Akon wants to learn Hindi
Actor Shahrukh Khan is a self-confessed fan of Akon's music. As is Akon of Sharukhs acting in Bollywood Flicks. The pair have worked together earlier this year on Bollywood action movie 'Ra.One' which also features actress Kareena Kapoor and actor Arjun Rampal. Sharukh and Akon have become so close that Akon has promised to give Shahrukh some tips on rapping in exchange for Hindi lessons from him. In the movie singer Akon has sung in Hindi for one of the tracks. Intially it was only meant to be the odd word in hindi for him to sing but after blowing Shahrukh away with impressive singing in the Hindi dialect it was decided to put some more lines into Akon's song. Confirming this on Oneindia Entertainment, composer Shekhar Ravjiani speaking on behalf of the duo Vishal and Shekhar, who have composed the Akon track, said: "Akon's Hindi took all of us by surprise. It was almost like he had been speaking the language all his life. No one could believe Akon was seeing those Hindi lines for the first time. He just rattled of the lines as if he was conversant with Hindi. When you hear the song you will see no difference in the singing quality of Akon's English and Hindi lines." The movie is expected to have 10 track and Vishal and Shekhar are in the process of creating the soundtrack. "The director Anubhav Sinha has such a keen ear for music. He understands ragas, rhythm, melody and the format of music composition. Shahrukh too is very clued to world music. We are creating the kind of global sound in Ra.One which has never been heard in Indian cinema before." said Shekhar on Oneindia Entertainment. The movie is set to be released for Diwali 2011. FemaleFirst Haleema Shabir
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