Bachna Ae Haseeno revisited!

Vishal-Shekhar have revived the Kishore Kumar-RD Burman classic Bachna Ae Haseeno for Rishi Kapoor's son Ranbir's next release of the same name. At the music launch of the film, Buzz18 caught up with the duo to find out more about reworking this all-time chartbuster. Bur before we start the interview they say - "Don't bother who answers the questions. We both always say the same thing". Read on...

The first promos are just out and everyone's talking about the revived title track. Are you scared about Bachna Ae Haseeno overshadowing the rest of the soundtrack?

PROMO: Ranbir with Bips, Deepika, Minissha...

see Bachna Ae Haseeno is not a contest for us. Having this song in a Vishal-Shekhar album is like an aashirwaad, a blessing for us. Here is a song that has the names of RD Burman, Kishore Kumar and Majrooh Sultanpuri associated with it. For us, it's a way of showing our love for their work by paying a tribute to this song. It has to be the lead song of the film and there are no two ways about it. There is a certain aspirational value attached to this track for us. We know we can't compete with a song that's been a classic for 30 years. And can only hope someday even our music is remembered after so many years.

How did you zero in on using this song in the film?

When we heard the title of the film, we kind of got a hint that something of this sort would be in the pipeline.

But such experiments are usually looked down upon by purists…

I'd like to say we haven't tampered with the song. The new version has been composed with a lot of respect for the original and we pray this version gets the same response. If you remember the original starts with the sound of a horn...we have taken that tune and made it the mukhda of this song. And into the antara we have blended the mukhda of the original. We aren't cheats… We know what we are doing.

Watch out! Ranbir is here...

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