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Be it the recently lanched Arjun Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor starrer 'Ki & Ka' song 'High Heels' or Sidharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt starrer 'Kapoor & Sons' 'Chull', Bollywood has been successfully giving a twist to popular rock or pop singles and album songs. Not just this track alone but for decades, this trend is too in. Here is list of few of those numbers which made their mark as singles and later were convered into movie songs.
High Heels: Arjun Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor starrer R Balki's 'Ki & Ka's newly launched song 'High Heels' is the reprised version of Honey Singh's superhit number. Arjun Kapoor walks away with the limelight as he enters the frame wearing red heels. He has used props like a sweeping mop and an apron, meanwhile Kareena dons the corporate look with a laptop. This version of the song has been sung by Jaz Dhami and Aditi Singh Sharma. Yo Yo Honey Singh has done the rap while Meet Bros. have given composed music.
Do mark the red coloured 'High heels' in the two image.
Chull: Sony Music India presented the song by Fazilpuria and Badshah two years ago. It immediately became a party anthem and a favourite on radio stations. Now, it’s back as 'Kar gayi chull' as a part of the sound-track of 'Kapoor & Sons', set for March 18 release. The young and ever energetic actress Alia is seen dancing carefree, while her real life rumoured boyfriend Sidharth Malhotra is seen looking at her with eyes which are full of love up to the brim. Though the full version of the song is yet to be unveiled, one can hear 'Sunny sunny' hitmaker Neha Kakkar adding sensuality to the track that has retained the original duo.
Saturday Saturday: It was back in 2012 when Indeep Bakshi and Badshah joined hands for the party number, but the song can still make people, including those with two left feet, hit the dance floor. The catchy track got revived in 2014 with additional vocals of Akriti Kakkar for Varun Dhawan- and Alia Bhatt-starrer 'Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania'.
Zaroori tha: The heartbreaking song, with a distinctive tootle-too sound of a flute, in Pakistani qawwali maestro Rahat Fateh Ali Khan’s voice sounded powerful yet painful when it released in 2014 as a part of his album 'Back 2 Love'. It got a “new life” as a Bollywood song when Mohit Suri decided to use it in his last year’s directorial 'Hamari Adhuri Kahani' — a tale of longing, loss, and love.
Deewana tera: The feel-good 1999 pop song, crooned by Sonu Nigam for his album 'Deewana', was recreated by Meet Bros Anjjan for 'Ek Paheli Leela'. The modified version for the 2015 film was given a new title too — 'Main hoon deewana tera'. From a song that couples would probably still love — to hold each other and dance to — it got majorly transformed into a club number. Nigam’s voice was also replaced by Arijit Singh, one of the sought-after singers of Bollywood today.
Gud naal ishq mitha: Actress-producer Malaika Arora Khan’s red towering heels are the first thing that pops up in mind when one hears the 1990s Bally Sagoo song and thinks of its video. Till now, a lot of people, regardless of age, must have mastered its popular hand-steps that match the energetic beats of the song. Fast forward to 2015, the song has featured in Sunny Deol-starrer 'I Love NY'. It went through a major change. Not only the lyrics got modified and Malkit Singh’s voice replaced by Tochi Raina, but the genre in trend – rap – was also fused to the Punjabi number.
Bheegi yaadein: The rock song from 2004 album 'Jal Pari' — Pakistani singer Atif Aslam’s first solo album after he left the Pakistani band Jal — was given a Bollywood twist in 2005 in the form of 'Woh lamhe woh baatein'. Atif’s soothing voice was intact in the song used in the film 'Zeher', but it did away with rock music elements. The band also has its own version of the song.
