Dua Lipa lit up Mumbai with her stellar performance on November 30, but one moment from the night has grabbed everyone’s attention. The singer performed a mash-up of her hit song Levitating with Woh Ladki Jo from the Bollywood movie Baadshah. While fans went wild over the unexpected mix, not everyone was thrilled.
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Abhijeet Bhattacharya, the original voice behind Woh Ladki Jo, and his son, Jay Bhattacharya, are upset about the lack of credit given to the real creators of the song. The internet, meanwhile, was buzzing with fans calling it a collaboration between Dua Lipa and Shah Rukh Khan, sidelining Abhijeet’s contributions entirely.
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“The problem is that no one talks about it. What happened to – Woh Ladki Jo – Abhijeet? Unfortunately, we live in a country where not one news outlet or Instagram page has mentioned the voice and the artists of this song. Why has it always been about actors in this country? I’m sure when @dualipa heard this song she must have heard it and not seen it and not appreciated the man that has sung this song and yes it is not SRK.”
He pointed out how singers in India rarely get the recognition they deserve, as the spotlight is often on the actors performing the song onscreen.
“It is @abhijeetbhattacharya and @anumalikmusic. I’m sorry but this song is called Woh Ladki Jo sabse alag hai – Abhijeet wherever you search it. But somehow the media in this country never lets a singer get his due and then people ask me why don’t you try and sing for Bollywood. This is not about Shahrukh Khan. I am his biggest fan ever. This is about our audience and our media who don’t support the singers of our country like they do in the west.”
Abhijeet Bhattacharya echoed his son’s sentiments by re-sharing the post, highlighting how singers often get overshadowed in Bollywood. Have a look at the stories here:
While Dua Lipa’s mash-up was undoubtedly a hit, this incident raises an important question: why don’t singers in India get the same love and respect as actors? It’s high time the voices behind the songs get their due credit, don’t you think?