Rekha Bhardwaj didn’t want to sing Omkara song Namak Ishq Ka: ‘Was a challenge to sing a raunchy song’
The song Namak Ishq Ka from the 2006 film Omkara is instrumental in catapulting Rekha Bhardwaj to mainstream fame. The acclaimed singer had been in the industry for years by then and had given several hits, but the success of the song made her a household name. However, Rekha wasn’t sold on the song initially, but her husband and director-composer Vishal Bhardwaj, who had recorded an early rendition by her on his Motorola flip phone, was keen to have the singer on board. Rekha Bhardwaj’s Namak Ishq Ka was picturised on Bipasha Basu. Rekha Bhardwaj on the making of Namak Ishq Ka In an interview with PTI, Rekha Bhardwaj recalled the making of Namak Ishq Ka, part of the soundtrack of Vishal’s Othello adaptation, Omkara. “When Namak Ishq Ka happened, I literally earned it because Vishal was preparing and composing songs. He had very little time, so he would come and sing the songs to me when he composed one or two lines, and would say, ‘Is it sounding good? Should I elaborate on this?’ …
