Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Arijit
Singh/Instagram
Superstar
singer
Arijit
Singh
is
turning
director.
If
all
goes
according
to
plan,
Singh
will
start
his
yet-untitled
film
by
the
end
of
the
year.
According
to
the
Mid-Day
newspaper,
the
project
will
be
a
jungle
adventure
designed
for
a
pan-Indian
audience.
The
story
has
reportedly
been
co-written
by
Arijit
and
his
wife,
Koyel
Singh.
‘Casting
and
pre-production
are
currently
under
way,’
the
Mid-Day
report
states,
adding
that
while
the
details
are
being
kept
under
wraps,
the
couple
has
been
involved
in
shaping
the
script.
Arijit,
who
was
recently
named
Spotify’s
most
followed
global
artist
with
over
150
million
followers,
is
already
a
decorated
figure
in
the
Indian
music
industry.
As
of
July
1,
he
had
a
staggering
151
million
followers
on
Spotify,
beating
Grammy
winner
Taylor
Swift,
who
trails
at
139
million.
He
has
also
beaten
other
global
names
like
Ed
Sheeran
(121
million),
Billie
Eilish
(114
million)
and
The
Weeknd
(107.2
million).
The
38-year-old
singer
has
won
two
National
Film
Awards
and
the
Padma
Shri.
Arijit’s
journey
started
on
a
humble
note.
A
contestant
on
the
music
reality
show
Fame
Gurukul,
he
struggled
for
recognition
until
he
got
a
break
with
the
song
Phir
Mohabbat
in
2011’s
Murder
2.
But
it
was
the
2013
chartbuster
Tum
Hi
Ho
from
Aashiqui
2
that
catapulted
him
to
fame.
