About his partnership with Kamil, he said he owed a lot to the phonetic quality of his words. 'What I liked most about Cocktail is that it is not just about love, it's a lot is about friendship also,' he said.

He also readily broke into impromptu renditions with his guitar. Pritam - who has yet again collaborated with lyricist Irshad Kamil after their successful outing in Love Aaj Kal - excitedly spoke about each composition. 'The songs have been shot entirely from Homi's vision, and the result has been fantastic,' said Vijan. Vijan, however, praised the way Adajania had picturised the songs. While picturising the songs of Being Cyrus, Adajania's first film, he played it according to his instincts, but here, with a love story as the film's mainstay, he seemed a little lost. 'I never understood the logic of actors breaking into song in the middle of the film,' he says. Adajania, however, stayed away from the making of the music as he believed that he did not have a sensibility to make a movie with music. 'We wanted songs that would relate to the characters in the film and bring out their personalities and traits,' said Vijan. Vijan, who has a keen ear for music, spoke about the Sufi influences in Cocktail's tracks.

Small wonder, then that co-producer Dinesh Vijan, director Homi Adajania and music composer Pritam focussed on its music while attending the Screen Preview at Express Towers in Mumbai. Subsequently, other songs such as Daaru desi and Yaariyan, too, picked up. When the first promo of Cocktail hit the screens almost a month ago, the song Tum hi ho bandhu became an instant rage.

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