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THIS popular singer has a shocking reaction to Varun Dhawan remaking Salman Khan’s iconic song Chunari Chunari: ‘Himmat bhi nahi…’

THIS popular singer has a shocking reaction to Varun Dhawan remaking Salman Khan’s iconic song Chunari Chunari: ‘Himmat bhi nahi…’

Another Bollywood remake song is on its way. Varun Dhawan’s upcoming film will have a remake of Salman Khan and Sushmita Sen’s song Chunari Chunari. Remakes in Bollywood Remakes are not new to Bollywood. Not just films, many blockbuster songs from the past have been recreated and served to the audience. From Laila Main Laila to Aankh Marey, many iconic songs of Bollywood have re-entered playlists thanks to remakes. It looks like one more song from the 90s is going to be remade. Chunari Chunari remake Recently, a video of Varun Dhawan dancing with Pooja Hegde and Mrunal Thakur went viral. The trio was dancing on the song Chunari Chunari from Salman Khan and Sushmita Sen’s movie Biwi No 1. Reports suggest that the remake of Chunari Chunari is a part of Varun’s upcoming film Hai Jawaani Toh Ishq Hona Hai. Fans disappointed As the video went viral, netizens had a drastic reaction to it. Many expressed disappointment over Bollywood recreating and remaking the old classics. One of the comments on social media read, ‘Chunari …

Srijit Mukherji on remakes: ‘It is someone else’s intellectual property’ | Web Series

Srijit Mukherji, the noted filmmaker behind films like Begum Jaan and the more recent Shabaash Mithu, is back with a new Hindi web series, Jaanbaaz Hindustan Ke. The director has made sure it stands out of the flood of such patriotic shows from the genre with its mostly female cast and pan-India landscape. The show led by Regina Cassandra releases on ZEE5 on Republic Day. The filmmaker has never been open to making remakes and says he would rather do an original no matter the medium, scale or language of the film or show. Also read: Yash says people in the north would make fun of South cinema earlier: They were like ‘yeh kya action hai, udd raha hai’ In an interview with Hindustan Times, Srijit, who predominantly works in Bengali cinema, has also spoken in detail about why Bangla films fail to match up to films from the South in churning crores at the box office. Excerpts: How is Jaanbaaz Hindustan Ke different from the many web series from this genre? This is the …