Mumbai: From hip-hop with son Abhishek, Amitabh Bachchan has now moved to devotional songs. He has recorded the "Hanuman Chalisa" Hindu religious chant and is set to do a new musical interpretation of his father's version of the Bhagavad Gita.

The Big B describes "Hanuman Chalisa" as "divine and heavenly".

"A new youth-oriented rendition has been on my mind for a very long time. Finally, Aadesh Shrivastava, with whom I've done a lot of singing, has done it. I'd call it his great creative effort," the Big B told IANS.

Trailers of "Hanuman Chalisa" will be released in September, but Amitabh says those who have heard it are giving a positive response.

"Wherever I've played the 'Hanuman Chalisa' so far people have found it to be a divine experience - hair-raising, goose bumpy, that's how the endeavour has been described so far.

"I guess it's more to do with the nature of the project than the singing. There's a deep connect with the 'Hanuman Chalisa' in perhaps every Hindu home. We've all grown up reciting it. It still plays an important part in our lives."