MUMBAI: National Award winner, actor Pallavi Joshi has turned singer for upcoming Bollywood flick ‘Buddha in a Traffic Jam’ directed by her husband Vivek Agnihotri.

She will sing a ghazal ‘Chand Roz’ penned by the late acclaimed poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz. The ghazal will be used as a background track in the film. This is not her first tryst with music though.She was an anchor for Zee Antakshari for almost seven years and hosted Zee Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Marathi L’il Champs in 2008,

Pallavi returns to Bollywood after two decades and will be also be seen essaying the role of Anupam Kher’s wife. She was last seen in a Marathi film Rita (2009). Talking about her debut as a singer, Pallavi reveals that it was on her husband’s insistence that she decided to sing for a film for the first time. “I had hosted a music-based show for almost seven years but I had never thought of playback. For ‘Buddha in a Traffic Jam’, Vivek had wanted a very raw and unplugged kind of a quality to the ‘najm’ and he suggested that I try it out since even though I am a trained classical singer, it’s not a very polished style. So I agreed and it has been recorded with minimalistic technical support. There are no percussions and hardly any instruments barring a harmonium,” says Pallavi.

Composed by Rohit Sharma, Pallavi shares that the song has a very natural grainy texture and for her, it came quite naturally. “I enjoyed the experience, but I wasn’t paid for singing. They made me sing for free,” laughs the actress.

The film is set to release on 13 May 2016 and includes Arunoday Singh and Mahie Gill in the lead role.