Forget the recent controversy over the all-girls band Praagaash that was disbanded under threats, now a 27-year-old Kashmiri singer is set to make a debut in Bollywood, breaking all barriers. Mehmeet Syed will be singing two songs for a Bollywood movie making her perhaps one of the first Kashmiri women to make a debut in tinsel world. The 27-year-old singer had recorded one song for the film in the winter but due to a technical snag the track was cancelled. She will leave for Mumbai in mid -June to complete the paper work and record the songs. “I will be singing two songs — one solo and another duet. The film staff met me in Mumbai and then in Srinagar, though the paper work is yet to be done. I will be going to Mumbai where inshallah I will record the songs,” Mehmeet told dna.

Breaking away from the stereotype Kashmir-centric subjects, this film will be a love story set in the Valley. “There is no hulla-gulla, hungama or turmoil in the film. It is just a love story set in Kashmir,” she added. Daughter of a doctor-turned-politician, Mehmeet has topped the charts since she made her music debut in 2004 with her first Kashmir video album Chulhama Roshay Roshay. The album was a hit with 50,000 VCDs and 75,000 audio cassettes being sold in the first year. “Since then I have made more than 100 albums. It excludes three video albums. In between I got many chances to sing for movies but they did not materialise somehow.Sometimes my exam came between, sometimes I did not believe it,” she said. This time, however, Mehmeet is serious about making a debut in Bollywood. “I had lost interest in music after my mother passed away in August 2011. I rarely sang after that. Now this Bollywood offer came my way and it will be my comeback to the world of music,” she said.

After doing her masters in journalism and mass communication, Mehmeet is currently pursuing masters in the public administration. “I also completed my B Ed. This year I will complete my masters in public administration. I am also preparing for the civil services because music is not the end of the world,” she said. Mehmeet will be the second Kashmiri to make a debut in Bollywood in the last few years. Earlier, Saim Bhat had sung two songs in Emran Hashmi starrer Murder 2.