Soundtrack

Producer

Saregama

Director and Writer

Neerav Ghosh

Cast

Rajeev Khandelwal,Soha Ali Khan and Mrinalini Sharma

Release September 30

Based on a true story,the film is about a DJ who goes deaf at the peak of his career. Soundtrack revolves around the life of a struggling musician Raunak (Rajeev Khandelwal),his rise to stardom and his subsequent battle with hearing loss. Raunak a small-town musician comes to Mumbai and becomes a DJ. But when he lands his first big break in Bollywood,due to a sudden turn of events,Raunak becomes deaf. In this depressed state,he meets Soha Ali Khan,a free-spirited speech therapist who coaches him.

The buzz

* Anurag Kashyap has a cameo in the film. Soundtrack is said to be loosely inspired by award-winning Canadian film It’s All Gone Pete Tong.

* Neerav Ghosh makes his directorial debut with Soundtrack. Rajeev’s character in the film is inspired by the director’s struggle in showbiz. Ghosh was a musician who switched to directing music videos at an early age,and worked on documentaries and TV commercials before his Bollywood debut

* Rajeev,who essayed the role of a cop in Shaitan,plays a struggling musician in Soundtrack. To get his character right,the actor underwent a crash course on deejaying. Co-star Soha plays a deaf and mute girl in the film