<p> Unhappy with recreation of his another song <em>Masakali, </em>music maestro A R Rahman asked his fans to listen to the original track as he said his team put in a lot of hardwork and sleepless nights in composing it.<br /><br />The track, penned by Prasoon Joshi and sung by Mohit Chauhan, had featured in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's 2009 feature <em>Delhi 6,</em> starring Abhishek Bachchan and Sonam Kapoor.<br /><br />On Wednesday, Bhushan Kumar's T-series launched the remixed version of the song from composer Tanishq Bagchi and singers Tulsi Kumar and Sachet Tandon. The track's music video features Sidharth Malhotra and Tara Sutaria.<br /><br />Rahman posted a brief statement on Twitter, saying he never took "short cuts" in his career and urged other musicians to do the same.<br /><br />"No short cuts, properly commissioned, sleepless nights, writes and re-writes. Over 200 musicians, 365 days of creative brainstorming with the aim to produce music that can last generations.<br /><br />"A team of a director, a composer and a lyricist supported by actors, dance directors and a relentless film crew," the music composer said.<br /><br />Rahman also posted a link to the original song in the tweet, reading, "#Masakali Enjoy the original."<br /><br />Mehra was more direct in his criticism, saying that the recreated "Masakali" track will "damage" the "eardrums" of the listeners.<br /><br />"#Masakali #Delhi6 created with love and passion an iconic song that has to be preserved. Beware of the remix it will damage your eardrums," Mehra said.<br /><br />Joshi, who currently heads the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), said he was saddened to see exploitation of the original track.<br /><br />"All songs written for #Delhi6 including #Masakali close to heart, sad to see when original creation of @arrahman @prasoonjoshi_ &singer @_MohitChauhan insensitively utilised. Up to the conscience of @Tseries. Hopefully the fans will stand for originality. @RakeyshOmMehra," Joshi wrote on Twitter.<br /><br />Though Kapoor and Chauhan are yet to break silence on the recreated song, the actor and the singer shared Rahman's tweet on their respective Twitter handles.<br /><br />The team of the original also found support from filmmaker Hansal Mehta who termed the remixed version of <em>Masakali </em>as "awful and ear shattering".<br /><br />"Yes. I am reacting to the awful, ear shattering #Masakali version. But check its YouTube views in 48 hrs. Then see how DJs blast it at events. And how people groove to the godawful version. S**t sells. While we cringe, somebody is laughing his way to the bank," Mehta wrote in twitter.<br /><br />T-Series and Bagchi are yet to respond to the controversy.<br /><br />This is not the first time that Rahman's songs have been recreated. Earlier this year, Varun Dhawan-starrer <em>Street Dancer 3D</em> had featured a remixed version of Rahman's cult classic track <em>Muqabla</em>.</p>
<p> Unhappy with recreation of his another song <em>Masakali, </em>music maestro A R Rahman asked his fans to listen to the original track as he said his team put in a lot of hardwork and sleepless nights in composing it.<br /><br />The track, penned by Prasoon Joshi and sung by Mohit Chauhan, had featured in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's 2009 feature <em>Delhi 6,</em> starring Abhishek Bachchan and Sonam Kapoor.<br /><br />On Wednesday, Bhushan Kumar's T-series launched the remixed version of the song from composer Tanishq Bagchi and singers Tulsi Kumar and Sachet Tandon. The track's music video features Sidharth Malhotra and Tara Sutaria.<br /><br />Rahman posted a brief statement on Twitter, saying he never took "short cuts" in his career and urged other musicians to do the same.<br /><br />"No short cuts, properly commissioned, sleepless nights, writes and re-writes. Over 200 musicians, 365 days of creative brainstorming with the aim to produce music that can last generations.<br /><br />"A team of a director, a composer and a lyricist supported by actors, dance directors and a relentless film crew," the music composer said.<br /><br />Rahman also posted a link to the original song in the tweet, reading, "#Masakali Enjoy the original."<br /><br />Mehra was more direct in his criticism, saying that the recreated "Masakali" track will "damage" the "eardrums" of the listeners.<br /><br />"#Masakali #Delhi6 created with love and passion an iconic song that has to be preserved. Beware of the remix it will damage your eardrums," Mehra said.<br /><br />Joshi, who currently heads the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), said he was saddened to see exploitation of the original track.<br /><br />"All songs written for #Delhi6 including #Masakali close to heart, sad to see when original creation of @arrahman @prasoonjoshi_ &singer @_MohitChauhan insensitively utilised. Up to the conscience of @Tseries. Hopefully the fans will stand for originality. @RakeyshOmMehra," Joshi wrote on Twitter.<br /><br />Though Kapoor and Chauhan are yet to break silence on the recreated song, the actor and the singer shared Rahman's tweet on their respective Twitter handles.<br /><br />The team of the original also found support from filmmaker Hansal Mehta who termed the remixed version of <em>Masakali </em>as "awful and ear shattering".<br /><br />"Yes. I am reacting to the awful, ear shattering #Masakali version. But check its YouTube views in 48 hrs. Then see how DJs blast it at events. And how people groove to the godawful version. S**t sells. While we cringe, somebody is laughing his way to the bank," Mehta wrote in twitter.<br /><br />T-Series and Bagchi are yet to respond to the controversy.<br /><br />This is not the first time that Rahman's songs have been recreated. Earlier this year, Varun Dhawan-starrer <em>Street Dancer 3D</em> had featured a remixed version of Rahman's cult classic track <em>Muqabla</em>.</p>