Najane Kyun
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"Najane Kyun" is a song by Strings
Strings (band)
Strings are an internationally acclaimed pop rock band comprising two members from Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. The band was initially formed by four college students, Bilal Maqsood , Faisal Kapadia , Rafiq Wazir Ali and Kareem Bashir Bhoy in 1988...

 released on the 2004
2004 in music
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 soundtrack for the film Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man 2
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. This track is on the Pakistan
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i version of the soundtrack. The song is also featured on their fourth studio album, Dhaani
Dhaani
-Personnel:All information is taken from the CD.Strings:* Faisal Kapadia: lead vocals* Bial Maqsood: vocals, lead guitarAdditional musicians* Vocals: Hariharan & Sagarika daCosta * Guitars: Shuja Haider & Shallum Asher Xavier...

, released in 2003.

Background

In June 2004, before they could record their next song, "Najane Kyun", Strings were approached by the heads at Columbia TriStar
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 Films of India, a sister company to their record label
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 company to include the song in the soundtrack of the Urdu version of the epic Hollywood blockbuster Spider-Man
Spider-Man (film)
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. With their massive presence in the Indian pop
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 music scene, Strings were mistaken for an Indian band.

Soon afterwards, they were approached by an Indian director shooting Zinda
Zinda (film)
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, a remake of the classic South Korea
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n film Oldboy
Oldboy
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to do a soundtrack. Maqsood composed a song titled "Zinda" for the movie. For the video, the duo had to act alongside two A-list actors from Bollywood
Bollywood
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. It was here that the duo became good friends with John Abraham
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 and Sanjay Dutt
Sanjay Dutt
Sanjay Dutt is an Indian Hindi film actor and politician. Dutt, son of Hindi film actors Sunil and Nargis Dutt, made his acting debut in 1981.-Personal life:...

and would later appear in more ventures together.

Track listing

Najane Kyun

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Pakistani Singles Chart 1

External links

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