Natasha Coutinho (MUMBAI MIRROR; June 3, 2019)

Debutant director Shilpi Dasgupta’s yet-untitled slice-of-life film features Sonakshi Sinha and rapper-singer Badshah who will be making his acting debut. Now, Mirror has learnt that the duo is all set to recreate Jasbir Jassi’s hit song from 2003, “Koka”, on screen. The film’s team is retaining Jasbir Jassi’s voice with some rap portions by Badshah in Tanishk Bagchi’s recreated version. The original video had featured Mugdha Godse.

A source close to the development informed that the folksy number is being used as a celebratory track with Sonakshi and Badshah, along with Varun Sharma and other actors grooving to the catchy beat. “Choreographed and directed by Vijay Ganguly, it was recently shot at a resort in Panvel,” added the source.

Sonakshi confirmed the news, saying, “Yes, ‘Koka’ is a peppy, foot-tapping number, one of my favourites, and we had a great time shooting it.”

Her co-star added that it has been a pleasure to revisit Jasbir Jassi’s magic, a full-throated Punjabi celebration of Sonakshi’s character, her crazy family and circle of friends. “Tanishk has done a great job with urbanising the folk sound and it’s definitely going to be the new jam this wedding season,” he promised.

The film is produced by Bhushan, Kishan and Divya Khosla Kumar, Mahaveer Jain and Mrighdeep Singh Lamba. And Bhushan asserted that the recreated version fit in perfectly. “The backdrop is Punjab and the characters are happy-go-lucky people. They celebrate their happiness in full-on masti and in keeping with the flavor and characters, ‘Koka’ was the apt song to take forward,” he reasoned.