Director Imtiaz Ali reveals that the song “Safar” from the film “Jab Harry Met Sejal” evolved from a blues song into a “country meets blues” feel, embodying the angst of modern life. It highlights Irshad Kamil’s lyrics, “idhar ka hi hoon na, udhar ka raha, safar ka hi tha main safar ka raha”, as an embodiment of the state of flow experienced by modern man.
Imtiaz Ali spoke about how he incorporated ‘Safar’, one of the standout songs from Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Jab Harry Met Sejal’, and why he believes it captures the emotional state of modern life. The director said that the song started out in a completely different musical space before evolving into something softer and smoother.
He also linked her words to a greater sense of anxiety that characterizes contemporary life.According to IANS, Ali said that the song had its own creative journey and changed shape during the production process. He explained that what started out as a heavy blues track eventually moved into what he described as “country meets blues” territory, while still holding on to its original emotional appeal.
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The song “Safar” from the movie “Jab Harry Met Sejal”
“That was a very blues song when we conceived it and when we were singing it and even before the words were written,” Ali said.
Later on, it became a little different, but it still kept the “country meets blues” element, that kind of area. It’s a very lyrical guitar song that’s also very much in the here and now.He then pointed to the lines written by Irshad Kamil as the emotional center of the track. “I feel like that line that Irshad wrote, ‘idhar ka hi hoon na, udhar ka raha, safar ka hi tha main safar ka raha’, I feel like I’m not like that, I don’t belong to where I’m coming from and I don’t belong to where I’m going,” Ali said.
“It is like the condition of modern man.”
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Ali said the feeling of transience gives the song its lasting power. “One feels like one is always on a journey, we are in a constant state of change. So I feel like it is a very interesting song.”He also recalled filming the track and said those moments stayed with him. “I really loved shooting shots of that song because there was a great feeling of connection. Whenever we were shooting, there were some shots at the railway station. I think in Budapest, where SRK was just sitting and we were shooting and the train was coming, those kind of shots.”For Ali, those images matched the emotional sweep of the song. He said it was a “very beautiful and very satisfying” feeling to film them, connecting the music, mood and SRK’s screen presence into one of the most memorable sequences in the film.
