Pakistani hit ‘Hawa Hawa’ is the earworm that doesn’t need a remake

Hasan Jahangir’s pop tune from the 1980s

Devarsi Ghosh

· Jul 02, 2017 · 12:00 pm

‘Humma Humma’, ‘Tamma Tamma’ and other songs that absolutely didn’t need remixing

Several Hindi film tracks are peppy enough to begin with. Why subject them to a producer’s whims?

Sruthi Ganapathy Raman

· Jun 10, 2017 · 01:30 pm

Music composer Pritam isn’t a part of the credits of ‘Raabta’ anymore

The musician refused to remix a song that he hadn’t composed for producer T-Series.

Scroll Staff

· May 15, 2017 · 09:40 pm

Video: Here’s the (soon-to-be) famous Carnatic song and Bhangra mix ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’

They’re much more energetic and entertaining than the staid original.

Scroll Staff

· Apr 20, 2017 · 01:00 pm

Who owns the catchy tune ‘Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast Mast’?

A remix of the popular 1990s song features in the Bollywood movie ‘Machine’, but its origin dates back to the 14th century.

Manish Gaekwad

· Mar 10, 2017 · 01:30 pm

AR Rahman’s ‘Urvasi Urvasi’ gets topical: ‘If the Rs 500 note becomes useless, take it easy policy’

Demonetisation and Donald Trump figure in the crowdsourced lyrics of the new version of the music composer’s 1994 hit.

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· Jan 11, 2017 · 11:10 pm

Sorry folks, the uproar over the reworked ‘Humma Humma’ in ‘OK Jaanu’ is misplaced

The mega-hit song from composer AR Rahman’s repertoire should not be clubbed with other mindless remixes.

Manish Gaekwad

· Dec 24, 2016 · 01:30 pm

AR Rahman's song 'Dhakka Laga Bukka' gets a spanking new cover

Scroll Staff

· Nov 13, 2015 · 03:13 pm