After recreating popular ghazal Koi Fariyaad for Tum Bin 2 together, director Anubhav Sinha and producer Bhushan Kumar will team up again and pay musical tribute to the late Jagjit Singh on his fifth death anniversary on October 10 in Mumbai.
Singh originally sang Koi Fariyaad in the 2001 hit Tum Bin.
Titled Tum Bin Misses Jagjit Singh, the invite-only concert will feature stalwarts from the music industry and will be aired live for fans. The concert will be held at Rang Sharda, Bandra, read a statement.
The second instalment of the Tum Bin franchise is written and directed by Sinha and jointly produced by him with Bhushan Kumar of the T-Series music label.
“We are hosting a tribute and it is my humble gesture of giving back to the music industry through a cult film that enjoys a legacy of timeless music,” Sinha said.
The trailer of the new film introduced a fresh version of Koi Fariyaad, sung by Rekha Bhardwaj. However, Sinha has kept some lines sung by Singh.
Singers such as Arijit Singh, Rekha Bhardwaj, Ankit Tewari, Mika and Talat Aziz are expected to be part of the concert. The concert will also be the first time Bhardwaj performs a duet with her husband, singer Vishal Bhardwaj.
Kumar said that “this is the first time I have witnessed audiences waking up to music in such a magical way”.
“Koi Fariyaad has challenged the perception of what the music consumption of youth really is, especially if a ghazal can garner close to 10 million hits,” he added.
Shot in Scotland, Tum Bin 2 features actors Neha Sharma, Aditya Seal and Aashim Gulati. It will release in India on November 18.
