"Wako Naam Fakir" is a song from the soundtrack of the 2019 film The Fakir of Venice. It was composed by Indian musician A. R. Rahman.
Background A. R. Rahman says it was the director's idea to use the 15th-century Indian mystic poet Kabir's doha, "Had-Had Tape So Auliya", that made him greenlight the song. "Anand is an interesting filmmaker and I liked his ideas. Wako Naam Fakir is a soulful number. I have composed one track for the film as well," stated the singer-composer.
The song was composed and sung by Rahman. "Wako Naam Fakir" is a doha of Sant Kabir. The song gives us a glimpse of its central characters' journey in the film. The song was performed by Rahman, Arjun Chandy, Abhay Jodhpurkar.
Reception The song was well appreciated by netizens with The Times of India labelling it as "soothing".
Personnel Guitars: Keba Jeremiah Cello: Irina Solinas Additional programming: Jerry Vincent, Ishaan Chhabra. Sound engineers: Panchathan Record Inn, Chennai Suresh Permal, Karthik Sekaran AR Studios Mumbai Dilshaad Shaikh, R Nitish Kumar AM Studios, Chennai S.Sivakumar, Pradeep Menon, Kannan Ganpat, Krishnan Subramanian, Manoj Rama Mixing: Jerry Vincent Mastering: Suresh Permal MFiT : S Sivakumar Musician co-ordinators: Noell James, TM Faizuddin, Abdul Haiyum, Siddique Musician fixer: R Samidurai Video editor: Saheb Bagchi Wako Naam Fakir
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