stigma or blemish) is the soundtrack album for the 2019 Indian period drama romantic film of the same name, directed by Abhishek Varman and produced by Karan Johar, Sajid Nadiadwala and Fox Star Studios, featuring an ensemble cast includes Madhuri Dixit, Sonakshi Sinha, Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Aditya Roy Kapur, Sanjay Dutt.
The music video for the song was simultaneously released, starring Alia Bhatt, Madhuri Dixit and Varun Dhawan amidst a Hindu festival celebrating the Ramayana.
In the video, the different people who contributed towards the musical number, from singer Shreya Ghoshal to choreographer Remo D'Souza to designer Manish Malhotra and producer Karan Johar can be seen sharing their experience while filming the song.
Set in Hira Mandi, the song presents the nuances of Varun's character with a subtle play of lyrics in a light-hearted manner.
Pritam, who has composed the song had earlier told BT that "The idea was to come up with a track that feels like a retro number from the 50s.
We had to create a fun, mohalla song which has masti and mazak with a beautiful underlying layer of emotion.
Elaborating on this, he further added, "The character is being introduced to the audience; he talks about a lot of things he feels, sees and experiences around him, but believes 'sab first class hai.'
[6] The music video featured characters of Dhawan and Alia Bhatt "falling for each other in silent moments".