Honey Singh Recalls Shooting For Lungi Dance From Chennai Express: ‘Made Me Sit For 12 Hours With…’

Yo Yo Honey Singh, is a well-known rapper, recently shared an interesting anecdote about the making of the iconic song Lungi Dance from the 2013 blockbuster Chennai Express. The song, which became a massive hit, was a tribute to the legendary actor Rajinikanth and featured Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone. The popular rapper revealed that he was made to sit for up to 12 hours with makeup.

In conversation with Cine Connect, Honey Singh recalled his experience on the sets of Lungi Dance song. The rapper revealed, “The only funny moment from the Lungi dance set is that they called me and made me sit for up to 12 hours with makeup. It was their plan to make me wait. They were like, ‘This guy is so excited to be part of this shoot, let us make him wait.’ I was sitting for 12 hours, and whoever visited the set, they came to me and greeted me and spoke to me kindly including Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone who was accompanied by Ranveer Singh.”

“I couldn’t understand what was going on because everybody’s behaviour was quite nice, but they were not taking my shot. You won’t believe, they took my shot at the end and after that they said, ‘Pack up.’ So that was the craziest and funniest thing. They were testing my patience”, added the 41-year-old rapper.

Chennai Express starred Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone as the lead actors. The story revolves around Shah Rukh Khan who travels from Mumbai to Rameshwaram, and while on it, falls in love with Deepika Padukone who is daughter of a local Don.  Shah Rukh also underwent a shoulder surgery due to an injury he had on the sets of ‘Chennai Express’ while shooting a fist-fight scene with Deepika Padukone.

Chennai Express released in 2013. The actress reunited with Shah Rukh Khan for the film but was her first collaboration with Rohit Shetty. The film emerged as one of the biggest blockbusters of 2013. It was the same year that Deepika and Ranveer starred in their first film together, Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela. 2013 was also a big year for the actress as she starred in Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani and Race 2.