By Hindustan Times
While this is a fad in Bollywood to remix old melodies, the music directors of Dabangg 2 have tried their hand at something different. Within the recently released song from the film Pandeyji Seeti Maare, Sajid-Wajid have used the tune of the famous Chalat Musafir song from Teesri Kasam (1966).
Sajid says, "The tune of this evergreen song, Chalat Musafir comes after the mukhada (verse) of our song. It's subtly used, but got noticed by people. Once we were jamming to create the songs, we considered using the folks tune and the film too relies in north India, so there's a connect."
Composed by Shankar-Jaikishan, Chalat Musafir is a folk song, sung by Manna Dey. The unique song starred Raj Kapoor and Waheeda Rahman.
Thrilled by the response to the brand new track, Sajid says, "IT'S BEEN fabulous. When Salman heard it he was all smiles besides and loved it instantly."
While old songs was remade before, composers sometimes get into trouble over copyright issues. Sajid-Wajid, however, did not have to cope with buying rights. "We did not have to shop for the rights because the song is a folk tune. Folk songs are our treasure and we're proud to make use of them in our movies," he says. "Everyone who has heard it has a grin on their face after they realise which tune it's the. film is Dabangg 2, so we needed the song to have double josh (energy)," Sajid says with a smile.
