Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt groove to Eena Meena Deeka in Shaandaar

Gearing for the movie release this Friday (October 23), Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt shared a teaser of Eena Meena Deeka, a song which recreates of the 60s hit number, from their upcoming film.

Gearing for the movie release this Friday (October 23), Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt shared a teaser of Eena Meena Deeka, a song which recreates of the 60s hit number, from their upcoming film.

Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt in a still from Shaandaar's song Eena Meena Deeka. (YOUTUBE GRAB)

The complete song will only be released with the film. Shahid and Alia are seen dancing on the tunes of the 60s hit track in a playful mood in the teaser of the new song, which will be launched on the date of movie release.

Incidentally, ‘Eena meena deeka’ is considered one of Bollywood’s first rock ‘n’ roll numbers. It is said that its lyrics were inspired by kids who were chanting the nursery rhyme, ‘Eeny, meeny, miny, moe’ outside the musician’s studio when the song was being composed. That chant inspired Ramchandra and his assistant, John Gomes to compose the first line — ‘Eena meena deeka, de dai damanika’ — of the song. Gomes added the words ‘Maka naka’ (Konkani for ‘I don’t want’).

Watch Kishore Kumar from the original song

Shaandaar, that also stars Pankaj Kapur, Sanah Kapur and will hit the theatres on October 22.