The music of 'Mere Baap Pehle Aap' was recently launched at PVR Cinema on Wednesday. The entrance resembled a wedding venue with a proper Band Baaja playing. The entire star cast of the movie was present except for the Groom 'Mr. Paresh Rawal along with Mr. Om puri and Mr. Nasereddin Shah.
Priyandarshan walked in first and spoke about his inspiration for his film, which he drew from his first release 'Muskarahat'. Keeping it in mind he's given the same pleasant feeling to 'Mere Baap Pehle Aap'. He also spoke about casting Genelia in his film as she easily fit the simple next-door girl character.
Lyricist Sameer dressed in all white walked in with a serene face and spoke about how he loved writing the lyrics for the title track where the son had to gently express his feelings to his father and say what he wants to convincingly.
He praised Sangeet Haldipur for singing the title song so well and mentioned that a good director like Priyandarshan who knows what he exactly wants just easily conveys it to the music team making their job easier. He guarantees that the songs will definitely be one of the USP's of the film as it is melodious and has a good blend of all emotions thanks to music composer Vidyasagar of the Hulchul fame. When asked which were his favorite tracks he mentioned the title song and Ishq Subhan Allah.
Archana Puran Singh thereafter walked in with hubby Parmeet Sethi and didn't reveal much about the movie except that she plays a cop where her language is quite colourful unlike her plain costume - the officer's uniform which she is seen wearing throughout the film. But she's definitely not complaining about it as she says everyone loves working with Priyadarshan and actors never bother to question him about their role just as she did not.
He briefly just told her about her role over the phone and she said YES. She also spoke about Akshaye as an intense actor whose intensity can be seen only once the camera rolls. Before that he's simply in a different form giving the impression that he has not done his homework.
Speaking of Akshaye Khanna, he was escorted in through a private entrance and the event started with RJ Anurag from Red FM as the compere. He too was all praises for the film along with its producer Raman Maroo and its presenters Shemaroo Entertainment.
An AV was played presenting Shemaroo's contribution of 37 yrs to Bollywood establishing the fact that they have evolved by heaps & bounds with a huge archive of Hindi films and have been making waves in the Indian entertainment Industry with films like 'Manorama ' 6 feet Under' and 'Omkara'.
Then the promos of the film were played and it was a laugh riot. The press surely seemed impressed and loved the title track with was catchy and had the spirit of the film. The star cast was then invited on stage - Priyadarshan, Akshaye, Genelia, Archana Puran Singh, Manoj Joshi, producer Raman Maroo, Bhushan Kumar, Lyricist Samir, Music Composer Vidyasagar.
Akshaye thanked the press for being there and spoke about his wonderful working with Priyadarshan and his team. This is their fourth film together and as usual its a cake walk. He loved the script the minute he heard because of its hilarious twists and turns and the fact that it will connect with all age groups.
Genelia too like the others praised the music of the film choosing 'Ishq Subhan Allah' as her favorite and when asked about her experience working with Akshaye and Priyadarshan, she was all smiles. Rajpal Yadav and Shobana missed their appearance on stage as they arrived late.
Rajpal Yadav spoke to the press later telling them that he was really happy being a part of Priyadarshan' team for this film. Also present there was Aadesh Srivastav, Vishal Bhardwaj and to extend their support and good wishes.