‘Aashiqui 3’ first look: Kartik Aaryan, Sreeleela promise a stirring love story in Anurag Basu’s next-OxBig News Network

Sreeleela. and Kartik Aaryan in ‘Aashiqui 3’
| Photo Credit: T-Series

The makers of Aashiqui 3, starring Kartik Aaryan and Sreeleela, unveiled the first look teaser of the film on Saturday. Written and directed by Anurag Basu, the film is set to release during Diwali this year.

In the teaser, Kartik, sporting a huge beard, plays guitar in a huge concert, akin to the opening scene of Aashiqui 2. The teaser shows him and the film’s female lead Sreeleela romancing in the mountains and riding bikes. The video also features Vishal Mishra’s rendition of the track “Tu hi zindagi hai, tu hi Aashiqui hai.”

Composer Pritam, a frequent collaborator to Anurag, is scoring the music for the upcoming film. Bhushan Kumar and Krishan Kumar produce the film under their T-Series banner.

The original Aashiqui, released in 1990, was directed by Mahesh Bhatt and starred Rahul Roy and Anu Aggarwal. The film was a commercial success owing to Nadeem-Shravan’s music and songs penned by Sameer, Rani Mallik and Madan Pal.

A spiritual sequel to the film, Aashiqui 2 (2013) was directed by Mohit Suri and featured Aditya Roy Kapur and Shraddha Kapoor in the lead. The second part also turned out to be a huge blockbuster. The songs of the film were composed by Jeet Gannguli, Mithoon and Ankit Tiwari with lyrics by Irshad Kamil, Sandeep Nath, Sanjay Masoomm and Mithoon.