Amitabh & Hema walking the ramp

Departing from the customary music launch ceremonies, a filmy album being released on Thursday night has been cleverly transformed into a fashion show. Ravi Chopra’s latest socio-emotional thriller ‘Babul’ proposes to have its lead cast — Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Salman Khan, Rani Mukherji and John Abraham — walking the ramp.

“The lead actors will be donning the same ‘Babul’ screen-look and will be wearing outfits designed by Neeta Lulla, Alvira Khan, Narendra Kumar Ahmed and Sabyasachi. Instead of the usual pre-recorded stock music, we shall be playing the music of ‘Babul’ scored by Aadesh Srivastava,” says Chopra.

The highlights will be two rocking fusion Bhangra hip-hop and rap songs sung by Big B himself and a classical number ‘Baawri Piya’ by Sonu Nigam.

“It’s a pleasure recording with Amitabh-ji because he has a terrific music sense and is well-versed with North Indian folk-tunes. With his instant grasping power he would even come up with creative vocal inputs. While shooting his ‘Come On Bhangra Paale’ number, he invited me to the sets to watch him swinging and would exclaim ‘faadi naaka’ — which means a ‘mind-blowing’ job,” says Aadesh.

Incidentally, Chopra’s last movie ‘Baghban’ with Amitabh, Hema and Salman was widely acclaimed for its hard-hitting social message.