The 2024 Hindi film of the same name was written and directed by Imtiaz Ali that casts Diljit Dosanjh and Parineeti Chopra in the lead roles.

Narula; rerecorded live vocals by Dosanjh, Chopra, Khushpreet Kaur and Nisha Bano sung through the film shooting.

Upon release, the soundtrack album received positive review from music critics who acknowledged the careful crafting on tunes, the mood, tone, beats and lyrical phrases.

[2] Ali wanted to Rahman compose the soundtrack album, where the latter opined that original songs by Amar Singh Chamkila were already present in the field of music.

[3] Lyricist Irshad Kamil and Rahman designed the songs rooted with rhythm changes and adapted them to the type of Broadway musical.

[9] Also, further creative guidance came from Rahman, where Ali couldn't translate Chamkila's original songs, but had to make sure that the Hindi-speaking audience understand it through superimposed text on screen.

[3] For "Ishq Mitaye", Ali wanted an "impressive" voice from northern India that communicates the story of Chamkila as well as that of Punjab.

[14] In an interview with The Indian Express, Rahman stated, for the song "Baaja": "We took a Broadway kind of structure where the lyrics tell the story and changed the tempo while remaining in the realm of Punjabi music.

"[7] On recording the track "Tu Kya Jaane", the singer Yashika Sikka stated that she barely got time to rehearse as the melody was designed by Rahman in fifteen minutes.

[17] Comedian Kapil Sharma was approached to record for track for the film but did not materialize due to the schedules, although he was one of the choices for the titular character.

"[19] Lachmi Deb Roy who writes for Firstpost stated: "The best part of the film is that AR Rahman and Imtiaz Ali kept the original songs of Chamkila and didn’t modify it"[20] Tatsam Mukherjee, in his review for The Wire, praised the track "Naram Kaalja" exclaiming: "which feels like a Rahman/Kamil homage to what a Chamkila song would sound like if sung solely by Amarjot".

[21] Poulomi Das of The Federal quoted: "biting wordmanship of Irshad Kamil, the electric soundscapes of AR Rahman" in her review.

[23] Critic Ekta Sinha in her review for Elle Magazine wrote: "The film’s jukebox has six songs that are carefully crafted to leave everyone mesmerised by their tunes.

"[24] Critic Tushar Shukla from Medium concluded in positive after reviewing each track of the soundtrack album: "You can’t really listen to a song from this legendary team and have an instant reaction to it.

[26] Aman Sharma reviewed the soundtrack for News18, " Rahman has provided the Punjabi master-touch that makes the lead song live up to the hype.

The soundtrack not only captures the rise and times of the slain Punjabi singer in the 1980s, but also the flavour of Punjab through its lyrics penned by Irshad Kamil"[27] In his review for The New Indian Express, Kartik Bhardwaj wrote: "A.R.

"Ishq Mitaye" revs up the film when it starts lagging, "Naram Kaalja", although picturised with a celebratory zest, is a random squeeze into the screenplay and works better as a standalone music video.

"[28] Critic Nandini Ramnath writes for Scroll, stating: "AR Rahman’s Punjabi pop-inflected Hindi soundtrack is woven into the musical-like saga.