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Dream Girl: It is Dhagala Lagali Kala for Ayushmann Khurrana, Nushrat Bharucha and Riteish Deshmukh

The makers of Dream Girl are leaving no stone unturned to create a good pre-release buzz. The trailer and the songs, Radhe Radhe and Dil Ka Telephone have impressed one and all. And now, the makers have decided to add a song in the film which will be a recreated version of famous Marathi track Dhagala Lagali Kala. The original track featured Dada Kondke and the recreated version will have lead actors of Dream Girl, Ayushmann Khurrana and Nushrat Bharucha. The two actors will be joined by Riteish Deshmukh.

While talking about it, Riteish told a tabloid, “Dhagala is an all-time favourite dance number. The original featured the legendary Dada Kondke, so being a part of this song was motivation enough. Also, Ayushmann and Nushrat are fantastic actors and dancers and having admired their work I was happy to share the screen with them.”


Further talking about the song, the actor stated, “It can make even a non-dancer sway, that’s the power of the song. And every actor wants to do an out-and-out dance number. There have been great recreations of songs, some not so good ones as well. As long as due respect is given to a track in its recreated version, it is welcome. The younger generation is accepting and dancing to it and that’s great.”

Director Raaj Shaandilyaa knows Riteish very well and when he requested him, the actor came on board immediately. The director revealed, “I had done the chat show Yaaron Ki Baraat with Riteish. We have known each other for a long time. When I made this request, he immediately agreed.” The song is sung by Jyotica Tangri and Meet Bros.

Produced by Ekta Kapoor, Dream Girl is slated to hit the screens on 13th September 2019. Ayushmann plays the character a guy in the film who portrays the role of Sita and Radha in theatre plays and later starts talking to men on the phone in female voice by using the name Pooja.

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