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Be it for the hipster clothes, the oh-so-attractive tattoo, peppy dance or cool rhythm, the `Kaanta laga' song has set a trend and created ripples. Our city is tuned to it. Are you?
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HOT DEBATE: The remix has people in a flap.
THEY LOVE it. They hate it. They find it entertaining. They find it titillating. They hum along with it. Or they whisper in disgusted tones against it. They think it is raunchy and should be banned. They think it is popular and talk in its favour. But, everyone agrees that it is all over the place. In upscale pubs and discs, at homes and parties, at weddings, on the roads in seven-seater auto rickshaws and, last but not the least, on people's mobiles as a ring tone.
Everything about it is a rage. Whether it is the below-the-navel-highlighting-the-paunch hipsters, the tattoo on the shoulder or the coquettish pout, the Kaanta laga number has surely set a trend and became almost a cult song. And, the pub-hopping Hyderabadi crowd thinks it is "hot and happening".
There are DJs like Piyush Bajaj who are forced to play the song in parties "with a smile on the face as everyone (without age, sex and class distinctions) asks for it. I played the song for different people - corporate crowd, married middle-aged couples and youngsters. There is no party without the track." And, there are youngsters who think it is a vulgar song "degrading our values".
"Obscene and disgusting are the right words for it," says Santosh, a graphic designer sipping cappuccino at a coffee pub. "Perhaps, listening to it again and again makes it stay in your head, without your knowledge, and that is the horrible part of it," chips in his friend Varsha.
While Shruti, an under-graduate student from Poona, feels that she "cannot sing it, leave alone watch it when my parents are around," Vidya, her freelancer friend, says "Maybe I would have liked it if the video wasn't that bad. Perhaps, those who try to ape the Western culture may like it, but not youngsters who are intelligent enough to understand such cheap tactics."
"I don't like it. It is the worst song ever made," say Rohin (Class VI, Oakridge International school) and Riyan (Class III, Nagarjuna School) trying to hide their mischievous smile. "The song is nice to listen to, if you are not watching the video that is," says Sneha, their cousin from Rajasthan.
And you thought that the youngsters are just an unmanageable lot who get carried away by things and cannot see beyond their nose!
However, the elite and the elderly take a definitive stand against the song and strongly feel that such "cheap things should be not be aired". There are those who think the original was good while there are others who cannot recollect the name of the singer in the original.
"The original song was never that popular until the video was made, which was `hot' and made all the difference. And, one has to agree that remixes are in," says Piyush Bajaj.
"Yeh gaana to bahut chalta hai madam (this song is pretty popular)," says Krishna, an auto-driver. "Main jabbhi yeh gaana lagata hoon, mere sare passengers haste hain (whenever I play the song, all my passengers smile)," he adds with a grin. "Maybe some people think it is posh to speak against the song and call it vulgar. But, I've observed the same people walk up to me, ask me for the song, and get disappointed when I say it is not included in our list," says Anil, who handles Q-Jam at Café Coffee Day. "And, almost everyone likes it - it has good music, a funky beat and excellent choreography. When you are happy with your FTV, why not Kaanta laga," he asks.
While the argument continues about the original Kaanta Laga sung by Lata Mangeshkar and picturised on Aruna Irani v/s the remix version picturised on Shefali Jariwala, let's make the most of the song and allow the kaanta pierce before it loses its charm.
SHANTI NANISETTI
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