Remember
the
chartbuster
track
'Bambai
Se
Aaya
Mera
Dost
Dost
Ko
Salaam
Karo'
in
the
film
Aap
Ki
Khatir
in
1977?
After
21
years,
Bappi
Lahiri
has
re-created,
re-structured
and
re-vitalized
that
old
Mumbai
song
for
Akshay
Kumar
in
Nikhil
Advani's
Chandni
Chowk
To
China.
Bappi-da
just
can't
stop
that
top-of-the-whirl
feeling.
"See,
songs
about
Mumbai
and
me
go
back
a
long
way.
I
did
Bambai
Se
Aaya
Mera
Dost
so
many
years
ago.
Then
recently,
I
did
'Bambai
Nagariya'
for
Milan
Luthria's
Taxi
No
9211,
music
which
was
composed
by
Vishal-Shekhar.
Now
when
Nikhil
Advani
asked
for
a
re-mix
of
my
Aap
Ki
Khatir
song,
I
took
it
up
a
challenge.
I've
just
one
track
while
the
rest
of
the
score
is
by
others
(Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy,
Kailash
Kher)."
While
the
basic
structure
of
the
original
song
remains
unaltered,
Bappi
has
tampered
with
the
rhythm
sections.
However,
the
word
Bambai
has
not
been
changed
to
a
more
politically
correct
Mumbai.
"It's
a
song
.Where
does
politics
come
into
it?"
Bappida
says
the
track
has
turned
out
far
better
than
it
used
to
be.
"I've
given
it
a
new-age
sound.
And
Akshay
Kumar
performing
it
will
take
it
to
another
level.
Story first published: Monday, July 14, 2008, 15:33 [IST]