Singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya has reacted strongly to the recreated version of the iconic track ‘Chunari Chunari’Which is included in the upcoming romantic comedy album If you are young then you have to fall in love. Originally featured in David Dhawan’s 1999 entertainer wife number 1The song starred Salman Khan and Sushmita Sen and became the most popular dance track of its time.
Abhijeet Bhattacharya criticizes Varun Dhawan version of ‘Chunnari Chunnari’; Says, “He can’t be Salman Khan”
The remastered version now stars Mrunal Thakur and Pooja Hegde along with Varun Dhawan. Interestingly, both the films are directed by David Dhawan, with the title If you are young then you have to fall in love itself inspired by another popular song wife number 1.
Amid mixed reactions from fans on the remix, Abhijeet Bhattacharya shared his opinion while talking to ANI and clarified that he prefers the original version featuring Salman Khan. Talking about the popularity of the song and Salman’s presence in it, the singer said, “This song is the biggest song of Salman Khan’s life. It is trending since the time it came out. It is the biggest hit of Salman Khan’s life.”Chunnari Chunnari‘. That time was a rising star, not a superstar (This song was one of the biggest songs of Salman Khan’s career. Since its release, it has remained continuously popular and trending. It remains his biggest song. At that time, Salman was still a rising star and not yet a superstar).”
Abhijeet also took a dig at Varun Dhawan while comparing the two actors. “The actor has only done second-hand films, especially when his father directed the original films. He also uses the same songs which were once hits. Varun Dhawan can’t become Salman Khan with this song. He said, “Varun Dhawan can’t become Salman Khan with this song. There is a big difference between Salman Khan and Varun Dhawan.”
The singer also expressed disappointment over the treatment of the remastered version. “When I heard the song I thought it was a bhajan. ‘Chunari Chunari’ It was originally a romantic track and now they have turned it into a bhajan,” he commented.
He concluded, “Even if they had approached me for the remake, I would have thought twice before doing it. There was too much acting in my original version. I’m very happy that I didn’t do the song because it would have got spoiled. The way we did it in the original version, Varun couldn’t have done it in the same way. He played it safe.”
Produced by Ramesh Taurani’s Tips Films, If you are young then you have to fall in love Scheduled to release on June 5.
