Thread by @CinemaRareIN

What are your favourite remixed/recreated/licensed/old Indian songs used in a contemporary film?

A thread on some of our picks..

p.s: not including the obvious and/or unofficially inspired or copied tracks, or recreated again by the same composer from a different language.

Ye Mera Diwanapan by Susheela Raman from The Namesake (2006).

This Mukesh classic got a groovy spin. Very nicely done by Susheela Raman for her album Love Trap (2003).

OST from:
Yahudi (1958)
M: Shankar Jaikishan
L: Shailendra
S: Mukesh

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Khoya Khoya Chand by Suman Sridhar & Mikey McCleary's from @nambiarbejoy's Shaitan (2011).

One of the best chase sequences
executed in a Hindi film. Period.

OST credits:
Kala Bazar (1960)
M: SD Burman
L: Shailendra
S: Mohd Rafi

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Zindagi Meri Dance Dance from Daddy (2017).

One of the unused track from soundtrack of B.Subhash's Dance Dance (1987) got a new lease by Norwegian DJ Olefonken.

OST credits:
M: Bappi Lahiri
L: Anjaan
S: Vijay Benedict + Alisa Chinai

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Another recreation used in @nambiarbejoy's Shaitan (2011) was Hawa Hawai by Suman Sridhar and Prashant Pillai.

OST credits:
Mr India (1987)
M: Laxmikant Pyarelal
L: Javed Akhtar
S: Kavita Krishnamurti

Another nicely done track.

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Happy faces, peppy dance number, heavy rains and a wedding!

Aaja Nachle was quite effectively used in Monsoon Wedding (2011).

OST credits:
Album: Star Crazy 2 (1998)
M: Bally Sagoo
L: Devinder Khanne Wala
S: Hans Raj Hans

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Saadi Gali by Lehmber Hussainpuri and RDB from the album Simply RDB (2005) used for a sequence in Tanu Weds Manu (2011) turned out to be the key promotional song of the film, and eventually became part of the soundtrack.

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Not a recreation per se, but situationally used song Bye Bye Miss Goodnight in Neerja (2016).

Original credits:
Prem Nagar (1974)
M: SD Burman
L: Anand Bakshi
S: Kishore Kumar

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Another @nambiarbejoy film, another recreation. This time with Rekha Bhardwaj and Mikey McCleary and Sarika in Black & White for David (2012)

Original credits:
Spiritual Sufi song by Amir Khusrow, modified later by Bulleh Shah.

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Sabse Bada Rupaiya recreated by UK based band Trickbaby for the opening credits of Bluffmaster (2005).

OST credits:
Sabse Bada Rupaiya (1976)
M: Basu Manohari
L: Mehmood
S: Mehmood

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Bachna Ae Haseeno in Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008) recreated by Vishal-Shekhar. Special for Rishi Kapoor - Ranbir Kapoor and Kishore Kumar - Sumit Kumar connection.

OST credits:
Hum Kisi Se Kum Naheen (1977)
M: RD Burman
L: Majrooh S.
S: Kishore Da

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Fifi by Suman Sridhar and Mikey McCleary from Bombay Velvet (2015).

Originally a deleted song from the crime-noir CID (1956) composed by OP Nayyar, written by Majrooh Sultanpuri, and sung by Geeta Dutt.

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Angreji Beat by Yo Yo Honey Singh and Gippy Grewal from the album International Villager (2011) became Deepika Padukone's intro song used in the opening credits from the film Cocktail (2013).

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Hungama Ho Gaya from Queen by Amit Trivedi, Arijit Singh and original vocals by Asha Bhonsle.

OST credits
Anhonee (1973)
M: Laxmikant Pyarelal
L: Varma Malik
S: Asha Bhonsle

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Aaj Jaane Ki Zid Na Karo by Shilpa Rao, Pritam and Amitabh Bhattacharya from Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016).

Original credits:
M: Sohail Rana
L: Ghazal by Fayyaz Hashmi
Earliest renditions by Habib Wali Mohammad and Farida Khanum.

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One of the better recreations by Tanishk Bagchi from Dil Juunglee (2018) sung by Jubin Nautiyal and Prakiriti Kakkar.

OST credits:
QSQT (1988)
M: Anand Milind
L: Majrooh Sultanpuri
S: Alka Yagnik & Udit Narayan

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Aate Jaate from Golmaal Again (2017) recreated by Abhishek Arora, sung by Anushka Manchanda and Nikhil D'Souza.

OST credits:
Maine Pyaar Kiya (1989)
M: Raam Laxman
L: Dev Kohli
S: Lata M & SPB

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Tauba Tauba from Judgemental Jai Kya (2019) recreated by Daniel B George sung by Amrita Talukdar.

OST credits
Mr Natwarlal (1979)
M: Rajesh Roshan
L: Anand Bakshi
S: Asha Bhonsle

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For some good old nostalgia

Main Shayar To Nahin from Hum Tum (2004) picturized on Rishi Kapoor and sung by Shailendra Singh, the original actor - singer combination from Bobby (1973).

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Concluding the thread with Kar Gayi Chull from Kapoor and Sons (2016) recreated by Amaal Malik.

Original credits:
Single : Chull
M & L : Badshah
S: Fazilpuria and Badshah.

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