वो गलियां (वर्जन 2)

Woh Galiyaan (Version 2) is the Deepali Sathe–Shashwat Singh rendition of the nostalgic ballad from Shabaash Mithu (2022), Srijit Mukherji's biopic of former India women's cricket captain Mithali Raj, starring Taapsee Pannu. Composed by Amit Trivedi with lyrics by Kausar Munir, the song was recorded in two officially released versions — an earlier one with Monali Thakur and Shashwat Singh, and this second version with Deepali Sathe stepping into the female vocal part alongside Shashwat Singh. Released as part of the film's soundtrack under T-Series on 16 July 2022, Woh Galiyaan captures a recurring theme in sports-biopic soundtracks: homesickness and the pull of one's origins amid a demanding professional journey, expressed here through Munir's imagery of abandoned lanes one is nonetheless called back to.

Amit Trivedi frames Woh Galiyaan as a gentle, mid-tempo melodic ballad, and this second version led by Deepali Sathe alongside returning vocalist Shashwat Singh offers a distinct vocal texture from the original Monali Thakur pairing — Sathe's voice bringing a softer, more plaintive quality to the female part that shifts the song's emotional centre slightly, even as the underlying composition and Trivedi's arrangement remain unchanged across both versions, a common technique used to give a soundtrack's key emotional theme multiple lives within a single film.

Kausar Munir's lyric turns on a central paradox — lanes (galiyaan) that were deliberately left behind yet still summon the singer back, framed as a question to fate ('kyun aazmaaye, aye khuda' — why do you test me, O God). This tension between departure and unresolved belonging gives the song its melancholic core, well suited to a biopic about an athlete whose demanding career necessarily takes her away from home even as those roots remain emotionally unresolved.

Shabaash Mithu follows Mithali Raj (played by Taapsee Pannu), India's most-capped women's cricketer, from her childhood discovery of the sport through her ascent to national captaincy. Woh Galiyaan, appearing in two vocal versions across the soundtrack, likely underscores moments of homesickness or reflection on personal cost within that journey — a recurring narrative beat in sports biopics where the protagonist's single-minded pursuit of excellence comes at the price of time away from family and home.

Woh Galiyaan did not emerge as a major standalone chart hit, consistent with the overall commercial underperformance of Shabaash Mithu at the box office. However, its release in two distinct officially credited versions — with Monali Thakur and with Deepali Sathe — makes it a notable example of a Hindi film soundtrack using alternate vocal takes of the same composition, both preserved on JioSaavn, Spotify and the T-Series YouTube channel.