Composer duo Sachin-Jigar on coming out of their comfort zone for the Haseena Parkar film
Soumya Vajpayee Tiwari (MID-DAY; December 20, 2016)

From the uptempo tracks in ABCD: Any Body Can Dance ((2013), and the trippy music of Go Goa Gone (2013) to soulful ones in Shuddh Desi Romance (2013) and the gut wrenching creations for Badlapur (2015), Sachin-Jigar (Sachin Sanghvi and Jigar Saraiya) have showcased a varied repertoire. The duo is currently working on the soundtrack of Haseena: The Queen Of Mumbai (based on Dawood Ibrahim’s sister Haseena Parkar), which they confess, has shaken them out of their comfort zone.

“We agreed to take it up to set a new parameter for ourselves. We wanted to understand if we could deliver a score that is not trademark Sachin-Jigar sound. The soundtrack is experimental and challenging. Although the songs are predictable, the music is not quintessentially commercial. It’s a test to bring out our inner gangster or demon, so to speak. We’ve never attempted a soundtrack such as this in the past,” explains Sachin. The year 2016 has been low-key for the duo. Jigar argues, “We pick quality over quantity.

We decided against doing four films offered to us because we ran the risk of sounding repetitive. We chose Meri Pyari Bindu, Reloaded, Hindi Medium, Haseena and Ishq Vishk 2.”

Ankur Pathak (MUMBAI MIRROR; October 4, 2014)

While Shahid Kapoor is busy garnering acclaim for his latest release, Haider, the film that launched him in Bollywood, the campus rom-com Ishq Vishk, is gearing up for a sequel.

Mirror has learnt that director Ken Ghosh has been developing the script for quite some time now and producer Kumar and Ramesh Taurani have agreed to bankroll his pet-project.

Revealed a source close to the director, "Ken was keen on the sequel but wasn't getting the right story. He finally found one and now it's nearing completion. Despite having directed films like Fida and Chance Pe Dance, he is best remembered for Ishq Vishk, which was a box-office hit."

The film, which released in 2003, marked the debut of Shahid Kapoor and Amrita Rao and found an eager audience in the youth. The film was responsible for giving Shahid the chocolate-boy image and the actor went on to star in many rom-coms after that.

Confirming the news, producer Ramesh Taurani told Mirror, "The script is almost finalised and we should have a cast in place within the next month or so. It's a great brand which we always were keen to take forward. Like the first instalment, the sequel will also be an urban rom-com set in a college campus."

Ghosh added, "I am fine-tuning the script. I will have more clarity on it in the coming days as by then, the actors will also be in place."