Ranveer Singh's rapper doppelganger! All you want to know about 'Gully Boy'

Ranveer Singh and NaezyI am feeling blessed says rapper Naezy His ragstoriches story has been widely reported and recently got Bollywood interested Naezy aka Naved Shaikh is a gully rapper from a Kurla slum on whom Zoya Akhtars next project is basedI have been working on this project for the past 18 months Zoya first heard of me while she was editing Dil Dhadakne Do 2015 and saw the video of my song Aafat She was surprised that Mumbai slums have so much talent Our first meeting was at Blue Frog in Lower Parel shut since last August where we were performing for MTV Indies off air since last September A common friend Ankur Tiwari arranged a few more meetings he revealsEverybody loves aliaa08 Looking faarward pictwittercomKenLlnZMaUmdash Ranveer Singh RanveerOfficial 8 February 2017Hahahah everybody totally loves RanveerOfficial Looking double faarward GULLY BOY acircu00c2u009dcurreniumlcedilu00c2u008facircu00c2u009dcurreniumlcedilu00c2u008facircu00c2u009dcurreniumlcedilu00c2u008f httpstcoxc55UeYhpCmdash Alia Bhatt aliaa08 8 February 2017Zoya then happened to watch a documentary titled Bombay 70 based on Naezy and decided to make a film on him he says adding Zoya also met the documentarys director to discuss the basic plot She and I had hearttoheart chats on my journey she wanted to crack the ambience of my slum I was shocked when Zoya came visiting because she makes movies about rich people Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara and Dil Dhakadne Do She also met my friends to understand my backgroundAlso readVarun Dhawan rubbishes reports of doing Zoya Akhtars next film Gully BoyThough Naezy is yet to read the scripts final draft he has daunting tasks ahead of him Zoya he says wants him to pen dialogues and train Ranveer to get the body language and diction right The dialogues are in Hindi and English but once we are on board we will help turn it the way we speak She also intends to retain some of my original tracks in the film Ankur will supervise the musicThe 25yearold has met Ranveer quite a few times and is glad that the actor has promoted him on multiple platforms I like the guy We worked together for a song in Hey Bro 2015 He is a versatile actor and I have no doubts that he can effortlessly play an emperor in Padmavati and a rapper in this filmAlso readRanveer Singh This guy was taking a video of me taking a pissHe admits he was perturbed about lending his story to the big screen I didnt want the film to become a dramatic mess I shared my worries with Zoya and she explained that there is bound to be some fiction in the narrative But I am certain this film will change the way hiphop is perceived in India Here it has a negative image because of mainstream artistes Originally it isnt about passing lewd comments at women My focus is on bringing about a change in society and mindsetsAs a parting shot he says the film is only the beginning I have my own battles to fight mdashconvincing parents to pursue this art But I know I have found my calling