Huma Qureshi recently revealed that she never tried to recreate the iconic chemistry of Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai while shooting for the Ishq Kameena remake.
The 39-year-old actress, who earned her breakthrough with her debut performance in Gangs of Wasseypur, spoke at length about her nervousness while working on the upcoming film.
During her recent exclusive conversation, she explained, “When this song came to us, we were just excited to bring it back. Ishq Kameena is massive, almost everyone has danced to it at some point and that comes with a huge responsibility. We were nervous, genuinely nervous. But we weren’t trying to imitate the original. We wanted to bring our own flavor while celebrating everything that made it iconic. And having Remo sir come on board to choreograph this for us, that just made it something else. I really hope people enjoy this as much as we enjoyed making it.”
Alongside Qureshi, her co-star Rachit Singh, further expressed his excitement at the opportunity to shoot the iconic song.
He added, “This is my first commercial promo Hindi song, and honestly, every day I have to pinch myself that this is happening. Big shoes to fill in, fingers crossed. But I’m so happy I got to do this with Huma. The energy between us just felt natural, it never felt like work. I think that comes through on screen.”
This comes on the heels of the Jolly LLB 3 star sharing a glimpse of the song from her much-awaited film Baby Do Die Do.
Taking to X (formerly Twitter), she penned, “For Delhi kids we grew up dancing to these 90s songs.. pinching myself that I get to recreate it.. we love you @iamsrk and Aishwarya maam #IshqKameena.”
Nachiket Samant’s upcoming directorial, which also features Sikandar Kher, Chunky Panday, Marudha Shekhawat, Vidya Malvade, Arun Kushwah, and Himanshu Malik, is slated for release on Friday, July 3.
For the unversed, Ishq Kameena was originally shot by the Devdas duo for their 2002 film Shakti: The Power.
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