LAHORE: Punjabi singer and composer Bilal Saeed has sung an Urdu song for the upcoming Bollywood flick Ishqedarriyan.

During a press conference at a café on MM Alam Road on Friday, Saeed said he usually sang Punjabi songs but in Ishqedarriyan, being released on May 15, he had sung an Urdu song.

He said he was the first artiste from Pakistan who was working with a Behrain-based PR firm which had signed him against Rs5m for five years.

The singer said he might sign a film as an actor with Mahesh Bhatt and discussion on his role in the film was underway.

Bilal Saeed write songs as well and he has written lyrics for singers like Amanat Ali, Huma Khwaja, Annie Khalid and Falak Shabir.

Published in Dawn, May 2nd, 2015

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