One of the things that Pakistanis can truly be proud of is their music, especially the songs which were composed in the 1990s and early 2000s. That was quite an era with some of the best rock and pop bands the country had to offer.
We also know that Bollywood has a habit of copying our songs. Mostly, they never had to even ask for permission while doing so, but now – thanks to YouTube’s strict rules, they can’t get away with it anymore.
Turns out, one of the most iconic songs from 1997 has been sold to neighboring India. And that’s Junoon’s Sayonee, which was THE anthem for Pakistan.
As you can expect, Pakistanis decide to retaliate by doing what they do best; trolling Indians.
Of Junoon and Sayonee
Junoon was a famous 90s band that has given us some classic hits like Jazba-e-Junoon, Bulleya, and Sayonee. The latter was recently recreated by Arjit Singh for an upcoming Bollywood film of the same name – Sayonee.
Junoon the band had renowned musicians like Salman Ahmed, Ali Azmat, and Nusrat Hussain. They rose to fame around the 1990s, when they also released Pakistan’s first compilation album, Kashmakash.
If you don’t remember their classic hit Sayonee, don’t worry! We have got you covered:
But yesterday, this iconic song popped up on our feeds again, and for a truly bizarre reason.
You see, it has now been recreated by Bollywood, and while it doesn’t sound bad, people have strong opinions!
Before we get into the reactions, let’s hear the Bollywood version of Sayonee first:
The song has been brought to you by Indian record label T-Series. In their YouTube video, it has credited Salman Ahmad, and Junoon band. This was something unthinkable of not too long ago.
As it turns out, Salman did give them permission to use his song but people are still finding it very uncool. T-Series also thanked Samina Ahmed for using the song:
The Reactions
Here’s what Pakistanis are tweeting out in response to this news:
In case anyone don't know this is a very famous pakistani song sung by @RealAliAzmat who was in "Junoon band" and @TSeries just ruined the song. Disgusting #Sayonee https://t.co/czXjQMv53w
— 🤷🏻♀️ (@weirdlady23) November 3, 2020
Make your own music @TSeries – this is the anthem of our youth. You will not own this one. @sufisal did you sell this song to them? https://t.co/ygj8OPmQ1a
— Alia Chughtai (@AliaChughtai) November 3, 2020
Honestly, I'll personally bully you into deleting this. Pewdiepie was nothing.
— Shumail (@Shumyl) November 3, 2020
Man I knew Indians were bad at music but dear lord!!!! How do you take something so good and turn it to complete garbage?
— Shayk🪁🌳🚉🚴🏽🏙🏎 (@shaykshack) November 3, 2020
That is like the best Ali Azmat/ Janoon song and i can never imagine someone destroying it like this. For this song alone, Arijit Singh should effing never sing again.@Dudefrom87
— Valkyrie (@food_bufff) November 3, 2020
Aur koi hal nahi but this pic.twitter.com/EoXwhCjYDH
— Danyal (@Danny_danyal23) November 3, 2020
IS THAT ARIJIT'S VOICE!? HOW MISERABLE DOES HE SOUND HERE!🤢
Ps. Originality ka naam sune ho kabhi? Stop copying!
— Sohaib. (@farrukhsohaibpk) November 3, 2020
please spare us pic.twitter.com/6ulpbVUzpD
— kashmir stands with Palestine (@zoryastarikov) November 3, 2020
https://twitter.com/machi_mandi/status/1323679534860951557
https://twitter.com/mukkupop10/status/1323675248466808832
Even some Indians agree with Pakistanis:
Dear Pakistanis, even we Indians are not liking this. We actually find this garbage and T-Series has been well known to turn old master pieces into garbage. Such a garbage that it doesn't even deserve a dustbin 🤦♂️
— Manpreet Singh (@montysinghg) November 3, 2020
This got me picturing the grainy music video for "sayonee" that I was playing constantly on MTV (or was it [V] channel) as a kid growing up in Bombay/Mumbai.
— Piyush Patel (@PiyushP) November 3, 2020
What do you think of these reactions to the remake of Sayonee? Let us know in the comments section.
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