MUMBAI: The first song from Saif Ali Khan's film Chef to be released on 6 October is out today. The song Shugal Laga Le portrays the journey from Chennai to Delhi. Since the song, depicts the entire story of the film, the makers have only released half of the entire song. Shugal Laga Le has special hand picked percussions from Kerela and Goa.

The song's composer, producer and singer is the multi-talented Raghu Dixit. Shugal Laga Le not only features the main lead of the film Saif Ali Khan, but also Raghu Dixit and his band. The band not only features in the song but also has a few scenes before the song begins.

“That was a scary moment when Raja got up from his seat and asked - are you guys ready to act in the fil?! I have faced the camera earlier, but it was the first time for my band members. I was nervous, but comfortable in front of the camera. We managed to shoot it quickly We started the shoot at 7.30 in the evening and ended by 3 am,” said Dixit.

Raja Krishna Menon had accidentally come across a song by Raghu Dixit and that is when he asked Dixit to make one song for the film. "Raja has been very helpful to us. He showed us the positions himself, made us understand the story angles, how much one should turn around and where a singer must be pointing and much more. He is particular about every single detail while shooting and while the recording of the song and that is what impressed me,” said the singer.

“Initially I was called for just one song. Later Raja gave me the entire album of the film which has five songs. We had the ideas for the songs in 12 days after I got the script. Four songs were approved initially and much later when I saw the edit of the film I felt that one more song was needed. We added that song much later, the song that apparently became the theme of the entire film,” revealed Dixit.

Check out the song below: