fter his marvelous performance as Alauddin Khilji in ‘Padmaavat’ Ranveer Singh is currently busy shooting for Zoya Akhtar’s ‘Gully Boy’. He will play a rapper in this one, who started his journey from the slums of Mumbai. It is inspired by a real rapper, Vivian Fernandes popularly known as Divine. His songs have crossed 3 million on YouTube. The rapper is all praises for Ranveer Singh. The rapper’s group was called gully gang.
The rapper said, “I discovered it at the age of 14, and by the time I reached college, it became my way of expressing my emotions, be it anger or happiness. I wrote my songs in English, but was thinking in Hindi, because I didn’t know that we could do hip-hop in Hindi! At that time, there was no such thing happening in India. The place where I come from, the only way you can get a break is through TV or reality shows. You can’t do consistent music, as it takes time to learn it.”
He further added, “My mother works abroad, and my father has long been separated from the family, so I lived with my naani, and spent all my time with friends. They’ve always stuck with me, and would even stand behind me in my music videos, and that’s what made it possible for me to put out song videos.”
The rapper reveals that Ranveer is the best choice and he is a great guy also, “We were the first guys to spark the whole Hindi hip-hop scene, and there’s a rapper in every gully now, which is all I wanted. Our story will finally be on the big screen, and Ranveer Singh is the right guy to do it. I have hung out with him a couple of times, chilled out. He’s a great and talented guy, best choice for this film.”
The rapper praises filmmaker Zoya Akhtar, “If you’re writing a film about hip-hop, the most important thing is you should be a good writer. Zoya had come for one of our shows; that’s how she discovered us. Then she visited the place where we lived and I was more than happy to chat with her and Reema (Kagti, a partner in scriptwriting) and tell them everything about the [hip-hop] scene. I don’t know the story, but we’re a part of the film and its music. We will be going on the sets, as the shooting has started. Hopefully, ‘Gully Boy’ mein bhi aayega kuchh hamara!”
