Duo starts filming ‘Mungda’ on Sunday; shooting for Indra Kumar’s upcoming comedy ends with the song
Natasha Coutinho (MUMBAI MIRROR; August 23, 2018)

Sonakshi Sinha is all set to recreate “Mungda”, one of Helen’s chartbusters from Raj N Sippy’s 1971 thriller Inkaar, for Indra Kumar’s upcoming comedy, Total Dhamaal. She is making a special appearance in the fi lm that features Ajay Devgn, Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Riteish Deshmukh, Javed Jaffery, Arshad Warsi, Boman Irani, Pitobash Tripthy and Sanjay Mishra, and is produced by Devgn, Fox Star Studios and Ashok Thakeria. Confirming the news, the filmmaker said that when the song was finalised, they wanted a fantastic dancer who could match Helen’s moves. “Helen ji, is a legend, but I thought Sonakshi is the right girl for it,” he says.

An excited Sonakshi adds, “Indra ji was sure that he wanted only me for it. When I heard it for the first time, my instant response was, ‘I want to do this!’ It has the potential of becoming a chartbuster again. They are shooting it on a lavish scale, making everything larger-than-life, and I would love to be a part of that vision. We start shooting early next week, I’m super excited!”

Sharing details of the shoot, Indra Kumar reveals that the film will wrap up with the song. “We had saved this song for the end of the shoot. We begin filming on August 26 and it will go on for four days. We have roped in a new music director duo, Gaurav-Roshan, to recreate the song which will be choreographed by Adil Shaikh. The old song was a big hit so it’s a huge responsibility on Sonakshi’s shoulders and mine too. We have picked up an iconic song now we have to deliver,” he asserted, adding that the actress has already begun rehearsals and Ajay enters midway through, so the song is a duet towards the end.

The actress is happy to reunite with Ajay with whom she was paired in Son Of Sardaar but rues that she will miss working with Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit. Sonakshi recently shot a special number for Yamla Pagla Deewana that has her sharing screen space with dad Shatrughan Sinha, Rekha, Dharmendra, Salman Khan, Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol.

She says she enjoys featuring in special appearance songs as they give her an opportunity to groove to these peppy tracks which she enjoys as a performer.