MUMBAI: After actress Alia Bhatt, it is her father and filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt who has made his singing debut and the star daughter is happy about it.

Mahesh will debut as a singer in Emraan Hashmi-starrer 3D thriller ‘Mr X’. He will sing a song titled ‘You can call me X’ for the Vikram Bhatt directorial.

“Music is an inseparable part of me. And every time before we record a song first I sing it. I was doing the same for ‘Mr. X’ when (composer) Jeet's eyes shone up like a child who had found a rare gift. He said, ‘You are going to do it’. I didn't see a reason, why not! Perhaps the song was made for me,” Mahesh said in a statement.

The ecstatic Alia too shared her feelings on micro-blogging site twitter. “It runs in the family !!!!!! @MaheshNBhat”, posted Alia, who sang an unplugged version of the song ‘Samjhawan’ for ‘Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania’.
 

It runs in the family !!!!!! ;) @MaheshNBhatt pic.twitter.com/VktIjwR4Zo

— Alia Bhatt (@aliaa08) March 13, 2015

‘Mr X’, produced by Vishesh Films and presented by Fox Star Studios, will release in 2D and 3D on April 17.