गद्दार

Saurabh Mehta constructs 'Ghaddar' on a lean, taut melodic frame — percussion-forward with a folk undercurrent that feels less like celebration and more like a drumbeat at a public trial. Niyam Kanungo's delivery is controlled, almost deliberate, allowing the weight of the word 'ghaddar' to land each time without melodrama.

Devendra Malviya's lyric uses 'ghaddar' (traitor) as both accusation and mirror — asking who really betrayed whom in the Delhi riots of 2020, when ordinary people were labelled enemies by political design. The word functions like a stone thrown and returned.

Released as a promotional song alongside the film's trailer ahead of its 14 November 2025 release, 'Ghaddar' served as the film's most overtly charged statement — introducing audiences to the political urgency of India's first one-shot feature film about the Delhi riots.

'Ghaddar' is a rare specimen in contemporary Bollywood — a topical protest song about a specific, recent historical atrocity, released barely five years after the events it depicts. Its existence testifies to the courage of independent filmmakers working outside the mainstream commercial machine.