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"Mashooqa" is the Italy-meets-Bollywood summer-romance track from Cocktail 2 (2026), released by Universal Music India on 19 May 2026. Composed by Pritam — co-composed by Italian pop star Mahmood, who also wrote and sang its Italian portions — with Hindi lyrics by Amitabh Bhattacharya, it is sung by Filmfare-winning playback singer Raghav Chaitanya, Mahmood and Ruaa Kayy. Shot in Sicily and picturised on Shahid Kapoor, Kriti Sanon and Rashmika Mandanna, the song fuses two musical worlds into a sun-soaked ode to an irresistible "mashooqa" — a beloved whose gaze, the lyric says, hits like an arrow that never misses. It stands out as the soundtrack's boldest cross-cultural experiment, pairing Hindi-film romance with contemporary Italian pop on a Pritam composition.
Mashooqa Romanized Lyrics
Romanized version
[Intro]
Karein toh karein kya dil hai
Come get me now
Dil hai tabhi mushkil hai
Come get me now
Karein toh karein kya dil hai
Come get me now
Dil hai tabhi mushkil hai
Come get me now
[Chorus]
Pade agar tere liye, mar bhi jaana
Uff nahin kare deewana
Ma ma maashooqa! O my mashooqa!
Teer teri nazron ka toh kabhi na chooka
Ma... ma ma ma maashooqa! O my maashoqa!
Teer teri nazron ka na kabhi chooka, haye haye haye
[Verse]
Teer-e-nazar ka banaya tu ne jise bhi nishaana
Jaane kyon chaah ke bhi chaahe na vo khud ko bachana
Jise gale se ik pal ke liye bhi tu laga le
Poori umar uss pal mein bita le vo deewaana
Kaam deevanon ka hosh gavana hai
Aur haseenon pe dosh lagana hai
[Chorus]
Ma... ma ma ma maashooqa! O my maashoqa!
Teer teri nazron ka kabhi na chooka
Ma... ma ma ma maashooqa! O my maashoqa!
Teer teri nazron ka na kabhi chooka
[Outro]
Mashooqa mashooqa mashooqa mashooqa
Mashooqa mashooqa ma mashooqa
Come stai?
Mashooqa mashooqa mashooqa mashooqa
Mashooqa mashooqa ma mashooqa
Come stai?
Original (Hindi) version
[Intro]
करें तो करें क्या दिल है
Come get me now
दिल है तभी मुश्किल है
Come get me now
करें तो करें क्या दिल है
Come get me now
दिल है तभी मुश्किल है
Come get me now
[Chorus]
पड़े अगर तेरे लिए, मर भी जाना
उफ़ नहीं करे दीवाना
मा मा माशूक़ा! ओ माई माशूक़ा!
तीर तेरी नज़रों का तो कभी ना चूका
मा... मा मा मा माशूक़ा! ओ माई माशूक़ा!
तीर तेरी नज़रों का ना कभी चूका, हाय हाय हाय
[Verse]
तीर-ए-नज़र का बनाया तूने जिसे भी निशाना
जाने क्यों चाह के भी चाहे ना वो ख़ुद को बचाना
जिसे गले से इक पल के लिए भी तू लगा ले
पूरी उमर उस पल में बिता ले वो दीवाना
काम दीवानों का होश गवाना है
और हसीनों पे दोष लगाना है
[Chorus]
मा... मा मा मा माशूक़ा! ओ माई माशूक़ा!
तीर तेरी नज़रों का कभी ना चूका
मा... मा मा मा माशूक़ा! ओ माई माशूक़ा!
तीर तेरी नज़रों का ना कभी चूका
[Outro]
माशूक़ा माशूक़ा माशूक़ा माशूक़ा
माशूक़ा माशूक़ा मा माशूक़ा
Come stai? (कम स्ताए?)
माशूक़ा माशूक़ा माशूक़ा माशूक़ा
माशूक़ा माशूक़ा मा माशूक़ा
Come stai? (कम स्ताए?)
Song Details
- Singer
- Raghav Chaitanya, Mahmood, Ruaa Kayy
- Composer
- Pritam, Mahmood
- Lyricist
- Amitabh Bhattacharya, Mahmood
- Genre
- Bollywood, Pop
- Album
- Cocktail 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- Released
- May 19, 2026
- Language
- Hindi
- Views
- 15
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💭 Meaning of "Mashooqa" Song Lyrics
Meaning of "Mashooqa"
"Mashooqa" is the feminine form of an Urdu-Hindi word for "beloved" — the one who is loved, the object of devotion. The song is a portrait of exactly that figure: a lover whose charm is presented as irresistible, almost dangerous. The central image is the beloved's gaze, which the lyric says lands like an arrow that never misses its mark.
It is less a narrative than an intoxicated description — the feeling of being completely disarmed by someone's presence, set to a sun-and-sea summer mood. The fusion form mirrors the theme: Amitabh Bhattacharya's Hindi lines and Mahmood's Italian verses circle the same beloved from two languages and two musical traditions, the way infatuation makes the whole world feel like it is speaking about one person.
Fittingly for the Cocktail franchise, it blends cultures the way the films blend lives — a Sicilian backdrop, an Italian voice and a Bollywood heart poured into one song.
🎬 Behind the song: how "Mashooqa" was made
Production Notes
- Vocals: Raghav Chaitanya, Mahmood and Ruaa Kayy.
- Music: Pritam, co-composed by Mahmood.
- Lyrics: Amitabh Bhattacharya (Hindi); Italian portions written by Mahmood.
- Label: Universal Music India.
- Film: Cocktail 2 (dir. Homi Adajania, Maddock Films), releasing 19 June 2026; picturised on Shahid Kapoor, Kriti Sanon and Rashmika Mandanna.
- Release: 19 May 2026, as a single from the soundtrack.
- Setting & sound: shot in Sicily; a summer-romance fusion of Hindi-film melody and contemporary Italian pop.
🌍 "Mashooqa" — Cultural impact & legacy
Cultural Context
"Mashooqa" is the most striking example of a trend running through the whole Cocktail 2 soundtrack: Hindi film music reaching outward for global collaborators. Where "Vallah" brought in Nigerian Afrobeats star Bayanni, "Mashooqa" pulls in Mahmood — a two-time Sanremo winner and one of Italy's biggest pop exports — to co-create a genuinely bilingual, bi-cultural track rather than a token feature.
For Pritam, who has long folded international sounds into mainstream Bollywood, it continues a career-long instinct; for the Cocktail franchise, built on cosmopolitan, border-crossing romance, an Italy-shot fusion song fits the world perfectly. It also gave a front-of-house moment to Ruaa Kayy, better known as a behind-the-scenes vocal producer, and another high-profile lead to Filmfare winner Raghav Chaitanya.
📖 What is "Mashooqa Song Lyrics" about?
"Mashooqa" is the cross-cultural summer-romance song from the Cocktail 2 (2026) soundtrack, released by Universal Music India on 19 May 2026. Composed by Pritam — co-composed by Italy's Mahmood, who wrote and sang its Italian portions — with Hindi lyrics by Amitabh Bhattacharya, it is sung by Raghav Chaitanya, Mahmood and Ruaa Kayy.
Shot in Sicily and picturised on Shahid Kapoor, Kriti Sanon and Rashmika Mandanna, it is the soundtrack's most adventurous fusion — Hindi-film melody woven together with contemporary Italian pop.
⭐ Behind the song trivia
- "Mashooqa" is an Italy-meets-Bollywood fusion: Italian star Mahmood co-composed it and wrote and sang its Italian portions.
- The video was shot in Sicily, Italy.
- Lead singer Raghav Chaitanya is the youngest-ever winner of the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer.
- Mahmood is a two-time winner of Italy's Sanremo Music Festival ("Soldi", 2019; "Brividi", 2022).
❓ Mashooqa — Frequently asked questions
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👥 Credits
| Vocals | Raghav Chaitanya, Mahmood, Ruaa Kayy |
|---|---|
| Composer | Pritam, Mahmood |
| Lyricist | Amitabh Bhattacharya, Mahmood |
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