Yaariyan 2 is the soundtrack album to the 2023 film of the same name directed by Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru. A spiritual successor to "Yaariyan" (2014) and a remake of the Malayalam film "Bangalore Days", the film stars Divya Khosla Kumar, Yash Dasgupta, Pearl V Puri, Anaswara Rajan, Priya Prakash Varrier, Bhagyashri Borse, Meezaan Jafri and Warina Hussain.
Two soundtracks were released for the film: the first being consisted of the songs featured in the film, released on 24 September 2023. It features 10 songs with music and lyrics by Manan Bhardwaj, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Rahim Shah, Khaalif. The second album featured a compilation of old songs specifically heard in the film and released on 12 November 2023. Both albums were distributed by T-Series.
Development.
The film's primary contributor of music was Manan Bhardwaj, who earlier worked on curating independent singles and being part of multi-composer soundtracks for T-Series. When he completed working on "Dhokha" composed by Arijit Singh for the label, one of the executives from the label, asked to compose a song that depicted the brother-sister relationship. While Bhardwaj mistakenly identified it as it was for some independent single, he worked on the mukhda of the song (later deciphered as "Saure Ghar") and sent to Bhushan Kumar. The latter immediately liked it and insisted to work in few other songs for the film as well. This resulted in him curating seven songs for the film and its album, being the predominant contributor. Since he had worked on one or few songs in multi-composer albums, the curation was a long process, but he enjoyed it thoroughly.
According to Bhardwaj, each song "emotes differently and explains the story itself", describing the characters and their relationships. Bhardwaj curated so many tunes and well as experimented in the lyrical writing so that he would be connected to his melodies. Bhardwaj called it as "a beautifully diversified and wonderful music album." The song "Sunny Sunny" which was composed for its predecessor, by Yo Yo Honey Singh had been remade for the film as "Sunny Sunny 2.0" and "Blue Hai Paani Paani", respectively. Singh composed the remake versions with music producer Khaalif, while the only original song "Kho Sa Gaya Hoon" was composed with Bhardwaj.
Release.
The first single "Saure Ghar" was released on 28 August 2023. The second song "Simroon Tera Naam", which was a remake of the originally composed "Sanson Ki Mala Pe" by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, was released on 8 September 2023. The third song "Oonchi Oonchi Deewarein" was released on 16 September 2023. The soundtrack was released on 24 September. On 12 November, a month after the film's release, another soundtrack was unveiled which featured the songs heard in the film.
Reception.
Critic based at "Radio Mirchi" mentioned that the soundtrack "has a mix of melodies, raps and groovy numbers, making it a wholesome album for music enthusiasts". Deepa Gahlot of "Rediff.com" wrote "The music is pleasant enough while it is playing on screen but no tune stays on your mind." "Bollywood Hungama" wrote "The songs are decent though it's in no way close to the hit soundtrack of "Yaariyan" (2014)." Subhash K Jha of "Times Now" called the songs "ear-friendly [...] especially Arjit Singh’s "Oonchi Oonchi Deewarein" and Sachet Tandon’s Simroon "Tera Naam" which has been shot with an exquisite play of light and shade."