No hard feelings for Remo: Tanishk Bagchi
Ever since the popular 90’s song Humma Humma was recreated by music composer Tanishk Bagchi, (right) the song has received mixed reactions from across the country. Remo Fernandes (inset) who sang the original, slammed the song, calling it pale and insipid. Bagchi, who composed the music of the recreated version, along with rapper Badshah, has “no hard feelings” for Remo.
“How will you like if someone starts painting your house with a different colour? Obviously you won’t be happy with it. It’s the same case with him as well. It was originally sung by him, so its quite natural for him to be upset with it,” he says. Despite the negative reviews, Tanishk, who has also sung the song along with Jubin Nautiyal, is pleased with the response the song has received so far. “The other day, me and my colleague were walking down the road and discussing how people are not happy with the song. Right then, a car went by and the song was playing. So there are those who will not like it, and there will be those who do,” he says. Tanishk who is a big fan of the song’s original composer, AR Rahman, says that the song is a tribute.
Being a star sibling in Bollywood can be quite taxing. Out of many sibling pairs in the film industry,ind only a few have been ableabl to match up to each other’soth success. But actor SaqibSa Saleem (left), brother of actor Huma Qureshi (inset),in doesn’t feel the pressure.pre “She’s (Huma) my sissister first and then an actor. We are always happy for each other.t My sister is the only personpe I’m not competitive wiwith. Competition between us is outo of the question,” he says.say Saqib and Huma recentlyrec shot for Sajid Khan’s celebritycel talk show and the brother-brosister duo enjoyed sharingsha screen space.
SSaqib further reveals how “Just like many others others, even I grew up listening to the song, and dancing to it. My intention was to keep the melody intact and do it a bit differently,” he says. Recreating the song was a challenge for him. “It is not easy to recreate any old classic and it will be always a challenge for any music producer who is trying to take on a new classic,” he says. his sister Huma, who is known for her roles in films such as Gangs of Wasseypur (2012), and Badlapur (2015), was the reason he agreed to play a homosexual in Bombay Talkies (2013).
“I was contemplating whether it would be right to play this character so early in my career. Huma then told me, ‘Are you dumb? Why won’t you want to work with Rani Mukerji and Karan Johar? You don’t judge your character on what their sexuality is. You judge them on the basis of what you’re doing in the film and if you are bringing something to the table.’ And on that very instinct I signed the film and thought let me become an actor now.”