The romantic Hindi song ‘Galliyan’ is from the Bollywood movie 'Ek Villian,' released in 2014. The music is composed and sung by Ankit Tiwari, and the lyrics are written by Manoj Muntashir. The music video for this track features Shraddha Kapoor and Sidharth Malhotra. It is hard to believe, but this soothing and heart-touching song is from a movie based on the love story of a villain.
Here’s some trivia for you! In a public appearance, Ankit Tiwari recounted that he began thinking about the music for the song while he was taking his evening stroll around his building’s compound. He shared that the most challenging part for him was to compose the introduction and the second paragraph of the song. However, by the time Ankit went to his apartment, he had the entire song playing in his mind and as soon as he reached home, he fine-tuned the composition and arranged it on his keyboard. The next day, Ankit sent the composition to the director, who liked it instantly. What was not to like, right?!
Here are some other interesting anecdotes from the song's recording. It’s often recounted how Shraddha and Sidharth had to camp for hours at a hilltop to capture the beautiful scene of a peacock opening its wings. Moreover, the iconic underwater scene of the music video was completed in seven hours. Undoubtedly, a lot went into creating such a dreamy music video!
Ankita Tiwari often expresses fond memories from the recording of this song. He once cited that the emotions expressed in this song are of young, immature, and obsessive love, and thus it was rather easy to express since everyone has gone through that phase in their lives. The relatable theme of being madly in love with someone resonated with listeners, contributing to its lasting popularity. Due to its soulful composition and meaningful lyrics, the song was included in many charts and was ranked at number 4 in the "Top 10 Songs of 2014" list published by The Indian Express. The song also won many accolades, one notable mention being Ankit Tiwari taking home the Filmfare award for Best Male Playback Singer.
Even after a decade of its release, this song remains a fan favourite with people singing along to it whenever they hear it. Nonetheless, it’s a popular song to play on piano and guitar. With our simplified piano song lesson on Galliyan, you can learn to play this song on piano even as an absolute beginner. This song lesson is taught by our instructor, Harrison Light, who has over two decades of experience playing the piano professionally.
Harrison has divided the Beginner’s Galliyan song tutorial into multiple sections: Intro Piece, Chorus, Bridge, and Song Demo. Dividing the ‘Galliyan’ lesson into sections facilitates easy learning for beginners.
If you wish to access beginner’s versions of other popular Bollywood tracks, check out our piano playlist titled Beginner’s Songs. This playlist features simplified versions of songs like Sun Raha Hai, Tujhko Jo Paya, and Tum Se Hi.
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