"Each
time
Pankaj
Udhas
sings
a
song
in
a
film
it
becomes
a
super
hit.
I
wish
the
luck
persists
with
my
film
as
well," says
writer-director
of
Maan
Gaye
Mughall-e-Azam,
Sanjay
Chhel.
Pankaj
Udhas,
famous
for
the
hugely
popular
'Chithi
Aayi
Hai'
(Naam),
makes
a
comeback
to
playback
singing
for
films
after
a
gap
of
three
years
(his
last
film
was
Nigehbaan)
with
a
sure
shot
hit
track
'Ek
To
Sharaab
Kam'
in
the
Mallika
Sherawat-Rahul
Bose
starrer
"dark
comedy".
"Kay
Kay
Menon
is
playing
a
ghazal
singer
Haldi
Hasan
in
the
film
and
we
felt
it
appropriate
that
his
singing
should
have
a
ghazal
singer
rather
than
a
normal
singer," Chhel
said.
"This
is
the
first
time
that
Kay
Kay
is
doing
a
full
fledged
comedy
role,"
he
added.
'Ek
To
Sharaab
Kam' is
an
earthy
song
with
tabla,
harmonium
and
sarangi
giving
the
feel
of
live
playing.
The
number
is
meant
to
capture
the
hearts
and
minds
of
the
interiors
of
the
country
especially
up
North
and
it
succeeds
for
sure.
Although
it's
not
similar
to
the
Venus
Music
mega
hit
'Tum
To
There
Pardesi'
by
Altaf
Raja,
but
the
impact
is
somewhat
the
same.
Incidentally,
the
music
of
Maan
Gaye
Mughall-e-Azam
will
be
released
in
Mumbai
this
Saturday,
July
19.
Story first published: Monday, July 21, 2008, 10:42 [IST]