दर्द

Dard is a melancholic romantic ballad from the 2026 supernatural horror film Haunted 3D: Echoes of the Past, directed by Vikram Bhatt. Sung by the hugely popular Jubin Nautiyal, the song is composed by the duo Nayeem-Shabir — veterans of the Bhatt-camp sound — with Shakeel Azmi's evocative Urdu-Hindi lyrics. Released by Saregama on 12 June 2026, Dard is one of the album's two tracks by the Nayeem-Shabir duo, bringing a more classical Urdu ghazal-influenced texture alongside Prateek Walia's contemporary arrangements.

Nayeem-Shabir are long-standing collaborators with the Bhatt film camp, having scored multiple films in the Raaz and Haunted franchise. For Dard they deploy a piano-led arrangement with subtle electronic underpinning, contrasting with Prateek Walia's acoustic approach on the album's other tracks. Jubin Nautiyal's falsetto passages in the upper register give the song its haunting quality.

Shakeel Azmi's lyrics explore pain not as melodrama but as a quiet, persistent ache — the kind that surfaces in small moments. The Urdu vocabulary (dard meaning pain/ache, its many shades from physical to metaphysical) is used with Azmi's characteristic economy.

The Nayeem-Shabir duo have a unique relationship with Vikram Bhatt's horror franchise, having contributed to Raaz and earlier Haunted iterations. Dard represents their return to a franchise they helped define, updated for 2026 production sensibilities.

Jubin Nautiyal's involvement ensures this song reaches a massive streaming audience — he is consistently among the most-streamed Hindi vocalists. For a relatively small-budget horror film, Dard provides major commercial weight to the soundtrack.