The musician duo are all set for a second stint in the industry. They were the golden boys of the Bollywood music scene during the 90s but the Nadeem-Shravan twosome has been missing in action for a long time now. Nadeem Saifi is now based in London after being accused in the Gulshan Kumar murder case and though he and Shravan Rathod continued to collaborate on films like ‘Raaz’, ‘Kasoor’ and ‘Dhadkan’ despite the long distances, they finally called it quits in 2005. The music created by them for films like ‘Aashiqui’, ‘Saajan’ and ‘Phool Aur Kante’ still remains popular and now the duo is reuniting for Guddu Dhanoa’s next ‘Deewana’. Interestingly this is the same team that gave us the Shah Rukh Khan, Divya Bharati starrer of the same name in the 90’s. The return is in full swing as the Bhatts too have offered them their next project. It all began when Shravan approached Dhanoa and told the filmmaker that he wants to work with Nadeem for ‘Deewana’ again as they had created the music for the original 1992 hit. Dhanoa then contacted Nadeem and the rest followed. “We are in advanced talks with Nadeem and Shravan. They have consented in principle. We are working out the modalities. I am perfectly happy if Nadeem works from Dubai or London or wherever he is. They really know what melody is all about,” Dhanoa told TOI. Talking to us from Dubai, Nadeem confirmed the development, “We did a lot of work even after my case but I was very hurt because we didn’t get awards for those very popular numbers, except just one. There is a child in every artiste who wants recognition, so I decided to quit.” “I want to make music again, those lilting tunes which signify love. Mukesh and Mahesh Bhatt are family, ditto for Dhanoa. So I had to say yes to them.I may do one of the projects solo,” he added.
