Shah Rukh Khan gave Alia Bhatt and Suhana Khan ‘tuitions’ on lip-syncing, ended up learning ‘Tum Kya Mile’ song himself

Alia Khan revealed on Thursday that she was nervous how to perform the track "Tum Kya Mile" from Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani and took help from Shah Rukh Khan for the same.

Alia Bhatt heaps praise on Shah Rukh Khan. (Photos: Varinder Chawla/Avinash Gowariker for Penguin India)

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For her first, big romantic lip-sync song of her career, actor Alia Bhatt turned to the man, who has cemented his place in the space— Shah Rukh Khan. Alia revealed on Thursday that she was nervous how to perform the track “Tum Kya Mile” from Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani and took help from Shah Rukh for the same.

In the track, composed by Pritam and written by Amitabh Bhattacharya, Alia is seen romancing Ranveer Singh in the stunning snow-capped mountains of Kashmir. The song from the Karan Johar directorial was billed as a tribute to the quintessential romantic tracks filmed by Yash Chopra.

At a special event of Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, Alia opened up about how it was Karan, who asked her to call Shah Rukh Khan to take some tips for the song as she was “extremely” nervous before filming it. Alia shot the song after she became a mother.

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“I was going back to shoot after a couple of months. First time I was doing a full lip-sync song after Ishq Wala Love. There was nervousness in me. I was discussing with Karan (Johar) and he said, ‘Why don’t you call Shah Rukh up, maybe he will give you some tips.’ So I called him up to talk on the phone. I just wanted to understand because nobody lip-syncs like him.

“He said, ‘Tu ghar aaja (come over). Suhana also was wanting to learn this toh dono saath mein tution kareinge. Tu gaana leke aaja (both of you will do tuition together on this, just get the song) I went and I was there for 2-3 hours,” the actor said.

Alia Bhatt said at the superstar’s house Mannat, Suhana Khan and her were singing songs to practice their lip-sync and they did it so many times that by the end of it even Shah Rukh Khan had learnt the Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani track.

“There’s this whole lip sync portion which Shreya Ghoshal has sung beautifully. The video of that extended version we will release shortly. It was quite fast and I was getting quite hyper. But the way he (Shah Rukh Khan) broke it down. He made me download some app. He said, ‘Baar baar karo.’ He had also learnt the song by the end of it. It just shows how generous and large-hearted man he is. He is so wonderful, always willing to help,” she added.

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Headlined by Alia Bhatt and Ranveer Singh, Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani released last Friday and opened to excellent word of mouth. The film is likely to cross Rs 100 crore by this weekend, cashing in on its positive reviews. Written by Ishita Moitra, Shashank Khaitan and Sumit Roy, the film also stars veterans Jaya Bachchan, Shabna Azmi and Dharmendra.

Justin Joseph Rao

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