British pop sensation Ed Sheeran recently amazed Indian fans with his collaboration with Arijit Singh on the newly released track ‘Sapphire’. On his Instagram the ‘Shape of you’ singer expressed his love and admiration of Bollywood and Tollywood films.Arijit Singh’s voice hooked Ed from ‘Aashiqui 2‘After the release, Ed Sheeran took to Instagram to pen a warm note expressing his gratitude and admiration for Arijit Singh. But what caught fans off guard was Ed’s confession that he first became a fan of Arijit after watching ‘Aashiqui 2’ and listening to the iconic song ‘Tum Hi Ho’. “I was proper spellbound by his voice, the song, the scene in the movie,” Ed wrote. “I checked him out and got in touch, and said whenever you wanna sing together, I’m down.“https://www.reddit.com/r/BollyBlindsNGossip/comments/1l8jraa/ed_sheeran_on_insta/Ed’s love for Indian cinemaA fan found it hard to believe that the ‘Perfect’ hitmaker had watched a Bollywood romance. One fan jokingly commented, “Bro, in no world did you watch Aashiqui 2.” But Ed’s candid and unexpected reply won hearts, “Why not? I watch loads of Bollywood and Tollywood movies, no one makes movies like that, I love it.”In his social media post, Ed shared that the two first connected online and kept in touch over email. When Ed was in India for his tour, he reached out to Arijit with a suggestion to finish the song in person. To that, Arijit warmly responded, inviting Ed to visit his hometown.Ed wrote, “I was with my dad on tour, which is a rarity to get so much one-on-one time with him. Me and him got a flight to Kolkata, then a 5 and a half hour drive to his home town.” There, the duo finalized ‘Sapphire’ a song born not just from musical synergy but a shared cultural curiosity and mutual respect.
