With Bengali listeners all ears when it comes to fresh voices, Mohit Chauhan's Bengali playback debut for Sujit Mondal's untitled film will be music to the ears.

On Aug 21st evening, the singer recorded a peppy number with Jeet Gannguli just two days ahead of Sujit's visit to Switzerland where he is supposed to picturise the song on Dev.

Speaking about his Bengali playback debut, Mohit said, "I've recorded Bengali jingles before but this is the first time that I sang a Bengali film song. I have had Bengali friends and I am not new to the language. Though I'm not familiar with any contemporary Bengali filmi numbers, Bengali sounds very sweet to my ears. Recently, I bumped into Jeet and he asked me if I would be interested in recording a number for him. I immediately agreed. As for my pronunciation, only those who've heard my song will be able to say how perfect I've been. "

Incidentally, Jeet had initially wanted to record this song himself had he not got a fresh voice that he was looking for. "My association with Mohit goes back to his Silk Route days. We used to jam together. Srikant da (Mohta) and I were toying with various ideas when Mohit's name came to my mind. As luck would have it, I ran into Mohit. I took him to a studio and made him hear the composition though I never told him that I was thinking of him as a singer. Unlike the romantic songs that are always given to Mohit, this is a peppy number," Jeet says, adding, "Even though I didn't sing the number, Mohit recording it means a win-win situation for me. After all, composer Jeet comes before singer Jeet."

The lyrics, which have been penned by Prosenjit, go like Mon hariye beghore. And expectedly, it wasn't a cakewalk getting Mohit to record the word 'hariye' in Bangla. "We all worked hard on getting his pronunciation right. Initially, he kept on saying 'hadiye' instead of 'hariye'. But then, we finally got it right. Mohit has given the song his soul," Jeet adds.

Meanwhile, Sujit is excited with the whole process of recording. "Mohit's kuch khaas hai has been a huge favourite of mine. I think, this song will become a revolution for Bengali playback. It'll catch on with the youth instantly. Though Dev hasn't heard Mohit's version when he left for Europe to shoot Dui Prithibi, he did hear a scratch version with Jeet singing it. I'm sure he'll love Mohit's song when he hears it in Switzerland, where I'll be shooting this number with him," Sujit says.