Pakistanis take Bollywood to the cleaners for this lousy version of 'Hawa Hawa'

Twitter was abuzz and Pakistani fans called out the team of 'Mubarakan' for ripping off an iconic song

Actor Arjun Kapoor's upcoming film Mubarakan will feature a recreated version of the 1980s song Hawa Hawa, originally sung by Pakistani artist, Hasan Jahangir.


The Half Girlfriend star took to Twitter  yesterday to unveil the song and posted:

Lo phaela diya raita. https://t.co/smJ51adGqg#HawaHawa #Mubarakan @Ileana_Official @MikaSingh @PrakritiKakar @gourovroshin17

— arjunk26 (@arjunk26) June 29, 2017

Soon after the tweet, Twitter was abuzz and Pakistani fans called out to the team of Mubarakan for ripping off an iconic song.

https://twitter.com/CoolstarMalik1/status/880488914275979264

Legend! #HawaHawa pic.twitter.com/ex8on9EvsX

— Muna Moini (@Muna_m89) June 29, 2017

This song was sung in 1980's by a Pakistani singer. You don't feel any shame in copying Pakistani songs for your movies...

— Aamir Abbasi (@aamir013) June 29, 2017

https://twitter.com/kundidani1/status/880349099534495744

https://twitter.com/MissTweetard/status/880546321198960640

Not worth it din like it

— Pushkar bhardwaj (@Pushkarbhardw16) June 30, 2017

you really happy in copying the Pakistani artist hassan jahangir's song??

— Wahhaj Ahmed (@wahhaj_ahmed) June 29, 2017

Bhai kuch haya hoti hai kuch Sharam hoti hai itna copy to photocopy machine b nai krti ho gi copy jitna ap log krtay ho

— kanwal imtiaz (@kanwalimtiaz2) June 29, 2017

Yesterday I was singing #HawaHawa by #HasanJehangir and realised not many knew about it... Talk about age😕 #90skid

— Avantika Bahuguna (@avantika11) June 8, 2017

After much slack from the Pakistani fans, Arjun said that the remake of the original song celebrates the spirit of his forthcoming film.



"We've chosen Hawa Hawa according to the situation. It's a song we have all grown up dancing to and enjoying ourselves. It's a very celebratory song, our film is also a celebratory film," Arjun said, in a statement.


The Gunday star further added, "The song turned out really well. Full credit goes to Bhushan Kumar sir, he managed to find Mika's voice that is something that gives it a new twist and a lift to the song and it creates more energy that you could add to a song."



Directed by Anees Bazmi, Mubarakan features Arjun in a double role for the second time after the 2013 film Aurangzeb. The film also features actor Anil Kapoor and actresses Athiya Shetty and Ileana D'Cruz.

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