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Sarita Tanwar (DNA; July 8, 2014)

The younger lot of actors may pitch in for a song or two, finding their voice and time only for that much. But trust Salman Khan to go an extra mile. He has sung each and every track on producer-director Sajid Nadiadwala’s next, Kick.

“Not many people know this but Salman is a really good singer. He has sung before (in Hello Brother, Yuuvraaj, Wanted, Dabangg and Bodyguard), but only a song or two in some of his films. It was Sajid’s idea to get Salman to sing after they recorded the first song for the movie. They loved his version so much, they decided to record all the songs in his voice,” reveals an insider.

Nadiadwala confirms, “In Kick, we have songs by four different music composers. But only one singer —
Salman Khan.”
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Asira Tarannum (MID-DAY; July 8, 2014)

During a recent interaction, Salman Khan, who was in a jovial mood, spoke about singing all songs for his upcoming film, Kick. It turns out that the actor is contemplating the idea of doing so and including them in the film’s music album.

The actor said, “I am going to sing a slow romantic number. And it’s just not one song that I have sung, it’s two to three songs and I may sing more. This slow number is not easy to sing, but I will try it anyway. If I get this song right, then I can sing many more songs for other films as well.” He added that given the fact that a Bollywood film has five to six songs on average, “One should sing at least one song.” He also pointed out that he has picked up this talent from his father. “I paint because my mother does and I have got this voice from my father. Wajid (of the music director duo, Sajid-Wajid) was a big help to me when I sang the songs; he’d sing one line and then I would repeat it. In any case, I sit in for the music sittings of all my films,” he said, adding that Meet Brothers and Sajid-Wajid have worked on the song, Hangover.

The actor counts old Hindi songs such as Door kaheen jab din dhal jaye, Ramayya vastavaiyya and Yamla pagla deewana, among his favourites. “I like them along with retro and western music, including rap that I cannot understand a word of,” he said.