In response to the release of the recrected single, the music maestro tweeted a link to the original composition, ‘Masakali’, a song he had created for Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra’s film Delhi-6 in 2009.
“Enjoy the original #Masakali,” wrote Rahman alongside the link to the video of theoriginal. He also shared a picture of his statement which read,
“No short cuts, properly commissioned, sleepless nights, writes and re-writes. Over 200 musicians, 365 days ofcreative brainstorming with the aim to produce music that can last generations. A team of director, a composer and a lyricist, supported by actors, dance directors and a relentless film crew.”
Lyricist Prasoon Joshi also took to Twitter to express his displeasure over the remake of the song.
He said that it was sad to see the song being ‘insensitively utilised’ and that it was ‘up to the conscience of T-Series.’“All songs written for #Delhi6 including #Masakali close to heart,sad to see whenoriginal creation of @arrahman @prasoonjoshi_ &singer @_MohitChauhan insensitively utilised. Upto the conscience of @Tseries. Hopefully the fans will stand for originality.
Director of Delhi 6 Rakeysh Om prakash Mehra” wrote.
“#Delhi6 the movie & it’s songs created with so much Luv & passion , let’s save the original creations for generations to come. say no to Remixes (sic).”
Lyrics and Singer Swanand Kirkire shared a meme which had an injured pigeon and wrote, “Masakali massacred
Masakali 2.0’ has come in for criticism on social media for ruining the essence of the iconic original.
The original Masakali song from delhi 6 was picturised on Sonam Kapoor and Abhishek Bachchan. The film also starred Waheeda Rehman, Om Puri and Ajay Kulkarni. While the original song was sung by Mohit Chouhan, Masakali 2.0 has been sung by TulsiKumar and Sachet Tandon.
