Why call it 'Masakali' when it doesn't even sound like original: Mohit Chauhan's scorcher

Singer Mohit Chauhan says re was point for recreated version of "Masakali" to be named after original as it doesn't even sound like track he sang for "Delhi 6". original track was penned by Prasoon Joshi and scored by AR Rahman for 2009 film, starring Abhishek Bachchan-Sonam Kapoor starrer.

Mohit Chauhan on Masakali 2.0 

"I heard song. But it doesn't sound like Masakali. So y could've called it something else. But to say it's Masakali and n ride on name of song to make something else... If you make a new Sholay and n add anything to it, it ruins experience of original," Mohit told PTI.

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On Wednesday, Bhushan Kumar's T-series launched remix of song, dubbed "Masakali 2.0", from composer Tanishq Bagchi and singers Tulsi Kumar and Sachet Tandon.  remix has t gone down well with fans and original creative team behind song with both Rahman and Joshi expressing ir disappointment.

singer said "Masakali" is an iconic song and its recreation will naturally affect creative team. "It got instant recognition. So it feels bad. Rahman sir is a quiet person, he doesn't say much but he's been also showing his disapproval, even Prasoon has been talking about it. And from what I came across on social media, even people aren't really liking it."

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singer said too many remixes were being done today, with people piggy-backing on popularity of originals."It (recreations) has been happening for too long and it's too much w. Initially, it wasn't as much, n some worked and you felt, ok, good, se clicked but w it has become a heard mentality. re are remixes of remixes w. 

"I don't kw if re's a dearth of creativity which why people are piggy backing on songs, or if re's a business angle for labels. But I feel ultimately creator should have control over where song is going. Because it's in public and everyone can hear it. If you want to do something with it, contact original people and see if you can get it." 

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"Tum Se Hi" crooner said if people stopped liking remixes, trend will end."Everyone needs to pitch in, tell creative people that this isn't good... If audience starts rejecting, n you'll have to stop doing it. Orwise, you'll be just wasting time and money.

"Music comes from heart, creativity should be retained. It's my request to music companies to promote originality. We have a lot of talented composers here. That sentiment needs to be built up, to work on more original music and stories," he added.