Tamasha

Tamasha is the soundtrack to the 2015 Imtiaz Ali film of the same name, composed by A. R. Rahman with lyrics by Irshad Kamil, and released on 16 October 2015 by T-Series^[1]. The nine-track album pairs Rahman's usual genre-hopping instincts, touching on European dance rhythms, bhangra, and classical Indian textures, with Kamil's lyrics, which trace the film's story of a man rediscovering himself after years of conforming to expectations he never chose^[1][2].

The album's biggest song, the duet "Agar Tum Saath Ho" featuring Alka Yagnik and Arijit Singh, became a chart-topping hit and has since grown into the most-streamed Indian song on Spotify^[1]. Irshad Kamil won the Filmfare Award for Best Lyrics for his work on the soundtrack, and Rahman and Yagnik both received nominations at the same ceremony^[1]. Some critics noted that the score echoed the sound of Rahman's earlier work on Rockstar and Highway, two other films built around characters torn between performance and authenticity, but the album was still widely counted among the strongest Hindi soundtracks of 2015^[1].