New Delhi, June 7 -- If Shashwat Sachdev had got his way, Dhurandhar would have kicked off with an 8-minute version of Queen's barn stomper Another One Bites The Dust, complete with Sikkimese metal singer Girish Pradhan singing Freddie Mercury's lines, a bass solo from Mohini Dey, and sundry qawwali bits.

The Freddie Mercury estate, which had earlier approved of the song's use in Aditya Dhar's blockbuster, pulled the plug last minute on seeing the gore in the 4-minute trailer.

Though it does end with John Deacon's bassline over the vocals in Ishq Jalakar-the repurposed Sahir Ludhianvi qawwali, Na To Karavan Ki Talash Hai from Barsaat Ki Raat (1960)-the final track in the film and the album itself has a different bassline Dey recorded wi...