Just when Saiyaara’s title track seemed to have sealed its place as one of the film’s biggest emotional takeaways, the song has found itself at the center of a public royalties clash. Tanishk Bagchi’s deeply personal note about feeling shortchanged has now been met with a firm response from Yash Raj Films, turning a celebrated musical collaboration into one of the industry’s most closely watched disputes of the moment.
Yrf Issues Its Official Clarification
In a statement released after Bagchi’s social media post, a YRF spokesperson said, “Saiyaara title track was a beautiful collaboration between three composers (Tanishk Bagchi along with Faheem Abdullah and Arslan Nizami). We are deeply thankful for their brilliance in creating a timeless song that has touched a million hearts. Royalties for the title track have been shared and will continue to be shared by YRF equally between all three composers as contractually agreed by all, including Tanishk. YRF has paid every collaborator their due, as per contract, all within mutually agreed terms & time.”
Bagchi, meanwhile, had laid out his hurt in deeply personal terms. He wrote, “I agreed to everything because I believed in the music. I gave this song everything I had. From the production to the composition, working with the lyricist and singers, recording, vocal tuning, sound, arrangements every single detail mattered to me. I treated it like it was my own.”
He further said, “Whatever YRF had paid me, all of that nominal amount was used to do the live and mixes. What was left was zero, yes. That’s what I earned from a song so big. What hurts the most is that, as per the royalty statement, I’m still yet to receive just Rs 8 lakhs in royalties for a song that has gone on to do millions of streams and views across platforms.”
In the same note, Bagchi also wrote that the experience had changed how he now viewed the industry and the people he wanted to work with going forward. He added, “The only two people from this film I truly respect are Mohit Suri sir and Irshad Kamil sir.”
Why The Saiyaara Track Became The Flashpoint
That is precisely why this standoff has drawn such intense attention. Saiyaara’s title track was not just another soundtrack release, it became one of the film’s strongest emotional signatures and helped shape how audiences connected with its love story. With composition credits shared by Tanishk Bagchi, Faheem Abdullah, and Arslan Nizami, lyrics by Irshad Kamil, and vocals by Faheem Abdullah, the song carried a creative weight that made Bagchi’s post impossible to ignore.
The clash has also landed at a moment when conversations around ownership and earnings in film music are increasingly public, especially when a song breaks through at scale. YRF’s response now places the focus squarely on contract terms and royalty structure, while Bagchi’s note underscores the personal and creative investment he says went into making the track what it became. For now, the official positions are firmly on record, and Saiyaara’s most loved song is being discussed for reasons far beyond its melody.
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