Bollywood Buzz - - Malaysian Bhangra Singers, Sukhjit Gill and Manjit Singh, Made Their Debut in Rajiv Mehra's Upcoming Flick

Sukhjit Gill (left) and Manjit Singh (right) belting out their numbers during the launch of their Goldkartz's album '24 Karaatz' in Kuala Lumpur recently.

PETALING JAYA - Two Malaysian Bhangra singers have made a giant leap into the Bollywood film industry with an invitation by movie director Rajiv Mehra to produce a song for his upcoming film.

While Malaysians like veteran Tamil singer M. Vasudevan and rapper Yogi B (real name, Yogeswaran Veerasingam) had left their mark in the South Indian music scene, Goldkartz comprising brothers Manjit Singh and Sukhjit Gill has become the first South-East Asian group to produce and sing for a Bollywood movie.

Rajiv Mehra's movie, Chala Mussadi Office Office, is a big screen adaptation of the hit TV sitcom Office Office which revolved around main character Musaddilal, played by Indian actor Pankaj Kapoor, and his humorous interactions with corrupt government officials.

Pankaj Kapoor will be reprising his part as schoolmaster Mussaddi Lal Tripathi in the film.

"It's a great honour, as Malaysians, to be recognised for our talent," Manjit, who produced the single Mauja for the movie, said.

"We are pleased our song has caught the attention of Bollywood, particularly from the music directors, Sajid Ali and his brother Wajid," Manjit added.

For Manjit and Sukhjit, their Bollywood experience had been with Indian composer-singer-producer Shankar Mahadevan, on the song Rock with You from their second album, 24 Karaatz.

Manjit, a lawyer, and Sukhjit, a law student at Universiti Malaya, will leave for India today to promote Mauja and Chala Mussadi Office Office.

The movie will be released in India on Aug 5.