

This generation has been deprived of those beautiful songs. I may have fallen short, but I didn’t intend to hurt them at any point. The director insists that he has simply jumped on the bandwagon of rehashing forgotten gems. We don’t have the capacity or intention to compete with them.” I admit we aren’t half as good as them, but we didn’t set out to achieve their level of brilliance.

My kids hadn’t heard the original till I made them listen to the new version, and they loved it. “The original song was made over 40 years ago. “Lack of originality and talent in music is an understatement,” he says, but goes on to add that the idea of revisiting the song was to introduce it to a younger audience. Total Dhamaal director Indra Kumar doesn’t challenge Roshan’s allegation. According to reports, the composer alleged that today’s filmmakers “have lost the confidence to create new songs”. Singer Usha Mangeshkar and composer Rajesh Roshan - who had created the number for Inkaar (1977) - were quick to outrage over the track that features Sonakshi Sinha and Ajay devgn. In the latest example of recreating old ditties, the makers of Total Dhamaal revisited Helen’s classic, Mungda. After makers of Helen’s classic get upset over Mungda remix, Total dhamaal director Indra Kumar says song was recreated to ‘pass on the gem to next generation’īollywood continues to take the easy way out to ensure a chartbuster - rewind, rehash and repeat.
