Ae Dil Hai Mushkil is the soundtrack album composed by Pritam, with lyrics written by Amitabh Bhattacharya for the 2016 Hindi romance film of the same name written and directed by Karan Johar. The soundtrack marks Pritam's maiden collaboration with Johar as director, despite having previously composed for his company Dharma Productions' Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. It is based on the film's theme on unrequited love, consisting situational numbers portraying the emotions of characters Ayan, Saba, Alizeh and Ali. Given the intensity of the screenplay, Pritam composed a mix of romantic, intense and fun songs unlike routine romantic numbers. The title track, which served the first single from the soundtrack was instantaneously composed with predictable rhymes. As per trends by Google, the track was the topmost Hindi song in India during 2016–17. The tracks "Bulleya" and "Channa Mereya" served as second and third singles both were successful at the Radio Mirchi music charts and set new streaming records on digital music platforms in India. "Bulleya" incorporates the Sufi genre whereas the "Channa Mereya" is a fusion folk track. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ae_Dil_...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)