NEW DELHI: All set to make his acting debut with Suhaib Ilyasi’s Ghar Wapsi, Pakistani Ghazal singer Ghulam Ali is quite excited. The ghazal maestro, whose performances in India were marred last year by Shiv Sena threats, has also composed and lent his voice to an Indian patriotic song for the movie directed by Suhaib Ilyasi.

Ghulam Ali is here to dub his portion of the film. On Tuesday at a studio, he was visibly excited to try out acting, which is a “new thing” for him. “If I keep on doing this for three to four more days, I can be a (professional) actor. I guess singing is very easy,” Ghulam Ali, who seemed to have a childlike excitement during the dubbing, quipped.

He was also showcasing his singing prowess in between dubbing, and shared that he took up the acting assignment for Ilyasi, whom he considers as a “younger brother”. The Ghazal maestro has enthralled fans across the globe with his baritone voice, and just last week, he was in Kolkata where he performed to a packed audience, three months after the cancellation of his concert in Mumbai.

In Ghar Wapsi, he has also contributed to the song Apni mitti ki khushboo hain rago mein yeh basi hai choomenge isko shaan se. Humko toh pyaara hain yeh watan, apni jaan se.

The film stars Alok Nath, Farida Jalal, Reema Lagoo, Deepak Tijori and Zarina Wahab, and also includes the work of singers like Sunidhi Chauhan, Sonu Nigam and Shaan apart from Ghulam Ali.