Stay a Little Longer) is a popular song from the soundtrack of the Bollywood film Half Girlfriend.
[4][5] The version heard in Half Girlfriend is revamped from an earlier tune by Pakistani singer Farhan Saeed, while he was with the band Jal.
The original version, sung by Farhan Saeed, received an overwhelming response from the public, with the music video on YouTube garnering four million views in a single day.
[3] Critics generally gave "Thodi Der" positive reviews, describing the song as "soulful", with one reviewer stating that "Shraddha Kapoor and Arjun Kapoor’s chemistry does full justice to the latest track"[6] India.com described the song as "extremely soothing", and "the sarangi played by Murad Ali Khan adds to the charm of the song"[2] The English version, "Stay a Little Longer", was described as "a combination of western and Indian music."
In a critique of the song, News18 did not comment on the song itself, but described it as an insensitive production of Bollywood, questioning why the two instruments of the tabla and dafli were included in the video without seeming to be played, and pointing out the music video as being shot in front of Humayun's tomb in Delhi.