Nanga Punga Dost
| "Nanga Punga Dost" | |
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Cover of the song, featuring actors Aamir Khan
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| Song by Shreya Ghoshal | |
| from the album PK | |
| Released | 17 November 2014 (Full Song) 18 November 2014 (Music Video) |
| Format | CD single, Legal digital download |
| Genre | Filmi |
| Length | 4:46 |
| Label | T-Series |
| Composer(s) | Shantanu Moitra |
| Lyricist(s) | Swanand Kirkire |
| PK track listing | |
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| Music video | |
| "Nanga Punga Dost" on YouTube | |
"Nanga Punga Dost" (English: Naked friend) is a Hindi song from the 2014 Bollywood film, PK. Composed by Shantanu Moitra, the song is sung by Shreya Ghoshal, with lyrics penned by Swanand Kirkire. The music video of the track features actors Aamir Khan and Anushka Sharma.
The film's director, Rajkumar Hirani, presented the idea of the song to the composer, Shantanu Moitra. The song was conceptualised well before the first poster of the film, which features Aamir posing nude with a strategically placed vintage boombox. On 14 November 2014, reports suggested that a song would be released, based on Aamir Khan's naked sequence in the film. Moitra confirmed the news: "Nanga Punga is an amazing, crazy and wild song, crooned by Shreya Ghoshal. It is based on Aamir's nude sequence in the film."
Regarding the vocals by Ghoshal in the song, Moitra stated: "Shreya has sung this quirky number beautifully and it shows her prowess as a singer". The crew of the song, Hirani, Moitra, Ghoshal, Kirikire along with Khan, had previously worked in the song "Zoobi Doobi" from 3 Idiots (2009). The first verse of the song with a different lyrics, was used in the film, in the introductory scene of Anushka Sharma, while the original version of the song was used in the end credits.
The song begins with a guitar riff and is accompanied by violin in the middle of the song. It also has some orchestral lines with an addition of Indian flavours. The lyrics of the song were penned by Swanand Kirkire. In an interview, Khan stated that the song does not "come in the bracket of item songs and when I talk about the lyrics by themselves would project bad things. When you listen to the songs while watching the film you will get the real meaning of them".
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