Raabta (song)

Composed by Pritam Chakraborty, the song is sung by Arijit Singh, with lyrics penned by Amitabh Bhattacharya.

The composition of the song by Pritam, lyrics by Amitabh Bhattacharya, Irshad Kamil and renditions by the singers in their respective versions were well received by the reviewers.

Bollywood Hungama's Joginder Tuteja praised all 4 versions of the song and commented: "Special mention for lyricist Bhattacharya who indeed ends up getting something new to cheer about and demonstrates once again that he has a good knack of playing around with words".

[7] Sharma was nominated for the Stardust New Musical Sensation Singer – Female award for her rendition in the version of the song, along with "Main Heroine Hoon".

The version along with "Kehte Hain Khuda Ne" by Shreya Ghoshal was picked as best tracks in the album by Filmfare's Rachit Gupta.

In comparison, by the composition of the song, to that of the version "Night in a Motel", an electric guitar is added to the tune and the drum beat is softened, apart from the use of piano.

Aditi Singh Sharma also performed the love ballad, at the Atif Aslam concert which was presented by ARN Entertainment and R.V Steels and Power on 22 May 2014.

[15] She even performed the song at "Tum Hi Ho" live concert at the San Jose State University Event Center on 9 August 2014.

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Shreya Ghoshal performing at the concert held at World Forum , the Netherlands on 31 May 2014, where she performed the song live.