TREND OF SONG REMAKES IN BOLLYWOOD


Karan Johar literally spoke our hearts out when he exclaimed “Oh God! One more remix!” In the song Ankh Marey from the movie Simbaa that ironically topped the music charts within hours of its release.

There has been a visible surge in the number of remakes in the last couple of years (still growing). From Tamma Tamma to Chamma Chamma, no song has been spared, and it’s not just the yesteryear songs, but songs as old as merely a decade that are being remixed and remade. However, these remakes prove to be commercially viable with filmmakers and artists cashing onto the popularity of the originals. Music composer Tanishq Bagchi has announce his upcoming projects Sooryavanshi and Dostana 2 with all the songs being remakes.

How much ever we may like to groove on these numbers, remakes foreground lack of creativity and originality on the part of the composers. Not to mention how atrocious some of the remakes turn out to be, recent example being the song Masakali 2.0 that received massive backlash from the audience. There is no dearth of some timeless classics being ruined in the name of remakes with monotonous auto tunes, emphasised beats and unnecessary rap portions (seriously, what’s with them ?!) Coerced raps included in order to render the song a novice, ‘cool' look (which is isn’t always needed by the way) is nothing but raunchier lyrics to titillate the audience or refreshing our elite vocabulary with clothing brand names like Gucci and luxury car names like Lamborghini.

Maestros like AR Rahman and Prasoon Joshi have lambasted remakes as some of them are utterly disrespectful. Whereas on the other hand, some of the remakes succeed in gaining popularity. These are mostly the remakes that do not hamper a lot with the original version and try to retain its authentic flavour.

Remakes or remixes can very well be an expression of an artist’s creativity but it depends entirely on how the original version is dealt with. Also, Bollywood needs to strike a balance between the amount of remakes and original numbers for the audience to have the best of both worlds.

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