Mumbai: Alia Bhatt has done playback in her films ‘Highway’, ‘Badrinath Ki Dhulania’ and ‘Udta Punjab’ and the actor has now recorded a scratch version of a romantic track for her upcoming film ‘Sadak 2’.
The film marks her first collaboration with father Mahesh Bhatt, who is returning to the director’s chair after two decades.
Alia Bhatt recorded the song with composer Jeet Ganguly earlier this week. “While Jeet Gannguly’s score is ready, the lyrics are still being worked upon. Jeet da wanted to understand Alia Bhatt’s pitch and voice modulation, so they decided to record the scratch. The lyrics will now be rewritten under the supervision of Mahesh Bhatt,” informed the makers in a statement.
“It is a romantic number and comes at a crucial point in the film. The final track will be recorded only after the unit returns from their Ooty schedule in August,” the statement added.
Also starring Aditya Roy Kapur, Sanjay Dutt and Pooja Bhatt the film is scheduled to release in July next year.
The original version ‘Sadak’ also had Sanjay Dutt and Pooja Bhatt in the lead role. However ‘Sadak’ is most remembered for Sadashiv Amrapurkar who played the villain portraying the role of a transgender. ‘Sadak’ grossed over Rs 117 million at the box office when it was released in 1991. Now it remains to be seen what ‘Sadak 2’. Alia Bhatt’s crooning will only help the film.
Agencies