Ranbir Kapoor and Imtiaz Ali kickstarted the promotional campaign of their upcoming biggieRockstar on a spiritual note at Delhi's historic Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah on Monday night.
Director Imtiaz officially launched the film's music by placing a CD of the film's soundtrack at the tomb of the mystic Sufi poet Amir Khusro, considered the father of qawwali, and sought his blessings.
Ranbir, Imtiaz and singer Mohit Chauhan then joined the Dargah's famous qawwals to celebrate the conclusion of the four-day Urs of Hazrat Amir Khusro that is held every year. The trio also offered a chaddar at Khusro's tomb.
"The atmosphere was magical. Imtiaz, Ranbir and the unit were keen on the film's music composer A.R. Rahman joining them for the event, but unfortunately Rahman couldn't make it," a source said.
Imtiaz had last year shot a significant scene of the movie at the Dargah. For Ranbir, the Dargah holds a special place because his grandfather, late showman Raj Kapoor, was known for his affinity for the place. RK was known to visit the Dargah whenever he came to Delhi.
"Rahman's music in Rockstar is an unusual fusion of rock, sufi and qawwali. So, the Dargah was an obvious choice for the unit to launch the music album," the source added.
The Nizamuddin Dargah is believed to be the place of origin of qawwali, a reason why Imtiaz has shot a key qawwali sequence at the place.
At the Dargah, the trio were in a musical and devotional mood. Sporting colourful turbans, Ranbir played the guitar while Mohit rendered a few songs from the film. The listeners especially loved the qawwali, Kun faaya kun. Soon, the Dargah's Qawwals joined the film unit.
Imtiaz's new film tells the story of a simplistic young man (played by Ranbir) who gets obsessed with becoming a man of worth after being spurned in love and goes on to become a famous rockstar.
Ranbir has al so been exces sively obsessed with every detail of the filmmaking process. The film was initially scheduled to open on September 9, along with Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, but will now release on November 11.
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