoop]]s and aerial silk [[Aerial rigging|rigged]] above. The rest of the video consists of pictures of Sahir and Aliya with the lyrics below, interspersed with a few scenes from the film. The video ends with Sahir throwing his [[bowler hat]] towards the screen, which leads to the logo of the film along with the film's release date.{{efn|The synopsis here is for the 4:46-long YouTube video<ref name="Full song with lyrics">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2MSS3gWj0U | title=Malang - Full Song with Lyrics - DHOOM:3 | publisher=YRF YouTube channel | date=5 December 2013 | accessdate=16 December 2013}}</ref> released by [[Yash Raj Films]], featuring mostly lyrics. The makers of the film have decided against releasing the full video online, instead releasing only a 30-second promo with the promise that the full song is available only in theatres.<ref name="PS 2">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/music/news-and-interviews/Dhoom-3-to-only-release-song-teasers-of-30-seconds/movie-review/26420257.cms | title=Dhoom 3 to only release song teasers of 30 seconds | work=TNN | date=26 November 2013 | accessdate=17 December 2013}}</ref><ref name="promotional strategy">{{cite web | url=http://www.koimoi.com/bollywood-popular/dhoom-3-will-only-reveal-song-teasers-full-songs-reserved-till-release/ | title=Dhoom 3 Will Only Reveal Song Teasers Full Songs Reserved Till Release | work=Koimoi.com Team | publisher=Koimoi.com | date=28 November 2013 | accessdate=16 December 2013}}</ref> Due to similar footage the part-lyrical video has been used.<ref name="30 sec promo">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srMFb6zpx2Y&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PLCB05E03DA939D484 | title=Malang - Song Promo - DHOOM:3 | website=[[YouTube]] | date=28 November 2013 | accessdate=16 December 2013}}</ref>}}

==Critical reception==
Both the film's soundtrack and the ''Malang'' single received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Critic Rajiv Vijayakar, reviewing the single for [[Bollywood Hungama]], praised the song's [[Sufi]] influences and the "full-throated" singing.<ref name="BH Review">{{cite web | url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/musiccriticreview/id/542148 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215040843/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/musiccriticreview/id/542148 | url-status=dead | archive-date=15 December 2013 | title=Dhoom 3: Critic review | work=Rajiv Vijayakar | publisher=[[Bollywood Hungama]] | date=12 December 2013 | accessdate=17 December 2013}}</ref> Joginder Tuteja, reviewing for [[Rediff.com]], described the song as a "love track with a good rhythm" but criticised it for having an uncanny resemblance to another track, titled ''Jhoom Barabar Jhoom'', from a 2007 film of the same name that was also produced by [[Yash Raj Films]].<ref name="Rediff review">{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/review-dhoom-3s-soundtrack-is-engaging/20131214.htm | title=Review: Dhoom 3's soundtrack is engaging | work=Joginder Tuteja | publisher=[[Rediff.com]] | date=14 December 2013 | accessdate=17 December 2013}}</ref> Mohar Basu, reviewing for Koimoi.com, stated "this one is a Thumbs up!" acknowledging Rao's vocals, the grandeur of the music video, the lyrics, and the "sprinkling of Pre-modern Balkan music" that he detected in it.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.koimoi.com/bollywood-movies/music-reviews/dhoom-3-music-review/ | title=Dhoom 3 Music Review | work=Mohar Basu | publisher=Koimoi.com | date=11 December 2013 | accessdate=17 December 2013}}</ref>

==FIR filing==
A [[First Information Report]] (FIR) has been filed against Yash Raj Films by the [[Madariyya|Madariyya Sufi]] community on grounds of "hurting their religious sentiments and defaming their tradition."<ref name="Legal notice, FIR">{{cite web | url=https://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/news/2013/dhoom-3-malang-song-trouble-sameer-aamir-katrina-yash-raj-films-127131.html | title=Katrina, Aamir, YRF, Sameer Sent Legal Notice For Dhoom's Malang Song! | work=Smitha | publisher=One India | date=13 December 2013 | access-date=17 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.koimoi.com/videos/fir-against-dhoom-3s-song-malang/ | title=FIR Against Dhoom 3's Song 'Malang' | work=Koimoi.com Team | publisher=Koimoi.com | date=12 December 2013 | accessdate=17 December 2013}}</ref>

==Track listing==
*'''Digital Download'''<ref name="iTunes release and track listing"/>

===Hindi Version===
#"Malang" – 4:36

===Tamil Version===
#"Mayanga" – 4:33<ref>{{cite web |title=Mayanga (From "Dhoom:3 - Tamil") - Single|work= Abhishek Nailwal, Mahalakshmi Iyer & Aditi Singh Sharma & [[Pritam]] |publisher=[[iTunes Store]] |date= 2 December 2013|url=https://itunes.apple.com/in/album/mayanga-from-dhoom-3-tamil/id776635396|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131216100949/https://itunes.apple.com/in/album/mayanga-from-dhoom-3-tamil/id776635396|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 December 2013}}</ref>

===Telugu Version===
#"Tarang" – 4:33<ref>{{cite web |title=Tarang (From "Dhoom:3 - Telugu") - Single|work=Abhishek Nailwal, Shilpa Rao, Aditi Singh Sharma & [[Pritam]] |publisher=[[iTunes Store]] |date= 2 December 2013|url=https://itunes.apple.com/in/album/tarang-from-dhoom-3-telugu/id777447130|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131216101114/https://itunes.apple.com/in/album/tarang-from-dhoom-3-telugu/id777447130|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 December 2013}}</ref>

==References==
===Notes===
{{Notelist}}

===Citations===
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[[Category:Dhoom (franchise)]]
[[Category:2013 songs]]
[[Category:Filmi songs]]
[[Category:2013 singles]]
[[Category:Songs written for Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Songs in Hindi]]
[[Category:Songs with music by Pritam Chakraborty]]
[[Category:Shilpa Rao songs]]
[[Category:Sufi songs]]
[[Category:Songs with lyrics by Sameer Anjaan]]

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