Daler or Shankar – who stole the show?

Though Shankar can be heard rendering the song, in reality Daler Mehendi was the first choice for it and has crooned the lively Punjabi flavoured track. He was not even aware that his voice or name does not appear on the audio and that his voice has been replaced. He was neither informed about the same. He was very excited about the song until be finally discovered that it has been subsequently replaced by Shankar Mahadevan. The trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy have composed for the film.

When asked about the sudden change, Ehsaan says, "Daler had sung the song earlier but the song was re-recorded by Shankar Mahadevan later. Actually Mr Bachchan asked for the change as he did not want to break the series of hit he has got with Shankar as the singer in the form of chartbusters like Kajra Re (Bunty Aur Babli) and Rock and Roll (Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna)." Daler and Amitabh shared screen space with the hit track 'Na Na Na Re' from 'Mrityudaata' but seems over the years many things have changed and now the trusted lieutenant for Amitabh seems to be Shankar Mahadevan. But this is not enough to sedate Daler at the moment, who is fuming over the sudden ouster from the track.