Bollywood’s carnal love for recreating old classics seems to have taken a dangerous turn. Everyone’s favourite Punjabi song, ‘Mundiyan To Bach Ke Rahi’ has been recreated and while the makers of ‘Baaghi 2’ have tried very hard to invoke the same magic but alas, none of that has happened in the slightest.

Allow me to decrypt what went wrong here. Disha Patani and Tiger Shroff look hot and dance like pros, of course, there is no doubt about that. However, that is probably the only aesthetic blessing we have. Also, they remind you of Kareena and Shahid from ‘Mauja Hi Mauja’.

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Talking about the music, the original is so awesome that doing anything to it would mean murder, and that is exactly what happened. Mind you, I am talking about a classic number that is famous across the globe and is even played at clubs in Europe. Adding random Hindi lyrics also didn’t help one bit. However, the song will be on the wedding charts this season but the rate at which Bollywood is rehashing songs, we seriously need good lyricists. Talking about the original Punjabi MC number, here it goes :

‘Baaghi 2’ will have Tiger Shroff and Disha Patani come together as an on-screen couple and by the looks of the trailer; the movie is owned by Tiger only.

The movie is directed by Ahmed Khan and will be releasing on March 30th, 2018.

Zayn Malik is winning Indian hearts and how! First, he shared the fact that he is an ardent SRK fan and ‘Devdas’ is his all time favourite movie. He even shared the Bollywood connection that his family has and tweeted a picture of his grand father with Dilip Kumar. Yesterday, Zayn dropped a cover for Kailash Kher’s ‘Teri Deewani’ and obviously, people loved it.

Tere deewani by zayn

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I just heard @zaynmalik singing #TeriDeewani and OMG. His voice is so powerful – I genuinely hope to see a collaboration between #ZaynMalik & @Kailashkher, 2 legends working on 1 song would be musical gold. I love the original song, now I’m so impressed by this cover! ðŸ˜?👌ðŸ?»

— Anuj Radia (@TheAnujRadia) February 27, 2018

In fact, even Kailash Kher loved it and shared his thoughts with everyone.

@Kailashkher appreciating @zaynmalik for covering his beautiful song ‘Teri Deewani’ & ‘Allah ke bande’. pic.twitter.com/kA80pTLS6l

— aMIRza (@Amirobotics) February 27, 2018

Turns out, Zayn is a hard fan of the ‘Sufi’ singer and he even recorded a cover of ‘Allah Ke Bande’.

Morning vibes 🌴

A post shared by Zayn Malik (@zayn) on Feb 27, 2018 at 11:06am PST

Yet again, people loved the fact that he loved Kailash Kher as much as most Indian do and his covers has got everybody excited.

.@zaynmalik uploading Teri Deewani and Allah ke Bande all on one day!! We’re loving your desiness coming through 😊

— Noreen Khan (@DJNoreenKhan) February 27, 2018

@zaynmalik singing #Allahkbande makes my heart melt!â?¤ #ZaynMalik

— D. (@duu_aaa) February 27, 2018

People already want him to record a full version of the song.

Well done @zaynmalik for uploading yourself singing Allah Ke Bande. Nice surprise. You get a big thumbs up from me. Looking forward to a full version. #ZaynMalik pic.twitter.com/BEbjExLIQL

— Asjad Nazir (@asjadnazir) February 27, 2018

He’s won probably every Indian heart on the internet right now and with this wonderful appreciation that has come his way, when his Bollywood song finally drops, it’s going to be a super hit. We can safely assume that.

Sridevi’s death is a loss that will haunt the entire nation for a very long time. The veteran actress passed away at the age of 54 last night in Dubai due to a cardiac arrest. She was there with her family for Mohit Marwah’s wedding. 

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Like millions of her fans and the selected few who had the luxury of personally knowing her, Ram Gopal Varma is also deeply affected by her untimely demise. He took to social media today and expressed his sorrow in a heartfelt obituary note for the beautiful actress.

“I have a habit of constantly dreaming and waking up every once in a while in the night to check out my cellphone and I suddenly saw a message that Sridevi is no more. I thought that either it is a nightmare or a hoax and I went back to sleep. An hour later, I woke up to check and there were around 50 messages informing me of the same. Back in the times when I was in engineering college in Vijayawada, I happened to see her first Telugu film ‘Padaharella Vayasu’. I was awestruck with her beauty and I walked out of the theatre in a daze thinking that she cannot be a real person and she has to be some fantasy form who somehow has taken a human shape. Then I saw her various other films, all of which constantly created a higher bench mark of both her talent and her beauty. To me, she looked like some being who has come from some other world in the outer space as a favour to bless us for a little while for all the good we might have done in this world. She was like a creation of God which he does whenever he is in a very special mood as a very, very special gift to mankind.”

#RIP evergreen beauty #sridevi 💔💔💔

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He also shared the details of his first meeting with her and what it made him feel. “My journey to Sridevi started when I was preparing for my debut film ‘Shiva’. I used to walk from Nagarjuna’s office in Chennai to a neighbouring street where Sridevi used to live and I used to just stand and watch Sridevi’s house from outside her gate. I just could not believe that the goddess of beauty lives in that stupid looking house. I say stupid, because I believed that no man-made house deserved to house that beauty called Sridevi. I used to so desperately hope to catch a glimpse of her as she went in or out of her house. But sadly no such thing ever happened. And then after ‘Shiva’ released and became a big hit, a producer came to me and asked if I was interested in doing a film with Sridevi. I said “Are you mad or what? I will die to just see her, let alone make a film with her!” He arranged a meeting with her and took me to meet her at that very same house where I used to stand outside the gate and stare. At night, we went and as luck would have it, there was a power cut in her house. So I was sitting in her living room in candle light along with the producer waiting for the angel to appear and my heart was thumping like mad. Her mother told us she was busy packing as she was about to catch a flight to go to Mumbai.

As we were waiting, every once in a while Sridevi was rapidly crossing the living room as she was moving from one room to another room in a rush to finish her packing even as she apologetically smiled at me for the delay. Every time she was appearing and disappearing in a flash and the director in me started slow motioning her and running her backward and forward for my visual pleasure. Finally, she came and sat in the living room, just said a mandatory few lines that she would very much like to work with me and then she left for Mumbai. I continued talking to her mother with enormous respect and awe because she actually gave birth to Sridevi. I went back to my place feeling like I was in the seventh heaven. The way Sridevi sat in front of me in the candle light got imprinted in my mind like an exquisite painting and with her image completely filling both my mind and my heart, I started writing Kshana Kshanam.

Still in shocked can’t believe really can’t believe… you’re my all time favourite since my childhood and you will be always my fav..no one can..love you forever #sridevi miss you #ripsridevi #إنا_لله_وإنا_إليه_راجعون

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Talking about his dream coming true when he finally got the pleasure of working with her, he shared a few insights from that experience as well. “I wrote Kshana Kshanam with the one and only purpose so as to impress Sridevi. Kshana Kshanam was intended by me as a love letter to her. Throughout the making of Kshana Kshanam, I just could not take my eyes off her charm, her beauty, her personality and her demeanour was a new discovery for me.

She had an invisible wall around her and she does not let anyone cross that. Behind that wall, she maintains her dignity and her self-respect and she never lets anyone inside. Also, during the course of working with her and observing her technique of acting, I began to understand more and more as a director about the nuances of performances and characterizations because for me, she formed the epitome of cinematic acting. Her popularity and stardom had to be seen to be believed. We were shooting for the climax in Nandyal for Kshana Kshanam and the whole town of Nandyal came to a standstill when they came to know that Sridevi was in town. Banks, government offices, schools, colleges, everything in town closed as everyone wanted to see Sridevi. She stayed in a traveller’s bungalow in Nandyal and at a little distance, I was staying in another bungalow. There used to be a crowd of atleast 20,000 people around her bungalow throughout the night just staring at it. There were about 50 tough guys along with a 100 strong police force who used to continuously guard her. When we were at the location, we used to know that Sridevi started from her bungalow to come to location because we used to see a column of dust travelling towards us from the distance. The dust was due to the thousands of people running behind her car. I have never seen more of a super star and now, she just got extinguished.

In the end, he closes the obituary with heavy, emotional words. Sridevi is the most beautiful and the most sensuous woman God ever created and I think he creates such exquisite pieces of art like her only once in a thousand years. Though she is no longer there, we, her directors, fortunately have her captured as a goddess of beauty in our cameras and our cinematic angel has now just become a divine angel.

I thank God for creating Sridevi and I thank Louis Lumiere for creating the movie camera for giving us an opportunity to contain her forever. I still cannot believe that she is no more and I am lying in bed writing about my memories of her. I so hope I am still having a bad dream, but I know I am not. I hate Sridevi. I hate her for making me realise that she too is finally only just a human being. I hate that her heart too has to beat to live. I hate that she too has a heart which can just stop like anybody else’s. I hate that I lived to see the messages informing me of her death. I hate God for killing her. And I hate Sridevi for dying. I love you Sri, wherever you are and I will always love you.” Sridevi is survived by her husband and two daughters. 

Bolywood’s first female super star and a veteran actress, Sridevi, passed away last night after a cardiac arrest. She was 54 years old and was in Dubai with her family when this happened. 

Shocked beyond words to hear about the sad and untimely demise of #Sridevi. A dream for many, had the good fortune of sharing screen space with her long ago and witnessed her continued grace over the years. Thoughts and prayers with the family. RIP ��

— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) February 25, 2018

Have witnessed Sridevi’s life from  an adolescent teenager to the magnificeint lady she became. Her stardom was well deserved. Many happy moments with her flash through my mind including the last time I met her. Sadma’s lullaby haunts me now. We’ll miss her

— Kamal Haasan (@ikamalhaasan) February 25, 2018

Shocked & disturbed with the news of #Sridevi garu’s demise. She truly was the epitome of everything amazing as an actor & a woman. My all time favourite actress.. Gone too soon. Strength to her family & loved ones. May her soul Rest in Peace.

— Mahesh Babu (@urstrulyMahesh) February 25, 2018

She was a child artist as well and worked in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil movies before venturing into Hindi movies.

This is how I will always want to remember #Sridevi – Happening, Vibrant, Brilliant, Beautiful, Bestest and Unique.ðŸ™?ðŸ™? #QueenOfIndianCinemaSridevi pic.twitter.com/Om4Yi0IbxR

— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPKher) February 25, 2018

I have no words. Condolences to everyone who loved #Sridevi . A dark day . RIP

— PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) February 24, 2018

Extremely sad and shocked to hear about the sudden demise of my most favourite actor and role model, #Sridevi Ma’am.. this must be so difficult, my heartfelt condolences to the familyðŸ™?ðŸ?»ðŸ˜¢ #RIPSridevi #gonetoosoon #heartbreaking pic.twitter.com/UOjhoMVKcq

— Kajal Aggarwal (@MsKajalAggarwal) February 25, 2018

Shocked stunned. Still see her laughing talking. Unbelievable. Actor par excellence. A school in herself.. learnt so much from her. Still can’t believe it . A huge loss. #Sridevi

— Kajol (@KajolAtUN) February 25, 2018

The PM and the President also offered their condolences on Twitter.

Saddened by the untimely demise of noted actor Sridevi. She was a veteran of the film industry, whose long career included diverse roles and memorable performances. My thoughts are with her family and admirers in this hour of grief. May her soul rest in peace: PM @narendramodi

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) February 25, 2018

Shocked to hear of passing of movie star Sridevi. She has left millions of fans heartbroken. Her performances in films such as Moondram Pirai, Lamhe and English Vinglish remain an inspiration for other actors. My condolences to her family and close associates #PresidentKovind

— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) February 25, 2018

She was an iconic actress who went effortless from dancing to ‘Hawa Hawai’, becoming the most beautiful ‘Roop Ki Rani’ and then also essaying a practical, real life house wife in ‘English Vinglish’.  It is truly a dark day in the history of Indian cinema today. While further details are yet awaited from her family, the industry is already mourning the loss. 

While many people write letters and words of anguish in unrequited love or storm celebrity homes in Mumbai to get a glimpse of their celebrity crush, Diljit Dosanjh has his own unique way of expressing all kinds of emotions. His celebrity crush Kylie Jenner may have never responded to his sweet nothings but all of us have secretly prayed and loved Diljit to actually get together with Kylie! His new track, which was rumoured to be a dedication to Kylie, is finally here and boy, do we love it!

Okay now talking about first impressions of the video, the music is absolutely catchy and like every time, he doesn’t disappoint! I am getting full Drake vibes from him and talking about lyrics, he nailed it right there. Yeezys, high end ‘gaddiyan’, a reference to Kim asking Kylie about Diljit, everything about this song is super and FUN. This one is going to my play list and obviously I am guessing, it’s going to rule the wedding season as well. He’s already trending on social media right now.

Lao ji another super hit dropped by @diljitdosanjh #highend  #confidential  on repeat already👌ðŸ?»

— arsh bhullar (@bhullar_arsh) February 21, 2018

Like @Drake  , people love @diljitdosanjh  more as a person than thejr music , this shit is rare and rare is rare these days ðŸ™?ðŸ?½?ï¸? @diljitdosanjh  Man can’t wait  to see you  makin mark on Hollywood too #DOSANJGANG #HIGHENED

— PERRY SINGH (@itsperrysingh) February 21, 2018

And Paaji  setting Benchmarks again and again ……Watch it guys High End out Now 🔥🔥👌👌👌 pic.twitter.com/nSYkp4gQBy

— Rishi (@RishiSaluja30) February 21, 2018

Diljit is currently awaiting the release of his upcoming movie ‘Rangroot’ and he looks fantastic as a World War II Indian soldier.

A great singer, superb performer, fashion icon, and also a talented actor, this guy is nailing every damn thing like he has the Midas touch himself.

Tu Pose Maar La Phelan Dosanjhanwaleya … Baki Kam Asi Badh Ch Kar La Ge Bharava 🤩

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He’s also judging a reality show at the moment and gearing up for his upcoming tour in the UK. Diljit is perhaps one of the few artists out there who actually entertain and take care of every minute detail about their work. While most songs these days usually revolve around iPhones and guns, Diljit’s tracks still strike a chord with fans.

Hatda ni tu Diljit! But we love it.