The music video, directed by Farhan and Zoya Akhtar , reinforced this "one-take" illusion by following the protagonist through a seamless journey. Where to Listen and Access
The song famously lacks traditional verses, stanzas, or musical breaks, following an unstructured "parabola" format that shifts in speed and pitch.
Despite its name, the song was not actually sung in a single breath. Shankar Mahadevan has clarified in multiple interviews that the seamless flow was achieved through masterful studio editing and piecing together different recorded sections.
