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Ek respect thi Gurmeet Ram Rahim ji ke liye. Baba ne mujhebola tha ki achhi achhi models ko le aao, taaki unko filmonmein le sakun. Ek model ko maine milwaya tha, kitnibadtameezi kari baba ne usske saath.”‘BABA KI NAZAR TOH THI MUJH PAR’Ask if she faced anyuncomfortable behaviour on RamRahim’s part, and Rakhi replies,“Seriously, baba ki nazar to thimujh par. Lekin Honeypreethamesha beech mein aayi aurussne bola, tum saari doosriladkiyon ke saath kar lo, Rakhike saath tum nahi kar sakte,kyunki yeh bahut bada bawaalhai. Isske saath kuch kar diya tohbahut pange ho jayega.Honeypreet aur baba ko tohmaine ek function mein HrithikRoshan se bhi milwaya.”‘THE PLOT OF THE MOVIE WILL BE CHANGED’After the arrest, Rakhi says she willchange the plot of her movie. “Pehletoh meri movie ka end yeh tha kibaba ne apne sare saboot mita diyeHoneypreet ko maar ke. LekinHoneypreet toh zinda hai aursurrender kar diya ussne. Ab toh plotchange karoongi. Sachchai hirakhoongi movie mein.”

The shoot of the film is still on andwill wrap up in January 2018. Rakhisays that it will all be based on facts.“Poori sachchai maaloom karnazaroori hai. Sunny Leone bhi hogi,Rakhi Sawant hogi. Sunny Leonebaba ko milne gayi thi, performancediya tha. We will have a duplicate ofhers to do an item number in the film.

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‘The soundtrack of Call ForFun exudes youthful energy’

Salman (Khan) ko maine O O Jaane Jaana, mein dia-logues bulwaye thay and Shah Rukh Khan ko bhi Phir BhiDil Hai Hindustani mein dialogues bulwaye thay. Raniand Saif contributed in the track Ladki Kyun NajaneKyun from Hum Tum. Earlier, Amitabh Bachchan hadsung in some movies, but we restarted the trend in thenewer generation. Post that, every star became confidentthat they could do it.We are sure that not every actor is a good singer. So,how difficult was it to make stars sing?In those days, there was no provision of auto tuning butnow, with pitch correction software, anyone can become asinger. Back then, Salman badly wanted to sing O O JaaneJaana, but I told him that it would be very difficult as Icouldn’t pitch his voice. Aamir rehearsed rigorously everynight for the Khandala song. Sanjay Dutt was the quickestlearner and I think he has a good voice. He plays the drumswell and is a very musical person. Ajay Devgn ko bhimaine apne gaane mein dialogue bulwaya hai — TuneMujhe Pehchana Nahi in Raju Chacha. Aamir againworked with me in Fanaa (Mere Haath Mein Tera HaathHo); I also made Kajol deliver dialogues in that song.Humne bade-bade stars ko gawaya hai aur dialogue bulwaya hain. I knew that if I made Aamir sing, all hismillions of fans would listen — it was a commercial idea.Of late, there has been a lot of controversy aroundPakistani artistes working in Bollywood. Your take?Though I think talent from everywhere should be wel-come, we shouldn’t open our doors to Pakistan in today’ssituation — that nation has been killing our soldiers.There can be great music in any country, but you need tohave an organised industry like ours, to give it a goodplatform. That is the reason Pakistani singers and actorsare coming to Bollywood. Unko apna talent dikhane kamauka aur kahan milega? Unka talent bahar hi nahiaata, exposure hi nahi milta, toh woh bhaag-bhaag keaatein hain yahan.Munni Badnaam Hui (Dabangg, 2010) was iconic andtriggered a trend of similar songs by other composers...Munni Badnaam Hui won 43 awards that year! I wasn’teven aware that so many awards existed in the industry.People have been trying to ace that song since then, butno one has cracked it yet, including me. Creativity cannotbe forced.Your music has a strong influence of RD Burman. Manysay that your music sounds similar to his...We have known Pancham Da since childhood. Later, weshared the same studio for recording. He loved us andhelped us. One day, as he was entering the studio, he heardmy song Loveria (Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman), and hestopped. He then asked our common assistant ManoriSingh, ‘Yeh kiska gana hai?’, ‘Naye ladke hain — JatinLalit,’ he replied. Pancham Da said, ‘Bada accha kaam karrahein hai’ and listened to the entire song. Then he cameup to us and said, ‘Arre maine tumhara gana suna —Loveria. Bahut accha.’ There are many such instances.You have worked with Majrooh Sultanpuri in PehlaNasha, Bin Tere Sanam and Khamoshi, and with AnandBakshi in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. How importantdo you think are the lyrics for any song?Lyrics are the backbone of a song. You remember a songnot because of its tune, but by the words. It also conveyswhat the film is trying to say and what is in the artiste’smind. I always loved working with big writers likeMajrooh saab and Anand Bakshi saab.What is satisfy-ing to me is that in the record of their best work, mywork reflects.

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The movie is based onfacts: Rakhi Sawant

Lalit Pandit

RakhiSawant

Tejas Kudtarkar