MUMBAI: Through a joint venture, T-Series and Vishesh Films have come together yet again to take their successful musical franchise - Aashiqui forward.

While the musical drama that released over two decades ago starred Rahul Roy and Anu Agarwal in career changing roles, the latest installment Aashiqui 2, directed by Mohit Suri stars Shraddha Kapoor and Aditya Roy Kapoor in the lead.

Contrary to the reports, Aashiqui 2 is not a sequel to Aashiqui, clarifies director Suri, "It‘s a new story. The only similarity is the music and the love story. There are seven to eight songs in the film; it‘s a musical."

Talking about what you can expect from the film, producer Mukesh Bhatt says, "It‘s a contemporary love story dealing with mature emotions. All three actors have extremely challenging dramatic roles. It‘s not a film about only looking good, singing and dancing.

hese are performance-oriented parts, and we‘re convinced that Aashiqui 2 would do for Shraddha, Aditya and Shaad what the first Aashiqui did for Rahul, Anu and Deepak Tijori."
Keeping with the brand of the film, the music yet again continues to remain a highlight with the first song Tum Hi Ho already making waves on the music front. Avers co-producer Bhushan Kumar, "We‘ve already recorded some songs for Aashiqui 2 and we‘re confident that the audience will enjoy them."

Aashiqui 2 is scheduled to release on 26 April 2013.