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Aayat (transl. Verse) is an Indian film song from the soundtrack of the music album of Bajirao Mastani. The usage of the word "Aayat" in the song is to describe Bajirao's love for Mastani by saying I remember you like "Aayat" from Bajirao to Mastani. The song is sung by Arijit Singh and the Qawwali vocals are provided by Mujtaba Aziz Naza, Shadab Faridi, Altamash Faridi and Farhan Sabri.[1] It is composed by filmmaker and music composer Sanjay Leela Bhansali, and the lyrics are penned by A. M. Turaz with Qawwali lyrics by Nasir Faraaz. The music video of the song is picturised upon actress Deepika Padukone (Mastani) and actor Ranveer Singh (Bajirao).

"Aayat"
Song by Arijit Singh Mujtaba Aziz Naza Shadab Faridi Altamash Faridi Farhan Sabri
from the album Bajirao Mastani
Language	Hindi Urdu
Released	16 December 2015 (2015-12-16)
Genre	Indian classical Ghazal Qawaali
Length	4:22
Label	Eros Now
Composer(s)	Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Lyricist(s)	A. M. Turaz Nasir Faraaz
Music video
"Aayat" on YouTube

Critical reception

Suanshu Khurana of The Indian Express wrote "Arijit Singh's "Aayat", with a strong ghazal and minimum orchestration, gets Singh's voice to shine. There is a qawwali digression, which works well".[2]

Accolades

Year	Award	Nominee	Category	Result
2015	Mirchi Music Awards	Arijit Singh	Male Vocalist of The Year	Nominated[3]
		Sanjay Leela Bhansali	Music Composer of The Year
		Tanay Gajjar	Best Song Engineer (Recording & Mixing)

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