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{{short description|2010 song performed by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shankar Mahadevan, and Richa Sharma}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox song
| name = Sajdaa
| cover =
| caption =
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| type = song
| artist = [[Rahat Fateh Ali Khan]], [[Shankar Mahadevan]] and [[Richa Sharma (singer)|Richa Sharma]]
| album = [[My Name is Khan]]
| language = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2009|12|}}
| format =
| recorded = 2009
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| genre =
| length = 06:05
| label = [[Sony Music India]]
| composer = [[Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy]]
| lyricist = [[Niranjan Iyengar]]
| producer =
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|3rPEWcY6Oww|"Sajdaa"}}|type=song}}
}}

"'''Sajdaa'''" ({{Translation|Worship}}) is a song from the 2010 Hindi film ''[[My Name is Khan]]'', sung by [[Rahat Fateh Ali Khan]], [[Shankar Mahadevan]], and [[Richa Sharma (singer)|Richa Sharma]]. The song received positive reception from critics and won one award at the [[International Indian Film Academy Awards]], India's [[Mirchi Music Awards]] and that country's [[Zee Cine Awards]].

== Composition and music video ==
The lyrics for the song were written by [[Niranjan Iyengar]] and the music was composed by the trio [[Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/song/sajdaa-from-my-name-is-khan/XQ0kexJFVAI|title=Sajdaa (From "My Name Is Khan")|publisher=[[JioSaavn]]|date=|access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref> The song is picturized upon [[Shah Rukh Khan]] and [[Kajol]], the lead cast of the film. According to ''[[Anupama Chopra|Film Companion]]'', "in [[Urdu]], the word 'sajdaa' means to bow in prayer and in that spirit, the song is an exercise in romantic devotion." The video shows Kajol (Mandira Rathod Khan) getting [[mehndi]] applied. It also shows Mandira and Shah Rukh Khan (Rizwan Khan)'s marriage, and their newly married life.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/fc-lists/revisiting-my-name-is-khans-soundtrack-an-album-of-heartsore-shah-rukh-khan-kajol-shankar-ehsaan-loy|title=Revisiting My Name is Khan's Soundtrack: An Album of Heartsore|magazine=[[Anupama Chopra|Film Companion]]|date=12 February 2023|access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref>

==Reception==
The [[Indo-Asian News Service]] included the song in their listing of 10 greatest Bollywood songs of 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/93673/top-10-bollywood-songs-of-2010|title=Top 10 Bollywood songs of 2010|newspaper=[[The Express Tribune]]|date=23 December 2010|access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref>

The song was lauded by critics. Joginder Tuteja of [[Bollywood Hungama]] describing the song as a "chartbuster track" said "it is amazing to see Rahat Fateh Ali Khan delivering a chartbuster track practically every second month and this New Year couldn't see a better outing than 'Sajda' which maintains an Indian quality to it throughout {{sic|i|t's}} duration."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/my-name-is-khan/songs/music-critic-review/|title=My Name Is Khan Music Review|website=[[Bollywood Hungama]]|date=9 January 2010|access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref> [[Sukanya Verma]] of [[Rediff.com]] also liked the song and said, "A sense of breezy passion and poetic adulation run freely in the romance and reverence of the celebratory 'Sajda'."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/review/my-name-is-khan-music-review/20100107.htm|title=MNIK music: Not fancy, yet very likable|work=[[Rediff.com]]|date=5 January 2010|access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref>

"Sajdaa" won three awards. At the [[12th IIFA Awards|12th ceremony]] of India's [[International Indian Film Academy Awards|IIFA Awards]], it won the [[IIFA Award for Best Lyricist|Best Lyricist]] award for Iyengar.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-awards/iifa-awards-winners/2011/117|title=Complete list of winners of IIFA Awards 2011|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=|access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref> The song also won at the [[3rd Mirchi Music Awards|3rd ceremony]] of India's [[Mirchi Music Awards]]—Best song in Sufi Tradition.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/mirchi-music-awards-2010-winners/articleshow/7378687.cms|title=Mirchi Music Awards 2010 Winners|newspaper=The Times of India|date=|access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref> It won an award at the [[2011 Zee Cine Awards|2011 ceremony]] of India's [[Zee Cine Awards]]—[[Zee Cine Award for Best Playback Singer – Female|Best Playback Singer – Female]] for [[Richa Sharma (singer)|Richa Sharma]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/winners-of-zee-cine-awards-2011/|title=Winners of Zee Cine Awards 2011|website=[[Bollywood Hungama]]|date=14 January 2011|access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:2010 songs]]
[[Category:Songs written for Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Rahat Fateh Ali Khan songs]]
[[Category:Shankar Mahadevan songs]]
[[Category:Songs with music by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy]]

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