‘Varun Dhawan can’t become Salman’: Abhijeet Bhattacharya slams ‘Chunnari Chunnari’ remake | Bollywood News
4 min readHyderabadUpdated: May 27, 2026 10:26 AM IST Veteran playback singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya has strongly criticised the recreated version of his iconic 1999 song “Chunnari Chunnari” from Biwi No.1, accusing the makers of stripping the track of its original charm. The recreated song, featured in Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai starring Varun Dhawan, has also triggered mixed reactions online. On Tuesday, the makers of Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai put out the recreated version of “Chunnari Chunnari,” one of the most recognisable Hindi film songs of the late 1990s. Titled “Chunnari Chunnari: Let’s Go,” the track features Varun Dhawan, Mrunal Thakur, and Pooja Hegde and has been arranged by Akshay Raheja and Abhishek Singh. The music video was choreographed by Remo D’Souza. Vocals for the new version were provided by IP Singh, Jonita Gandhi, Asees Kaur, Sudhir Yaduvanshi, and Anuradha Sriram, who had also sung in the original. Within hours of the song going live, public reaction was largely negative. Comments across social media accused the makers of stripping the song of …




