Ranveer Singh: I Said Yes To Gully Boy Only Because Of The Song Mere Gully Mein!
Ranveer Singh opened up by saying that he said yes to star in Zoya Akhtar's Gully Boy only because of the song Mere Gully Mein, as it completely blew his brains and wanted to be a part of the movie.
Gully
Boy
is
one
of
2019's
most
awaited
films
and
actor
Ranveer
Singh
says
it
was
the
original
Mere
Gully
Mein
track
that
had
him
hooked.
In
the
Zoya
Akhtar
directorial,
the
33-year-old
actor
plays
an
up-and-coming
rapper
who
sets
out
to
achieve
his
dream
by
rhyming
about
his
life
on
the
Mumbai
streets.
Ranveer
says
the
original
number,
created
by
underground
rappers
Divine
and
Naezy,
blew
him
away
when
he
saw
its
video
for
the
first
time.
"When
Zoya
pitched
me
this
film,
'Mere
Gully
Mein',
the
original
video
was
the
first
thing
she
showed
me.
She
said
that
this
is
the
flavour
of
the
film
I
want
to
make
and
the
video
completely
blew
my
brains."
"I
mugged
up
the
entire
rap
and
since
then
I
started
following
Naezy
and
Divine's
music.
'Mere
Gully
Mein'
for
me,
like
for
many
others,
is
a
huge
breakthrough
for
the
scene,
the
movement
that's
happening
in
our
society
and
I'm
glad
that
I
was
the
first
one
to
whom
this
breakthrough
of
a
song
reached," he
told
PTI.
The
actor,
who
has
recreated
Naezy's
portion
in
the
album,
says
incidentally
it
was
the
first
song
he
rapped
for
the
album.
He
said
it
was
"almost
like
my
test".
"Zoya
was
unsure
about
my
rapping
skills
at
first.
I
remember
that
day
at
Purple
Haze
studio;
Divine
was
there
-
he
was
actually
in
the
booth
with
me;
hyping
me
and
guiding
me.
And
it
happened
in
the
first
take."
"Divine
loved
it,
Zoya
loved
it
and
it
was
decided
there
and
then
after
I
rapped
Naezy's
verse
from
'Mere
Gully
Mein' that
I
would
be
doing
my
own
voice
in
the
film,"
Ranveer
says.
Besides
'Mere
Gully
Mein',
two
other
tracks
--
'Asli
Hip
Hop'
and
'Apna
Time
Aayega'
have
been
released
from
the
album
and
Ranveer
has
lent
his
voice
to
a
total
of
four
numbers
in
the
film's
album.
The
actor's
last
release
Simmba
was
a
massive
hit
and
he
is
currently
prepping
for
Kabir
Khan's
sports
drama
83.
Gully
Boy,
also
featuring
Alia
Bhatt
and
Kalki
Koechlin,
hits
the
screens
on
February
14,
2019.