Nora Fatehi reacts to Koena Mitra’s criticism: Everyone’s entitled to an opinion!

This year, saw a trend of recreations of many old songs. While some songs compelled you to groove to its beats and hum it constantly, others were simply rejected by the audiences. Now that the social media has made it easy for everyone to express their opinions freely, many criticized the recreated versions of the nostalgic songs. 

The recent song which received a backlash was Nora Fatehi’s O Saki Saki from Batla House. The original song was a part of the film Musafir, and it starred Koena Mitra and Sanjay Dutt. 

Recently, at the trailer launch of his first Marathi production Baba, Sanjay Dutt opened up about the remade song. He said, “It’s great that these songs are being recreated and it means that they are still popular. So, it’s a good thing.” 

While Sanjay praised the recreation, Koena bashed the song. Taking to her official social media handle, she wrote, “My song from Musafir #Saaki Saaki has been recreated. Sunidhi, Suhwinder, Vishal, Shekhar combination was outstanding. Didn't like the new version, it's a mess! This song had crashed many blockbusters! Why batlahouse, why? P. S: Nora is a stunner. Hope she saves our pride.”

Nora Fatehi, who has grooved on the recreated version of O Saki Saki, broke her silence on the criticism. In an interview with Mumbai Mirror, she said that everyone is entitled to have an opinion and she doesn’t take Koena words as a criticism. She further went on to add how difficult it was to shoot for the song. 

The 27-year-old Canadian dancer said,

I don’t think it’s really criticism, everyone’s entitled to an opinion and you have to respect that. At the end of the day we are discussing music, which is very subjective. Everyone will not like the same genre or style of music, right? Personally, I set a benchmark with Dilbar and I have to work towards surpassing it. After that, it’s for the audience to decide if they like you or not. I’d scraped the skin of both knees and it was a blood bath. My lower back hurt so bad that we had to call a physiotherapist on the set. I was attempting to play with fire for the first time and almost burnt myself on a few occasions. It was scary, but our energies were on a high and we have given it our best.

- Nora Fatehi

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Nora further also added that the song is apt for her character. She said, “It’s not a cameo but a full-fledged, Hindi-speaking role, not glamorous or westernised but definitely a surprise.” 

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