 She collaborated with Mithoon in two other projects during the year; "Aggar" and "The Train".Though "Sehra" from the former met with negative reactions from music critics, both "Woh Ajnabee" and "Teri Tamanna" from the latter was well received; Raja Sen from Rediff.com praising Rao's "strong vocals" in particular.While shooting for "", music composer Shankar Mahadevan from the trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy suggested Rao's name to director Nikhil Advani, landing up with the song "Saiyaan Re".