The latest version of Ali Sethi’s cult song came named ‘Pasoori Nu’. Indian singer Arijit Singh sang under the banner of T-Series in the movie ‘SatyaPrem Ki Katha’. Netizens are not liking the version and call it unnecessary.
Pasoori came to the coke studio season 14 in 2022. Right after its release, it became a song of the year. With soulful music and Ali Sethi’s magical voice. the song got appreciation from all over the world. In Coachella 2023, Ali sang this song and the whole crowd went bonkers. It created the record by standing first in the Spotify list in the USA, Malaysia, Japan, Bangladesh, and India. Recently T-Series the top music company in India drops the version name ‘Paoori Nu’.
SatyaPrem Ki Katha, The film features Kartik Aaryan and Kiara Advani in the lead roles buy the rights of this song. A few days before the theatrical release, the makers released the Hindi remake of Pasoori on YouTube. Needless to say, the track has received a mixed response from the audience. Arijit Singh has sung Pasoori for SPKK and now getting a backlash on bad lyrics and poor composition.
While Ali Sethi was credited, there is no mention of Shae Gill or Coke Studio in the ‘Hindified’ refurbished version of Pasoori. Pakistani actor Adnan Siddiqui wrote that “Bollywood did exactly what they had feared”. But no popular Pakistani singers including Asim Azhar and Ali Zafar have commented on the matter.
Arijit Singh has a reason
Soon after the release of ‘Pasoori Nu’, Arijit Singh conducted Q&A on Twitter with fans and wrote a message for OG singer ‘Ali Sethi.’ He Tweeted, “@Alisethi you are amazing Wish You could join us in this. or even better wish you could sing it for the film. One personal thing my kids are not gonna go for the new one they love the original like father.”
Further, when a user asked why he didn’t reject the offer of singing the Pasoori remake, Arijit Singh revealed, “Well The maker has promised me a yearly fund for a school for the underprivileged. That’s more important. thode gaali kha lenge.” “The maker has promised me a yearly fund for a school for the underprivileged,” he wrote to another user.
When another said, “There is a cross part in the original song. Don’t you feel it should’ve also been covered? We’ve heard it live from you!!” He replied saying, “I did it live for love. They did it for something else. So they decided what’s best.”
The remade version of Pasoori Nu has disappointed fans, with many expressing dissatisfaction and claiming that the makers have ‘ruined’ the song. Some fans even admitted that they had to listen to the original version to ‘undo the damage’ caused by Pasoori Nu. In response to the disappointment, several fans created memes to express their reactions humorously.
