Jaan Kumar Sanu, son of veteran singer Kumar Sanu will be launched in Ram Kamal Mukherjee’s second directorial venture A Tribute to Rituparno Ghosh: Season’s Greetings.

Music composer duo Shailendra Sayanti recorded the title track of the film at Trinity Studios in Mumbai. This song which was originally written and composed by Rabindranath Tagore was recreated by the music composer duo. The song is based in Bhishnupur gharana’s raag ‘Behaag’. The only difference in this composition is that “Komal Nishaad” is used while descending.

Jaan started his career with Kumar Sanu’s cover “Dil mera churaya kyon” from Aamir Khan’s Akele Hum Akele Tum. Before venturing into Hindi songs, he recorded his first single in Bengali, “Chiro dini tumi je amar” as a tribute to Kishore Kumar. Trained under the tutelage of Rinku Dasgupta and noted vocalist Pandit Rattan Mohan Sharma, Jaan has his command over Hindustani classical music along with Western vocals.

As a child singer he has sung for jingles under the supervision of music directors like Shantanu Moitra and Shankar Ehsaan Loy. Jaan was one of the chorus singers in Aamir Khan’s directorial debut Taare Zameen Pe (“Bum bum bole”).

Produced under the banner of Assorted Motion Pictures and SS1 Entertainments, the film deals with mother and daughter relationship. The track Kunjvan is based on Bhanusingher Padabali. Tagore composed this track in Maithili (Braj) language when he was 16 years old. It was first published in Bharati magazine in 1884.

Produced by Aritra Das and Shailendra Kumar the film stars Paoli Dam, Lillette Dubey and debutant actor Azhar Khan. The film will be shot in November in Kolkata.

Priyanka Dutta