Bollywood has a new talking point, and it is all about — Adnan Sami THUNDERS: “Earlier, there were 80% originals, 20% remixes; now it’s the OPPOSITE”; compares it to feeding ‘sookhe chawal’: “Public is consuming it as you’re not serving them biryani”. Fans and trade analysts have been closely following every update, and the latest development adds another chapter to what has been an eventful week for Hindi cinema.
The Story So Far
Add as a preferred source on Google Komal Nahta had a conversation with Adnan Sami, during which the latter spoke strongly against the growing trend of remixed songs. Adnan Sami began by saying, “It is always lovely to revive an old track. In my opinion, the ratio should be 80-20, with 20 being the remixed songs.
That’s how it was before. But now, it’s 20-80 (laughs)!” Adnan then stated, “One word that would define this is khauff. The corporates are scared to experiment.
It is happening even in cinemas. Remakes are attempted, sequels are made; even prequels are planned! Off-captures bhi chal rahe hain.
When they exhausted that part, they decided ‘Joker banate hai’! You see, these are all very safe subjects. The Odyssey recently dropped; pehli dafa toh yeh nahin ban rahi hai na?” He pointed out, “Even in our silver major screen, franchises are made as they are safe.
Earlier, such things were very rare. leading name Wars and The Godfather had sequels. But this was not a regular thing.
The same is happening in music. They come across a super-successful track from the 70s, 80s or 90s. They know it’s a sure-shot success.
So, they decide ‘Mukhda wohi rakh dena, antara change kar dena’!” Adnan Sami continued, “When you ask record labels that ‘aap yeh (remix) kyun kar rahe hain’, they reply, ‘Because public chahti hai’ (smiles). However, the thing is that if a man is hungry and you present him with sookhe chawal, toh woh uspe toot padega.
And if you ask someone ‘why you are feeding him sookhe chawal’, he’d reply ‘Yehi toh woh chahta hai. Dekho kitne maze se woh kha raha hai’! But he’s savouring it as you didn’t serve him khichdi or biryani.” Adnan Sami observed, “What saddens me is that every generation call certain songs their own.
My father used to say ‘Dheere Se Aaja Ri Ankhiyan Mein’ mere waqt ka gaana hai. I would feel the same for ‘Chura Liya Hai’. The ones who grew up in the 90s would feel a sense of belonging for the songs of say, Aashiqui (1990).
But which track would this generation consider their own? After all, you have mostly presented recreated versions to them.” He also said, “We often blame music composers for remixes. But the reality is that those poor music directors are asked to come up with recreated versions.
Kya woh dil se bana rahe hain? I can give you in writing that no music filmmaker ever dreamed as a child that he would grow up and work on remixes. So, don’t blame them; blame those who zabardasti make them do it." Also Read: “Felt very bad making fun of Subodh,” shares Saif Ali Khan at Dil Chahta Hai Reunion; Sonali Kulkarni recalls the performer’s obsession with punctuality even on set Catch us for latest Bollywood News, fresh Bollywood Movies update, box office numbers, fresh Movies arrival, Bollywood News Hindi, Entertainment News, Bollywood Live News Today & highly anticipated Movies 2026 and stay updated with latest hindi movies only on the publicati…
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