Akshay
and
Aishwarya
are
thrilled.
They'll
get
to
enact
songs
featuring
their
mother-in-law
Dimple
and
father-in-law
Amitabh,
respectively.
But
composer
Pritam
Chakraborty
is
in
a
bit
of
a
jam.
Vipul
Shah
has
decided
at
the
last
minute
to
re-record
an
entire
complicated
track
for
Action
Replayy
for
a
retro-song
to
be
filmed
on
Aishwarya
Bachchan
and
Akshay
Kumar.
And
this
is
no
ordinary
request.
The
one
all-comprehensive
track
will
have
to
represent
screen
jodis
as
diverse
as
Raj
Kapoor-Nargis,
Rajesh
Khanna-Mumtaz,
Amitabh
Bachchan-Jaya,
Dharmendra-Hema
Malini
and
Rishi
Kapoor-Dimple
Kapadia.
The
long-planned
retro-song
representing
various
eras
of
evergreen
screen-jodis
has
now
undergone
a
massive
change.
Every
section
of
the
song
will
now
have
differently
mooded
lyrics
and
tunes
to
go
with
the
different
looks
that
Akshay
Kumar
and
Aishwarya
Bachchan
will
don
to
represent
screen
pairs
over
the
decades.
Pritam
had
recorded
a
straightforward
love
song
for
the
situation.
That
just
won't
do.
The
director
has
a
far
more
ambitious
tune-plan
which
Pritam
has
not
quite
understood
as
yet.
Vipul
who
has
just
got
Akshay
and
Aishwarya's
dates
in
July
to
shoot
the
song
in
Manali,
has
asked
his
exceedingly-busy
composer
Pritam
to
scrap
the
song
that
he
had
recorded
and
create
an
entirely
new
composition
that
would
aurally
represent
Akshay
and
Aishwarya's
tribute
to
screen
pairs
over
the
years.
Explains
Vipul,
"I
feel
it
isn't
enough
to
simply
dress
up
Akshay
and
Aishwarya
to
represent
the
various
screen
pairs.
Every
section
of
the
music,
vocals
and
lyrics
will
represent
the
pair
that
we
show
Akshay
and
Aishwarya
playing.
For
example
if
the
mukhda
is
dedicated
to
Rajesh
Khanna
and
Mumtaz
then
I
want
the
R.D.
Burman
feel
of
'Jai
Jai
Shiv
Shankar'
in
Aap
Ki
Kasam.
On
the
other
hand,
if
I
want
Akshay
and
Aishwarya
to
do
a
Sanjeev
Kumar
and
Jaya
Bachchan,
I'd
want
Pritam
to
come
with
a
suitable
mood
and
tune,
like
R
D.
Burman's
'Bahon
Mein
Chale
Aaon'
in
Anamika.
If
I
show
Akshay-Ash
doing
Raj-Nargis
I
want
a
Shankar-Jaikishan
piece.
If
I
show
Akshay-Ash
doing
Dharmendra
and
Hema
Malini
then
I
want
a
Laxmikant-Pyarelal
section
in
the
composition.
But
if
I
want
Akshay-Ash
doing
Shammi
Kapoor-Sharmila
Tagore
then
I
want
O.P.
Nayyar
to
come
into
play."
Just
how
Pritam
would
get
all
these
diverse
and
seemingly-incompatible
compositional
style
into
one
song
is
a
mystery
to
the
composer.
But
Vipul
is
confident.
"Pritam
is
smart
and
he
is
talented.
He
will
do
it.
Our
film
music
is
so
rich.
Not
only
are
there
composers
as
far-ranging
as
Madan
Mohan
and
Shankar-Jaikishan,
even
the
composer
that
you
hear
in
one
kind
of
cinema
is
different
from
what
he
does
in
another
kind
of
cinema.
How
can
we
compare
what
R
D.
Burmam
composed
for
Rajesh-Sharmila
with
what
he
composed
for
Rajesh
-Mumtaz?
I
want
all
of
this
diversity
to
be
part
of
that
one
song."
Pritam
who
has
already
composed
two
full-on
retro
numbers
for
Action
Replayy-a
satire
on
marriage
and
an
Elvis
Presley
styled
rock
'n'
roll
track
-
has
a
month
to
rise
to
the
occasion.
The
most
ambitious
retro
song
in
the
history
of
Indian
cinema
will
be
shot
on
July
12,
13,
14
and
15
in
Manali.
Story first published: Monday, May 10, 2010, 13:40 [IST]