Amidst Neha Kakkar-Falguni Pathak’s Feud, AR Rahman Calls Remix Culture “Weird”

Bollywood singers Neha Kakkar and Falguni Pathak recently became the center of focus after the latter slammed Neha Kakkar for “recreating” her iconic song “Maine Payal Hai Chankayi”. While recently during an interview, music composer and singer AR Rahman lashed out at the remix culture calling it “disoriented” and “weird”.

AR Rahman Calls Remix Culture “Weird” And “Disoriented”

When ask to share views on singers remixing his music tracks, AR Rahman told India Today.in, “The more I see, the more it is distorted. The intention of the composer gets distorted. People say, ‘I am reimagining.’ Who are you to re-imagine? I am also very careful of taking someone else’s work. You have to be respectful and I think it is a grey area, we need to sort it out.”

Ar Rahman further stated that he often gets such offers from producers and directors to make remix of his tracks, he added, “The other day, we had the Telugu music launch (of Ponniyin Selvan) and the producers said, every song that you two (Mani Ratnam and AR Rahman) make sounds fresh now because it is all done in digital mastering. It already has that quality and everyone appreciates it. So, if I need to do that, I need to recreate it. Of course, people take permission, but you cannot take something recent and remake it again. It feels weird.”

Falguni Pathak Controversy With Neha Kakkar

For the unversed, T-Series recently released the teaser of the latest remake of Falguni Pathak’s song Sajna by Neha Kakkar. However, just hours after the release the netizens began criticizing the Bollywood singer for ruining the song by making the remix. The matter further escalated when Falguni Pathak, slammed Neha Kakkar saying that she wanted to take legal action against the singer as well as the makers of the song.

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