आख़री इश्क़

"Aakhri Ishq" is one of two solos Jubin Nautiyal recorded for Dhurandhar: The Revenge (2026), written by Irshad Kamil and composed by Shashwat Sachdev. At 4:21 it is a mid-tempo ballad with a restrained string arrangement, released by T-Series as part of the 17-track original soundtrack that went on to chart in seven international markets in March 2026.

Shashwat Sachdev keeps the arrangement restrained throughout 'Aakhri Ishq' — a piano trickle anchors the verse while a string section swells at the chorus. Jubin Nautiyal's tenor is ideally suited to the register: warm enough for the yearning verses, capable of the slight break that Kamil's lyrics demand at the emotional peak. The production places the vocal high in the mix with minimal reverb, creating an unusual intimacy for a mainstream Hindi film song.

Irshad Kamil uses the Urdu convention of the 'last' (aakhri) to compress a lifetime of feeling into a single moment of parting — a technique drawn from classical ghazal tradition but deployed in a modern narrative context. The word 'ishq' (love) is not decorated but left bare, as if the emotion itself is the only ornament needed.

According to the film's press notes, 'Aakhri Ishq' accompanies a key scene in the second act where the protagonist must sever his last emotional tie before going deeper undercover. The song was reportedly recorded at YRF Studios, Mumbai.

As one of the globally-charting tracks from Dhurandhar: The Revenge, 'Aakhri Ishq' added to Jubin Nautiyal's growing portfolio of internationally-streamed Hindi ballads — a genre he has come to define in the 2020s.