Agnee band-member Mohan Kannan’s Bollywood projects may have been few and far in between, but be it Chandaaniyan  from 2 States, or Yaariyan from Cocktail, the singer has left a lasting impact with his lilting voice. Having rendered the first track from Aamir Khan’s long-in-the-making Laal Singh Chaddha, Kannan is aware that he is now among the artistes who will be celebrated for the melodic song that has swiftly earned acclaim from fans.

Composer Pritam, he says, adopted a rather secretive approach when appointing him for the song. “When they were doing pre-production work in 2019, Pritam asked me to come and record for it. He didn’t tell me what it was for, but at the time, everyone was raving about Amitabh [Bhattacharya] and his lyrics. It was only later that I learnt that they intended to use the song for the poster, and I realised this was for Aamir [Khan’s] film,” says Kannan, who, despite being a star in his own right in the indie music space, continues to seem star-struck by the experience.