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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nImtiaz Ali<\/a> has opened up about how \u2018Safar\u2019, one of the standout songs from Shah Rukh Khan<\/a>\u2019s \u2018Jab Harry Met Sejal\u2019, came together and why he believes it captures the emotional state of modern life. The director said the song began in a very different musical space before evolving into something softer and more fluid. He also linked its lyrics to a larger feeling of restlessness that defines contemporary life.As per IANS, Ali said the song had its own creative journey and changed shape during the making process. He explained that what began as a heavy blues track eventually moved into what he described as a \u201ccountry meets blues\u201d zone, while still holding on to its original emotional pull.<\/p>\n Ali said, \u201cThat was a very blues song when we conceptualized it and when we were singing it and even before the lyrics were written. Later, it became a little different, but still it retains an element of \u2018country meets blues\u2019, that kind of a zone. And it\u2019s a very singing on the guitar kind of a song and it\u2019s also very here and now.\u201dHe then pointed to the lines written by Irshad Kamil as the emotional center of the track. Ali said, \u201cI feel that this line that Irshad has written, \u2018idhar ka hi hoon na, udhar ka raha, safar ka hi tha main safar ka raha\u2019, that I\u2019m neither, I don\u2019t belong to where I come from and I don\u2019t belong to where I\u2019m going. It\u2019s like the state of the contemporary human\u201d.<\/p>\n Ali said that feeling of being in transit gives the song its lasting power. \u201cOne feels that one is always in a travel, it\u2019s in a state of flux that we exist in. So I feel that it\u2019s a very interesting song.\u201dHe also recalled filming the track and said those moments stayed with him. \u201cI really love taking the shots of that song because there was a sense of great association. Whenever we were shooting, there were some shots at the railway station. I think in Budapest, where SRK is just sitting and we were shooting and a train was coming, that kind of shot.\u201dFor Ali, those visuals matched the song\u2019s emotional drift. He said it felt \u201cso nice and very fulfilling\u201d to film them, tying the music, the mood, and Shah Rukh Khan\u2019s screen presence into one of the film\u2019s most memorable stretches.<\/div>\n\u2018Safar\u2019 song from \u2018Jab Harry Met Sejal\u2019<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
Imtiaz Ali on SRK song meaning<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n