If Priyanka Chopra announces rooftops that she is Shah Rukh Khan’s biggest fan then it is with reason. The superstar, who has been taking keen interest in the music of the films he produces, has taken decision to give away a bigger portion of his duet in Billu Barber to her.
“Shah Rukh took very deep interest in each one of the songs of his latest film Bilu Barber. He is not a musician, but he has an innate ear for music. It takes him just hardly few seconds to sanction or cut down a track,” said composer Pritam Chakraborty.
With the songs framed for Kareena Kapoor and Deepika Padukone, Pritam faced no problems. “Shah Rukh simply admired his songs with Kareena (Marjani) and Deepika (Love mera hit hit). They were straightforward dance songs with fantastic chemistry between Shah Rukh and Kareena and Deepika,” said Pritam.
The song with Priyanka required special treatment and Shah Rukh made Pritam re-work and re-record the song. “Shah Rukh’s song with Priyanka Khuda-ae-kher is not an item song. It’s completely a love ballad that the pair playing Bollywood superstars emotes opposite the camera.
Being a love song Shah Rukh felt there wasn’t adequate of the female presence in the vocals. He made me re-record the song with more for the female vocalist (Dominique) to do as he wanted Priyanka to have an equal number of lines,” the composer said.
“It was completely Shah Rukh’s idea to provide Priyanka more lines in the song. He is a very kind entertainer. If you see him on screen he never tries to takes away the limelight from his heroines. Even Khai ke paan banaras wala’ in Don had lots of Priyanka to do in it though it was totally Shah Rukh’s song, Pritam added.
“If ask about Shah Rukh’s kindness, Priyanka sighed and said: “What do I say? Now do you know why he is my favourite?” Irrfan Khan and Lara Dutta, who play a rustic couple in Billu Barber, will later be seen going by the same Shah Rukh-Priyanka ballad.
