Gunmaaster G9: Dard E Dil Song Unites Emraan Hashmi, Genelia

Emraan Hashmi And Genelia Deshmukh Get A Love Song In Gunmaaster G9

Dard E Dil, composed by Himesh Reshammiya with vocals from him and Akasa Singh, lands weeks before the Aditya Datt action romance opens in theatres on November 27.

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Gunmaaster G9 just got its heart-on-sleeve moment. The makers dropped Dard E Dil on Friday, a new track built around the on-screen pairing of Emraan Hashmi and Genelia Deshmukh, and it's meant to be the softer counterweight to what's being sold as an action romance.

Himesh Reshammiya composed the song and sings it alongside Akasa Singh, with lyrics by his wife Sonia Kapoor Reshammiya. This isn't the first track off the film, either. Reshammiya and Singh had already teamed up for an earlier number, and he's leaning on that momentum. In his statement, he pointed to Afsaana Banaaya Aapne and Do Do Din Ki Zindagi crossing 300 million combined views, with over 150 million of that on his own YouTube channel, Himesh Reshammiya Melodies. Dard E Dil, he said, is "particularly close to my heart," crediting Sonia's lyrics for making it "very special."

There's a personal thread running through this one too. Director Aditya Datt is the grandson of lyricist Anand Bakshi, and he says the hook of Dard E Dil carries an unmistakable echo of Bakshi's own Dard-E-Dil Dard-E-Jigar from Karz. Datt was careful to clarify it's a different song entirely, not a rework, but the emotional pull of that title landing on his own film clearly meant something to him.

Producer Deepak Mukut framed the track as filling a gap the film needed. An action-heavy film still needs a melody that breathes, he said, and this one is meant to give the Emraan-Genelia pairing its own musical identity separate from the stunts and set pieces.

Gunmaaster G9 also features Aparshakti Khurana and Abhishek Singh, and is produced by Mukut along with Hunar Mukut and Sangeeta Ahir under Soham Rockstar Entertainment. PEN Marudhar has the all-India distribution rights, Phar Films is handling the film overseas.

The film is locked for a worldwide theatrical release on November 27, which puts it in a November that's already getting crowded with titles jostling for screens. Whether Dard E Dil becomes the song that carries the film's promotional push the way Himesh's earlier two tracks did for their own films is the next thing to watch. For now, it's one more piece of the puzzle as Gunmaaster G9 heads toward its release date, with four weeks left to convert song streams into theatre footfalls.