Armaan Malik on cloud nine to meet director Jon Favreau

Armaan Malik looks forward to interact with director Jon Favreau as he is set to join Disney's world premiere for the first time in Hollywood.

Mumbai: Singer Armaan Malik has recently expressed his excitement to meet Jon Favreau, the director of 'Lion King' in Los Angeles. The singer will be flying to LA for the world premiere of 'Lion King' on Monday.

Expressing his excitement, Armaan said, "I'm so stoked to be joining Disney India for the premiere of 'The Lion King' in LA. This is going to be my first time at a premiere in Hollywood, and I couldn't be more excited to be part of such an iconic project."

He further added, "What makes it even more special is that I will get to meet and interact closely with the man himself, Jon Favreau! He's helming the project and has made some of my favourite movies in recent times and I'm really glad that I'm getting an opportunity to get a peek into his creative world and share some fun moments with him."

The 23-year-old singer has lent his voice for song 'Hakuna Matata' in the film and a duet song with Sunidhi Chauhan. Malik and Chauhan have been roped in to lend their musical touch for the Hindi tracks of the Disney's upcoming project.

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'The Jungle Book' fame director Favreau has re-imagined the world of Disney's classic to bring alive a live-action film.

Staying true to the classic story, the director has used cutting edge tools and photo-real technology to make the drama come alive on the big screen.

The film is slated to release in India on July 19, 2019. Apart from English, the movie will also be released in three vernacular languages including Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.