Sony Music, global music giant, today announced the music acquisition of OK Jaanu – an upcoming Indian romantic drama film produced by Mani Ratnam & Karan Johar and directed by Shaad Ali with the legendary A R Rahman as the Music Director and lyrics by Gulzar. It is known to be the official remake of Mani Ratnam‘s Tamil hit film OK Kanmani, where in the music of the same is with Sony Music South.

Says Sanujeet Bhujabal, Marketing Director Sony Music India, “We have seen a massive success of the music when we released the album in South in 2015 and we hope to create the same excitement with OK Jaanu. The movie and its music has already cut across geographies therefore the strategy is to recreate the magic. We are extremely excited to be working with the best from the industry- Mani Ratnam, Karan Johar and A.R. Rahman on this project and together we will create a musical success.”

He further adds, “The album has a great mix of new compositions and original OK Kanmani tracks by A R Rahman, which is something to watch out for!”

Ok Jaanu is a musical that stars Aditya Roy Kapur and Shraddha Kapoor in the lead roles and hits the big screen on 13th January, 2017.