Wako Naam Fakir

2019 song by A. R. Rahman

"Wako Naam Fakir"
Song by A. R. Rahman
from the album The Fakir of Venice
Released	January 6, 2019^[1]
Studio	AM Studios (Chennai, India)
Genre	World
Length	3:29
Label	October Films
Songwriter(s)	A. R. Rahman

"Wako Naam Fakir" is a song from the soundtrack of the 2019 film The Fakir of Venice. It was composed by Indian musician A. R. Rahman.^[1]

Background

A. R. Rahman says it was the director's idea to use the 15th-century Indian mystic poet Kabir's doha, "Had-Had Tape So Auliya", that made him greenlight the song. "Anand is an interesting filmmaker and I liked his ideas. Wako Naam Fakir is a soulful number. I have composed one track for the film as well," stated the singer-composer.^[2]

The song was composed and sung by Rahman. "Wako Naam Fakir" is a doha of Sant Kabir. The song gives us a glimpse of its central characters' journey in the film.^[3] The song was performed by Rahman, Arjun Chandy, Abhay Jodhpurkar.^[1]

Personnel

Guitars: Keba Jeremiah
Cello: Irina Solinas
Additional programming: Jerry Vincent, Ishaan Chhabra.
Sound engineers: Panchathan Record Inn, Chennai Suresh Permal, Karthik Sekaran
AR Studios Mumbai
Dilshaad Shaikh, R Nitish Kumar
AM Studios, Chennai S.Sivakumar, Pradeep Menon, Kannan Ganpat, Krishnan Subramanian, Manoj Rama
Mixing: Jerry Vincent
Mastering: Suresh Permal MFiT : S Sivakumar
Musician co-ordinators: Noell James, TM Faizuddin, Abdul Haiyum, Siddique
Musician fixer: R Samidurai
Video editor: Saheb Bagchi Wako Naam Fakir

References

^ ^a ^b ^c October Films India. "Wako Naam Fakir - The Fakir of Venice - A R Rahman. * Farhan Akhtar & Annu Kapoor". Retrieved 2019-01-07 – via YouTube.
^ "A.R. Rahman: Liked the director s idea". mid-day. 2019-01-08. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
^ "'Wako Naam Fakir' song: Farhan and Annu's camaraderie is endearing in this soulful track | Bollywood Bubble". 2019-01-07. Retrieved 2019-01-09.