Generously inspired by Persian pop singer Zia Atabi's 'Heleh maali (1977).
Big B's quote in Hindustan Times that alluded to Kaalia's 'Jahan teru yeh nazar hai' (1981) being inspired by a Persian track is where we started. '...we worked on to imbibe a few notes we liked...' was Big B's reference. The original is called 'Heleh maali' sung by Zia Atabi, Iranian pop star of the 70s and referred to as the Tom Jones of Iran! Atabi, incidentally, now owns the NITV (National Iranian Television Network), a Farsi TV station that is headquartered in Los Angeles. Heleh maali was part of Zia's 1977 album of the same name. Most of what we've thoroughly enjoyed in the Hindi version - starting from 'Jahan teri' is intact in the original, which is largely synth-driven - quite a lot of notes, if you ask me...though, the very famous trumpet'ish piece is missing and seems to be Pancham's brilliant addition. The inspiration does span to the tune of the antara too, by the way!
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