Why Did Amitabh Rap With Honey Singh?

Amitabh Bachchan is busy promoting his upcoming film Bhoothnath Returns. At 71, Sr Bachchan wasn't sure if he would be able to lend his voice to a high voltage rap number. But the fact that special party song "Party With Bhootnath" with popular rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh was "beautifully conceived" drove him to sing for it.

The colloboration of Honey singh and Big B happened for the movie Bhoothnath returns.

"It is very tough to do such things (a song with high energy) at my age. Since it is a very beautiful song and beautifully conceived, I thought that I should do it," Big B said here at an event to promote the film.Big B and Honey Singh are seen partying, dancing and rapping at a spooky bungalow in the video.

Amitabh Bachchan when asked about Yo Yo Honey Singh, "I had heard a lot about Yo Yo Honey Singh and also about his music... I loved his music and songs when I heard them. When Bhushan Kumar-ji told me to have such a song with Honey Singh, I agreed," said the actor, who plays a ghost (bhoot) in Bhoothnath Returns.

Bhoothnath Returns is the sequel to 2008 film Bhootnath is directed by Nitesh Tiwari, and it will hit theatres on April 11. The sequel takes off from where the first film ended, albeit with a new story.