Bollywood’s next star from Pak
“I’m teaching Katrina (Kaif) how to play the guitar. She already knows four chords and can play two songs. She wants to be a rock star by the end of the shoot, she’s a quick learner. She’s promised me that if our film does a business of Rs 60 crore, she will do a music video with me,” laughs Ali Zafar, who’s working with Katrina and Imran Khan in Yashraj’s next production, Mera Brother Ki Dulhan.
The Pakistani pop singer, who turned Bollywood actor with the sleeper hit Tere Bin Laden, is gearing up for the release of a new album,Jhoom, by the year-end. “It’s been four years since Masty and my fans were missing Ali, the singer,” he says, adding that he’s not just written and composed the songs this time, but also mixed and arranged them. He has even strum the guitar and features in the video that was shot in Mumbai.
Real v/s fake“The songs are more Sufist and make a distinction between what’s real and what’s fake, what’s permanent and what’s temporary,” he informs. “I’ve been part of showbiz since 2004 and I’ve realised how easy it is to lose your soul and innocence to the glamour around you. But I consider myself more of an artiste than a star. On the sets, I’m a ‘mazdoor’ (labourer); on stage, an entertainer.”