‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ faces trouble again from Bappi Lahiri and son. Here’s why

After a dialogue in ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil‘ about legendary singer Mohammad Rafi received flak from his family and singers, Karan Johar’s movie has been faced with another controversy now.

Veteran singer Bappi Lahiri and his son Bappa Lahiri have taken objection to a scene where Ranbir and Anushka play a guessing game and break into the old song ‘Taaki O Taaki’ by singing it as ‘Tacky O Tacky’. This obviously did not go down well with the original singer of the song Bappi Da from the movie ‘Himmatwala’.

His son Bappa Lahiri who is a music composer expressed his anger and hurt to a leading daily. He said, “I have seen ‘ADHM’ and was pretty upset when I saw how dad’s song was parodied. I don’t know why Karan’s trying to make fun of such golden melodies. When I told my father about it, he was very upset, too. Karan has made fun of films like ‘Maqsad’, too which also had good songs. We all have grown up on the songs of the ’80s. In fact, today’s generation gets their references from the music of those times and we are making fun of those songs now?”

He further added, “‘Ooh la la’ was a super hit and a remix of an ’80s hit. Dad’s ‘I am a disco dancer’ is popular even now. ‘Taaki O Taaki’ was a super hit song and was remixed and used in the ‘Himmatwala’ (2013) remake. Anyway, I have to admit that dad doesn’t care about it so much. ‘ADHM’ was so bad that it hardly matters now. The only saving grace was that it showed more than 20 old songs on the iPod and then, they made fun of some. It was so confusing. Karan’s father Yashji and my dad have worked together in ‘Muqaddar Ka Faisla’, so why is Karan making fun of my dad’s music? Instead of ridiculing the ’80s music as kids, we should be proud of what our fathers have done. It’s terrible when kids make fun of their father’s generation. May be a few dance steps were funny, but you can’t rip apart the music. I was born when ‘Mawwali’ released and became a big hit. The director Bappaiah used to call me Mawwali affectionately from then. I have grown up on that. These are hit films made by huge directors and I find it very upsetting when people make fun of them…”

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Senior actor Jeetendra who was the main lead in the movie ‘Himmatwala’ has a different take though. He said, “I have seen the film and I don’t find anything wrong in it. Let’s all develop a sense of humour, please. It was meant in good fun and we should take it like that. Both Karan and Ranbir are children of dear friends of mine and they are both like my bachchas, too. I can never be upset with them. If I think it’s objectionable, humko sada hua bolenge and I don’t like to be called that (laughs). Can somebody please tell me the meaning of Taaki? I myself don’t know still… I was so busy shooting the song that I had no time to find out the meaning of the word. We used to shoot lengthy songs in two days in Chennai those days and life was very hectic back then.”

Going by this new controversy, it looks like the ‘Mushkil’ for Karan Johar is never-ending. ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ also stars Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Fawad Khan in special roles.

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