Aankh Maarey

"Aankh Maarey" (transl. Wink) is a Hindi-language song, originally composed by Viju Shah and sung by Kumar Sanu and Kavita Krishnamurthy for the 1996 Bollywood film Tere Mere Sapne, as picturized on Arshad Warsi and Simran.[1][2]

"Aankh Maarey"
Song by Kumar Sanu and Kavita Krishnamurthy
from the album Tere Mere Sapne
LanguageHindi
Released6 December 1996 (1996-12-06)
StudioT-Series
Genre
Length5:10
LabelT-Series
Composer(s)Viju Shah
Lyricist(s)Anand Bakshi
Producer(s)T-Series
Music video
"Aankh Maarey" on YouTube

The Tere Mere Sapne soundtrack album was released by T-Series and sold 2.2 million units in India, making it the ninth best-selling Bollywood soundtrack of 1996.[3]

2018 version
"Aankh Maarey"
Song by Neha Kakkar, Mika Singh, and Kumar Sanu
from the album Simmba
LanguageHindi
Released6 December 2018 (2018-12-06)
StudioT-Series
Genre
Length3:33
LabelT-Series
Composer(s)Tanishk Bagchi
Lyricist(s)Shabbir Ahmed
Producer(s)T-Series
Music video
"Aankh Marey" on YouTube

"Aankh Maarey" was remixed by Tanishk Bagchi for the 2018 film Simmba, with the vocals of Neha Kakkar and Mika Singh.[4][5][6][7][8][9] The music video is mainly picturized on the film's leading stars Ranveer Singh and Sara Ali Khan, and features several cameo appearances, including Arshad Warsi (with Kumar Sanu's voice from the original song), who starred in the original film from where the song came.[1][2]

Reception

The song became a major hit, with its video going viral within hours of its release by T-Series on YouTube, where it's received a total of over 1 billion views.[10][9][11] Between 6 December 2018 to 5 December 2019, it became the first Indian song to cross the milestone of 1.4 billion views on YouTube.

References
  1. "Simmba Aankh Marey Song: Ranveer Singh And Sara Ali Khan Burn The Dance Floor". Mid-day. Archived from the original on 6 December 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  2. "Ranveer Singh and Sara Ali Khan. Tanishq Bagchi recreate "Ladka Aankh Maare" for Simmba". Mumbai Mirror. Archived from the original on 23 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  3. "Music Hits 1990-1999 (Figures in Units)". Box Office India. 2 January 2010. Archived from the original on 2 January 2010.
  4. DBPost.com, About DB POST Digital view all posts twitterfacebook Staff Writer at (2018-12-06). "Here's how Simmba's 'Aankh Marey' is different from the '90s version". DBPOST. Archived from the original on 2019-03-31. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  5. "Simmba song Aankh Marey: Sara Ali Khan looks confident with seasoned Ranveer Singh. Watch". Hindustan Times. 2018-12-06. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  6. Ghosh, Devarsi. "Tanishk Bagchi doesn't care for the 'remix king' label: 'I am making music for millennials'". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  7. "'Aankh Marey' from 'Simmba' got potential to be flavour of this party season". DNA India. 2018-12-06. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  8. "Ranveer Singh burns the dance floor on Aankh Marey at Udaipur wedding. Watch video". India Today. Ist. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  9. "Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor dance to "Aankh Marey"". The Indian Express. 2019-03-19. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
  10. "Sara Ali Khan & Ranveer Singh's 'Aankh Marey' Goes Viral. Watch Now". whatSHElikes. 2018-12-06. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  11. "What! Ranveer Singh's Simmba song Aankh Marey garners 1.4 billion views on YouTube | Bollywood News". timesnownews.com. Retrieved 2019-05-18.


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