The
recreation
of
Delhi
6's
iconic
song
'Masakali'
has
irked
many,
including
the
makers
of
the
original
song.
Composer
A.R.
Rahman,
director
Rakeysh
Omprakash
Mehra,
and
singer
Mohit
Chauhan
have
expressed
that
they
are
upset
with
the
new
song
featuring
Sidharth
Malhotra
and
Tara
Sutaria.
Its
original
lyricist
Prasoon
Joshi
also
shared
their
sentiments.
In
a
recent
interview,
Prasoon
expressed
how
close
the
film's
songs
are
to
his
heart.
Masakali,
he
feels,
is
particularly
made
for
the
film
Delhi
6
and
that
it
should
not
have
been
meddled
with.
Speaking
to
Hindustan
Times,
Prasoon
Joshi
made
his
stance
regarding
the
controversy
very
clear.
"It's
very
simple.
Delhi
6
is
one
of
those
few
albums
where
every
song
that
I
wrote
was
close
to
me.
As
an
album,
I
have
painstakingly
written
every
song,
even
Arziyan
from
the
film
is
very
close
to
my
heart.
So
was
Rang
De
Basanti
(2006),Taare
Zameen
Par
(2007)---
these
are
milestones,
I
would
consider,
and
there
is
a
certain
sanctity
to
all
these
things," he
said.
He
shared
the
context
in
which
the
song
originated.
"First
of
all,
Masakali
is
not
a
word,
it
was
coined
by
me.
There
is
no
such
word
in
the
dictionary
of
language,
Masakali
means
nothing!
No
word
in
English,
Hindi
or
Urdu.
To
justify
the
use
of
this
word,
we
finally
had
to
name
the
pigeon
in
the
film
Masakali,
it
was
so
nice,
all
of
us
loved
it
and
kept
that," he
said.
He
added,
"It
was
something
made
for
this
film,
and
it
has
a
certain
association,
capsule
of
emotion.
I
remember,
after
I
wrote
the
song,
a
girl
who
was
fighting
cancer,
wrote
to
me,
'These
lines-
Udiyo
Na
Dariyo
has
brought
me
out
and
given
me
strength'.
I
still
have
that
letter
with
me.
If
such
intricate
associations
are
there,
those
have
to
be
respected.
I
felt
a
little
disappointed
with
it."
He
opines
that
some
songs
should
remain
untouched
unless
it
is
well
thought
out
and
recreated
for
a
specific
purpose.
'Masakali
2.0' has
been
recreated
by
Tanishk
Bagchi,
sung
by
Tulsi
Kumar
and
Sachet
Tandon,
and
produced
by
T-Series.