Will Smith, Hollywood actor-producer-rapper, is impressed with Ranveer Singh’s performance as a street rapper Murad in recently released ‘Gully Boy’. The actor took to his Instagram account and posted a video on his Instagram handle where he looks excited and happy after watching Ranveer Singh as the street rapper in the Zoya Akhtar directorial. In the video, Smith says, “Yo Ranveer congrats man! I am loving what you’re doing with ‘Gully Boy’. For me, old school hip hop here scene…hip hop all over the world like that I am loving it, man, congrats Go get em!.” Alia Bhatt and Zoya Akhtar reshared the video posted by Smith. “I love Will Smith,” wrote Akhtar as she reshared it. Ranveer, it seems, hasn’t seen the video yet. However, Smith and Singh spent some great time together when the Hollywood star came to India last year to shoot for a special song for Karan Johar’s Student of The Year 2. The Aladdin actor, then shared a few photos with KJo and Singh and captioned them, “Learning the ropes of Bollywood from two of the best in the game! @karanjohar & @ranveersingh. ??: @alansilfen.” Anil Kapoor is also amazed by the performance of Alia and Ranveer in the movie. The actor shared his views about the movie on Instagram and wrote, ” ‘Gully Boy’ is a film that hits all the right notes with its captivating storytelling, direction, acting and songs!” ‘Gully Boy’ has been receiving an overwhelming response from film critics and audience alike. The movie on its opening day has earned Rs 19.40 crore and is expected to witness only an upward trend in the upcoming days. In an interview with indianexpress.com, Ranveer Singh said, “I have been listening to hip-hop ever since I was a kid. I have seen the entire evolution of rap in India from Baba Sehgal and Devang Patel to now Divine, Naezy and Bantai. But I got really hooked when Zoya came to me with this film. She called me to her place and showed me first the video of “Mere Gully Mein” and my mind was blown away. It is so authentic. These guys are real Bombay boys, street guys rapping in Bambaia. It was bursting with street flavour. I was hooked instantly and now listen to only that.” Published in Daily Times, February 17th 2019.