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Music composer Ehsaan Noorani shares throwback pic from composing session of song Kal Ho Naa Ho

Updated on: 09 January,2026 10:47 AM IST  |  Mumbai
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The song Kal Ho Naa Ho featured in the 2003 movie of the same name, directed by Nikhil Advani and produced by Yash Johar. It starred Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan and Preity Zinta

Music composer Ehsaan Noorani shares throwback pic from composing session of song Kal Ho Naa Ho

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Music composer Ehsaan Noorani from the superhit trio Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy recently sent fans into a wave of nostalgia after sharing a rare throwback picture straight from the composing session of the iconic song Kal Ho Naa Ho

The picture shared by Ehsaan featured himself, Shankar Mahadevan, Loy, along with the movie's director Nikhil Advani and veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar.


He wrote, “The only picture that exists of shankarehsaanloy shankar.mahadevan loymendonsaofficial at the composing session for kalhonaaaho with director nikkhiladvani and jaduakhtar pity that Yash Johar Sir is not in the pic this session created history and the iconic music for the movie. karanjohar dharmamovies sonunigamofficial bollywoodsongsdaily bollywoodsongs.”



 
 
 
 
 
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A post shared by Shankar Ehsaan Loy (@shankarehsaanloy)

According to the caption, the photo was taken during a late-night music session in 2003 inside a studio in Mumbai. Ehsaan Noorani also regretted that producer Yash Johar was not present in the particular frame, though he was the driving force behind the film's creation.

For the uninitiated, the song Kal Ho Naa Ho featured in the 2003 Bollywood movie of the same name, directed by Nikhil Advani and produced by Yash Johar under Dharma Productions.

The movie starred Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan and Preity Zinta in the lead and also featured a fine cast like Jaya Bachchan, Sushma Seth, Reema Lagoo, Delnaaz Irani, Lilette Dubey, Ketki Dave, Simone Singh (special appearance), and others in supporting roles.

The title track was sung by Sonu Nigam, composed by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, and written by Javed Akhtar.

Talking about the movie Kal Ho Naa Ho released on November 28, 2003, and performed exceptionally well at the box office, earning both commercial success and critical praise. The movie also starred Sonali Bendre and Sanjay Kapoor in cameos.

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