![]() ![]() "Pritam and Anurag Basu, the director of the film, were familiar with my music and asked me to pitch in.'' But it was not a smooth sail, remembers James. Pritam, the music director of Gangster, rearranged the music and James for once was content to be just a playback singer. Interestingly, the song Bheegi Bheegi was inspired by a cult song, Prithibi, by the late Gautam Chat-terjee, lead singer of an old Kolkata-based band Mohiner Ghor-aguli. She was a legend, while I'm still learning," he says with a hu- mility matching his unique talent. Though, I'm ecstatic that my voice is rocking the nation that I've always admired."Įven as cultural diplomacy with Pakistan has seen a host of its bands gain popularity in this coun-try, James is the only Bangladeshi singer after Runa Laila to have cap-tured the imagination of India. James says he had never antici-pated this kind of success. For now, he is working with the Bhatts again and has already recorded a rock number for the film Woh Lamhe with Shiney Ahuja and Kan-gana in the lead. Though flooded with offers, the Bangladeshi rock icon has decided to take one step at a time. But James, the voice behind the chartbuster Bheegi Bheegi from the film Gang-ster, is a man in no hurry. ![]() His raw, slightly raspy voice and typical rock star looks are already a national rage. HE IS BOLLYWOOD'S BOONfrom across the bor-der. ![]()
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