Himesh is not spooked

Even as his popular number faces flak for being hypnotic

Subhash K Jha

Composer-singer Himesh Reshammiya, whose songs are racing up the music charts, could not have imagined that his popular score 'Jhalak dikhla ja...' could face flak for an apparent 'ghostly' link.

In fact Reshammiya says that he finds the entire issue too bizarre to comment on, "I just want to focus on my work and if my music has such an impact what can I say. But they went to the same spot to check the authenticity of the story and conducted an experiment on some of the villagers. The results proved all those theories wrong. Doesn't that say it all?"

Residents of Bhalej, a village about 80 km from Anand district in Gujarat have banned the song saying those who listen to it or sing it get possessed. "Getting possessed by evil power is not a new phenomenon. But of late the trend has increased. The evil follows you because the lyrics of the song have the words 'Aaja aaja' that invite the ghost," said a villager.

Meanwhile, not one to be affected by this, Himesh is busy working on Ram Gopal Varma's Sholay and Sanjay Gupta's Alibaug. He says, "Yes, I've bagged Ramuji's Sholay. The original had an all-time great score by one of my role models, R.D. Burman. Besides, Ramu is a filmmaker I've wanted to work with Ramu for a long time. I love the kind of dark, brooding cinema that he makes." He also makes it a point to add, "There will be no replication of songs from Sholay except for 'Mehbooba o mehbooba…' which will have elements from the original RD score.

But we plan to re-work it completely and take the tune to another level."

As for Alibaug, he says, "Again, I've a chance to do something completely different from what I've done so far. Working with filmmakers like Ram Gopal Varma and Sanjay Gupta is an entirely new experience for me."

• I just want to focus on my work and if my music has such an impact what can I say — Himesh

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