Rahul
Dev
Bu ma
may
have
go e
by
the
ame
Pa cham
Da
to
his
fa s,
but
his
impact
o
I dia
ci ema
was
a ythi g
but
o di a y.
His
so gs
a e
still
a
sou ce
of
i spi atio
fo
musicia s
sta ti g
out
today,
a d
his
ow
life
sto y
has
all
the
maki gs
of
a
g eat
film.
The
latest
ews
is
that
Excel
E te tai me t,
ow ed
by
Fa ha
Akhta
a d
Ritesh
Sidhwa i,
is
putti g
togethe
a
biopic
o
the
compose .
O ce
the
p omotio s
fo
‘Mi zapu :
The
Movie’
a e
do e,
befo e
a d
afte
elease,
the
make s
a e
expected
to
begi
filmi g.
Repo ts
also
suggest
Em aa
Hashmi
has
bee
chose
to
play
Mehmood
i
the
movie.
Em aa
de ies
bei g
app oached
fo
the
ole
Howeve ,
Em aa
has
ubbished
these
epo ts.
As
he
cou ts
dow
the
days
to
Awa apa
2’s
elease,
he
made
it
clea
that
o
o e
has
app oached
him
fo
the
biopic
o
Pa cham
Da,
a d
de ied
a y
i volveme t
i
playi g
Mehmood
i
the
still-u a ou ced
p oject,
epo tedly
helmed
by
Nee aj
Pa dey.
Mea while,
wo d
is
that
Fa ha
will
be
the
o e
po t ayi g
Bu ma
o
sc ee .Taki g
to
I stag am
sto y,
Em aa
w ote,
“Just
to
cla ify,
the
epo t
about
me
playi g
Mehmood
saab
i
a
biopic
a e
u tu e.
I
have ’t
bee
app oached
fo
the
film,
o
am
i
doi g
it”.
Akshay
Kuma
to
play
Rajesh
Kha a
i
Mehmood’s
biopic
Mea while,
Akshay
Kuma
is
said
to
have
ag eed
to
po t ay
his
late
fathe -i -law,
Rajesh
Kha a,
i
Mehmood’s
biopic.
Pi kvilla
epo ts
that
the
acto
has
set
aside
10
days
specifically
to
shoot
the
segme t
captu i g
the
bo d
a d
f ie dship
sha ed
betwee
the
vete a
sta
a d
the
compose .
The
f ie dship
betwee
RD
Bu ma
a d
Mehmood
The
bo d
betwee
RD
Bu ma
a d
Mehmood
we t
well
beyo d
wo k,
they
we e
close
f ie ds
fi st.
I
fact,
it
was
Mehmood
who
gave
Bu ma
his
big
b eak
i
the
film
i dust y.
Pa cham
Da
got
his
fi st
shot
as
a
compose
tha ks
to
Mehmood,
o
Chhote
Nawab,
though
that
p oject
did ‘t
quite
wo k
out
as
pla ed.
The
two
the
teamed
up
agai
o
‘Bhoot
Ba gla’
i
1965,
a d
this
collabo atio
st uck
a
cho d
with
audie ces.
Mehmood
had
also
wa ted
Bu ma
to
sta
as
the
lead
i
‘Padosa ’,
a
offe
Bu ma
tu ed
dow ,
leadi g
the
ole
to
go
to
Su il
Dutt
i stead.
He
did,
howeve ,
compose
the
popula
t ack
‘Ek
Chatu
Naa ’
fo
the
film.
RD
Bu ma ‘s
musical
legacy
Bei g
the
so
of
the
lege da y
Sachi
Dev
Bu ma ,
RD
Bu ma
ca ied
the
musical
legacy
fo wa d,
but
fo ged
his
ow
path
by
fusi g
I dia
classical
eleme ts
with
ock,
jazz,
fu k,
Lati
beats,
a d
elect o ic
sou ds,
ushe i g
i
a
f esh
e a
fo
film
music.
His
body
of
wo k
i cludes
ico ic
t acks
like
‘Aap
Ki
Aa kho
Mei
Kuch’,
‘Dum
Ma o
Dum’,
‘Piya
Tu
Ab
To
Aaja’,
‘Chu a
Liya
Hai
Tum e
Jo
Dil
Ko’,
‘O
Me e
Dil
Ke
Chai ’,
‘Yeh
Shaam
Masta i’,
‘Me e
Nai a
Sawa
Bhado ’,
‘Musafi
Hoo
Yaa o ’,
‘Rimjhim
Gi e
Saawa ’,
‘Te e
Bi a
Zi dagi
Se
Koi’,
‘Bade
Achhe
Lagte
Hai ’,
‘Ek
Ladki
Ko
Dekha’,
a d
‘Humei
Tumse
Pyaa
Kit a’.
Em aa ‘s
upcomi g
p ojects
O
the
wo k
f o t,
Em aa
is
set
to
ep ise
his
ole
as
Shivam
i
‘Awa apa
2’,
which
also
sta s
Shaba a
Azmi
a d
Disha
Pata i.
Di ected
by
Niti
Kakka ,
the
film
hits
theat es
o
August
14,
clashi g
with
Su y
Deol’s
‘Batwa a
1947’.
