MUMBAI: ‘Gulaabo’, the first song of Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt's much-awaited romantic entertainer ‘Shaandaar’ will release on Thursday. It will also feature Shahid's sister Sanah.

The trailer of the film, directed by Vikas Bahl of ‘Queen’ fame, has already generated a lot of buzz and the audiences are now looking forward to its music.

The makers are said to have received letters and emails from fans requesting them to release the first track from the film. But they were in a dilemma for a while as to which song to release first and finally, they zeroed down on ‘Gulaabo’.

"The wait will be over on 10 September," said the film's spokesperson, adding that "there is a lot of anticipation around the content of the film".

‘Gulaabo’, penned by Anvita Dutt, is sung by Vishal Dadlani and Anusha Mani.

The film is scheduled to release on 22 October.