Jagga Jasoos (soundtrack)

Jagga Jasoos (transl. Detective Jagga) is the soundtrack album to the 2017 Hindi-language film of the same name directed by Anurag Basu, starring Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif in the lead roles. The film is produced by Pictureshuru Entertainment and Disney Pictures India. The film's soundtrack and background score is composed by Pritam in his fourth collaboration with Basu, whereas the lyrics for the songs were written by Amitabh Bhattacharya and Neelesh Misra. The film features dialogues in a sing-song rhymes format written by Samrat Chakraborty, Devesh Kapoor and Debatma Mandal along with Bhattacharya and Basu themselves.

Since the film is a musical with songs being demanded for the narrative, Pritam had conceptualised a soundtrack that consisting of 29 songs, which includes five straight numbers and the rest of the tracks were consisted of dialogues and rhymes being sung by the actors, rather than reciting the dialogues. Pritam had worked for the soundtrack for more than three years, that inspires of various cultures in the music genre and uses several instruments. The soundtrack which consisted of six tracks as straight numbers, were released by T-Series on 14 July 2017, coinciding the film's release. The remaining musical songs were expected to be released after the film's theatrical run, but were not released as planned, due to Pritam's complications with the Disney Pictures India and T-Series on releasing the album. Later, the musical tracks were published by the composer individually during mid-February 2018.

The album received positive reviews from critics, praising the compositions, lyrics and choice of singers, eventually went on to become one of the best musical soundtracks of the 2017 (and the decade). Film critics praised Basu and Pritam on the integration of the songs and the writing of dialogues in musical rather than storytelling format. The tracks "Ullu Ka Pattha" and "Galti Se Mistake" were chart-busters, and appreciated for the tune, lyrics and the song choreography. In addition to the critical and audience response, the album won numerous accolades, including received five Bollywood Film Journalists, four Filmfare, two International Indian Film Academy and Screen Awards, a Mirchi Music and Zee Cine Award each.