Mahesh
Manjrekar
introduced
yet
another
facet
of
his
talented
personality
by
turning
singer
songwriter
for
his
latest
directorial
venture
City
of
Gold.
After
testing
his
skills
at,
production,
directing,
acting,
scriptwriting,
and
theatre
Mahesh
will
now
be
seen
rapping.
The
song
is
called
'Mumbai-
The
City
of
Gold" and
Mahesh
has
also
penned
down
the
lyrics
of
the
song
in
addition
to
lending
his
voice
to
the
same.
The
movie
which
will
be
releasing
in
Hindi
and
Marathi
simultaneously
is
based
on
the
lives
of
mill
workers
and
the
song
highlights
the
plight
of
middle
class
Mumbaikar"s.
The
rap
has
some
serious
lyrics
considering
the
serious
theme
of
the
movie.
“We
are
slowly
losing
the
city"s
culture," says
Manjrekar.
“Flats
are
being
sold
for
1
lakh
per
square
feet
even
though
the
poor
can"t
even
afford
one
meal
in
the
day.
It"s
an
inhuman
and
insulting
display
of
wealth,
and
I
wanted
my
movie"s
title
City
of
Gold,
as
well
as
the
title
song
to
reflect
that.
The
song
is
about
how
we
are
pushing
the
middle
class
out
of
the
city."
Prior
to
this
Mahesh
had
also
hummed
a
few
lines
in
his
acting
debut
Kaante.
He
had
even
sung
a
complete
song
for
his
movie
Pyaar
Kiya
Nahin
Jaata,
which
never
came
to
light.
“We
call
out-of-tune
singers
as
'Aurangazeb
singers"" Manjrekar
laughs.
“I
wouldn"t
say
I"m
as
bad
as
an
'Aurangazeb
singer",
but
I"m
definitely
no
singer.
I
just
sang
because
I
feel
if
you
do
anything
confidently,
and
from
your
heart,
it
turns
out
well."
Mahesh
who
started
out
his
career
as
a
theatre
actor
with
a
play
named
Aflatoon
where
he
even
sang
a
few
lines,
said
that
singing
isn"t
alien
to
him,
but
over
the
years
due
to
constant
smoking
his
voice
does
not
sound
that
good.
The
movie
releases
today
in
Marathi
as
well
as
Hindi.
While
the
name
of
the
Marathi
movie
is
Lalbaug
Parel
the
Hindi
version
is
called
City
of
Gold.
It
is
one
of
the
three
films
that
Mahesh
has
signed
with
DAR
Motion
Pictures.