Thursday, February 21, 2008

A song that made Ajay Devgan cry

A song that made Ajay Devgan cry



When Ajay Devgan first heard the unplugged version of the title track of his film U Me Aur Hum , the actor’s eyes welled up.

Ajay Devgan has given his labour, his time, his passion, his money and his heart to his upcoming film ‘U Me Aur Hum’, which the actor describes as a story he genuinely wanted to tell.


The movie, which marks Devgan’s debut as a director, has songs composed by his good friend Vishal Bhardwaj .

Vishal, who is one of the outstanding music directors in Bollywood, normally doesn’t take music assignments anymore, but he made an exception for Devgan.

And the film’s mellifluous title track turned out to Devgan’s satisfaction. The number is sung by Shreya Ghosal.

Apart from this, Bhardwaj privately recorded an unplugged version of the same song in his own voice. And one day, when he played the track to Devgan, the actor got so emotional listening to it that he had tears in his eyes.

In an instant, Devgan told Bhardwaj that he wanted to use the unplugged version in the film and in the music album.

Vishal says he took Devgan’s emotional response to the song as a compliment. It meant that the track was impactful.

‘U Me Aur Hum’ is a story about relationships. The film stars Kajol opposite Devgan. It is set to hit the theatres in April.

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