'Masakali 2.0' row: Jaipur Police trolls new song with COVID message, celebs impressed

One can’t blame makers for recreating hit songs, as many of m have turned out to be chartbusters, like Aankh Marey and Dilbar. However, many of se recreations have also t succeeded in bringing spark back, and got intense flak. latest to join likes of Ek Do Teen, Mungda, was new version of Masakali.

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Kwn for a largely n-controversial im, even original composer AR Rahman expressed his displeasure over Sidharth Malhotra-Tara Sutaria song, while urging his fans to enjoy original. Lyricist Prasoon Joshi termed it ‘insensitively’ done and Delhi 6 director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra also wished classics are left for new generation to enjoy.

w, even Jaipur Police joined bandwagon in criticism for song.

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Twitter handle of force created a hilarious meme amid 21-day lockdown to prevent spread of COVID-19. Tweaking lyrics of song, “Udiyo na dariyo, kar manmani manmaani manmanni badhiyo naa mudiyon kar nadani’ (fly, don’t be worried, do as you wish, keep moving forward without looking back and do foolishness), y wrote, ‘Mat udiyo’ (don’t fly), urged to t do ‘manmani’, ‘ghar me hi rahiyo’ (stay at home) and na kar nadani (don’t do foolishness) amid government urging all to stay at home amid pandemic.

y also created a graphic with lines “If you are unnecessarily roaming outside, we will put you in a room and play Masakali 2.0 on loop.”

Here’s post

While netizens laughed out loud, post even got applause from celebrities. Badmaash Company actor Meiyang Chang wrote how mess was loud and clear, one should ‘mess’-akali with original. Lyricist-singer Swananad Kirkire was also impressed.

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Masakali 2.0 brought Marjaavaan duo Sidharth and Tara toger. recreation has been sung by Tulsi Kumar and Sachet Tandon, while remix ‘specialist’ of late, Tanishk Bagchi has put new touches to hit. original had featured Sonam Kapoor, who though did t directly react, but liked a post about Hansal Mehta panning recreation.

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