People
have
Ajay
to
thank
for
Sufi-influenced
tracks
'Pi
Loon'
and
'Tum
Jo
Aaye'
in
Ekta
Kapoor's
Once
Upon
A
Time
In
Mumbai
soundtrack.
Says
a
source
close
to
Ajay,
"It
was
director
Milan
Luthria
who
introduced
AJ
to
Sufi
music
during
the
last
film
they
did
together:
Kachcha
Dhaage.
Since
then,
he
has
amassed
a
huge
collection
of
his
own.
The
two
discussed
the
genre
of
music
in
between
shooting
Once
Upon
A
Time."
The
source
adds,
"During
one
such
discussion,
Ajay
told
Milan
that
he
felt
the
film
should
have
a
couple
of
Sufi
songs
in
Once
Upon
A
Time
In
Mumbai.
After
that,
Milan
told
the
music
director
to
incorporate
some
Sufi
music
into
the
soundtrack
--
that's
how
Pi
loon
and
Tum
jo
aaye
were
born.
Ajay
was
one
of
the
first
to
listen
to
the
recording.
Now
the
Once
Upon
A
Time
In
Mumbai
score
has
become
one
of
Ajay's
personal
favourites."
Says
Devgan,
"I
love
both
the
songs
in
the
film.
Rahat
Fateh
Ali
Khan
and
the
late
Nusrat
Fateh
Ali
Khan
are
my
favorite
Sufi
singers.
I've
become
a
fan
since
discovering
it
during
Kachche
Dhaage.
I
find
Sufi
music
very
soothing.
Milan
made
me
hear
the
songs
after
Pritam
had
composed
them
and
I
loved
them!
I
couldn't
stop
hearing
them
after
that..."
Milan
says,
"The
first
time
I
made
Ajay
hear
the
two
Sufi
tracks
at
his
Karjat
farmhouse
was
when
we
just
got
the
music.
He
was
among
the
first
to
hear
it
and
went
on
playing
it
over
and
over.
We
feel
Sufi
music
halts
the
noise
of
the
music
of
today,
permeates
our
consciousness
and
titillates
our
senses.
It
commands
good
words
and
no
one
can
fool
around
with
it.
It
was
a
risk
we
took
but
now
the
music
is
a
hit."
Story first published: Friday, July 9, 2010, 11:10 [IST]