Bhansali's Saawariya to have 16 songs

If the industry buzz is to be believed, Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Saawariya, that marks the debut of Rishi Kapoor's son Ranbir and Anil Kapoor's daughter Sonam, will have less than 22 songs in the film. Interestingly, Ranbir and Sonam had worked with Bhansali as his assistant directors during the making of Black before being launched as actors.

Right from the time he began Khamoshi, to his latest release Black, Bhansali's passion for music is well known in the industry. "The director has a ear for music. He even makes it a point to sit through the music sittings," says Monty Sharma, who had done the background score for Black and who is now doing the music for Saawariya. "I had given the background music of Black and am lucky to get the opportunity to do the complete music score for Bhansali." About scoring tunes for 22 songs, Monty clarifies that Bhansali had decided on 22 songs earlier, but finally they came up with 16 tracks.

"Out of the 16, Bhansali will choose the best tracks to be retained for the film," Sharma informs. It is also interesting to note that it is after a decade that a film with record number of songs is being made. Sooraj Barjatya's Hum Aapke Hain Kaun that had music directors Raam-Laxman scoring its music, was the last film to have a record number of songs, 14, to be precise. "We have broken that record by scoring 16 tracks," Sharma says. Bhansali plans to release Saawariya in 72 countries simultaneously. The film is being backed by Sony Classic who began their association with Bhansali in Black.