"Tere Bina" is a 2006

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 Hindi song from the 2007

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 Hindi film Guru. It was composed by A. R. Rahman

A. R. Rahman

Allah Rakha Rahman is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and philanthropist. Described as the world's most prominent and prolific film composer by Time, his works are notable for integrating eastern classical music with electronic music sounds, world music genres and...

, performed by Rahman, Murtuza Khan, Quadir Khan and Chinmayee and written by Gulzar. It is a love ballad composed in sufi style of music

Sufi music

Sufi music is the devotional music of the Sufis, inspired by the works of Sufi poets, like Rumi, Hafiz, Bulleh Shah and Khwaja Ghulam Farid.Qawwali is the most well known form of Sufi music, common in India and Pakistan...

. It is dedicated to the memory of Pakistani qawwali

Qawwali

Qawwali is a form of Sufi devotional music popular in South Asia, particularly in the Punjab and Sindh regions of Pakistan, Hyderabad, Delhi, and other parts of northern India...

 singer Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan since it was the 10th anniversary of his death. The music video was picturised as a dance sequence by Aishwarya Rai

Aishwarya Rai

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is an Indian film actress. She worked as a model before starting her acting career, and ultimately won the Miss World pageant in 1994...

 and Abhishek Bachchan

Abhishek Bachchan

Abhishek Bachchan is an Indian actor and producer. He is the son of Indian actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan and is married to actress and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai....

. The song begins with dham dara dham dara refrains, sung by Murtuza Khan and Quadir Khan.

Reception

The song received overwhelming critical responses. A review on planetbollywood says, "Tere Bina is arguably Rahman’s finest offering in Guru. Murtaza Khan and Qadir Khan’s 'dham dara dham dara' refrains are addictive to the core and purely musical bliss! Reverting to a semi-qawwalli landscape in the backgrounds of this subtly beautiful piece, Rahman impresses tremendously with his vocal prowess, which only seems to improve throughout his career. Chinmayee’s support is honorable, as she serves as a pleasant foil to Rahman’s smooth rendition. Gulzar saab’s lyrics are limited, but beautiful nonetheless. Now this is what is expected of a Ratnam-Rahman hook-up!".

The song, along with its entire soundtrack album has proved a success, staying at the number one spot thirteen weeks after its release.

Qadir Brothers version

Another version of the song, sung by Murtuza Khan, Qadir Khan and Chinmayee was also recorded. However, it was not officially released or featured in the movie as a complete song. This version was initiated and developed by Rahman, according to whom, his voice was not at all suitable to Abhishek Bachchan

Abhishek Bachchan

Abhishek Bachchan is an Indian actor and producer. He is the son of Indian actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan and is married to actress and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai....

. But, the version by Qadir brothers was not much appreciated as Rahman's voice is considered more apt for a semi-qawwali song.