Nora Fatehi on Koena Mitra criticizing Saki Saki remake: Everyone’s entitled to an opinion

Nora Fatehi is making waves with her latest item number O Saki Saki in John Abraham's upcoming film Batla House. The song is the remake of the Saki Saki song that featured in 2004 film Musafir. Koena Mitra featured in the original track.

The new version is recreated by Tanishk Bagchi and sung by Tulsi Kumar and Neha Kakar. Right after the new version's teaser was released Koena tweeted, saying that she didn't like the new version.

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.(sic)"

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. Koena Mitra (@koenamitra) July 13, 2019

Nora has now responded to Koena's criticism. In an interview with Mumbai Mirror, Nora 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."

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Not just Koena, Sanjay Dutt, who played the lead role in Musafir and was also part of the original song, also reacted on the remake. He said, "It’s great that these songs are being recreated, it means that they are still popular. It’s a good thing."

Nora is being lauded for her dancing skills in O Saki Saki. The song has also hit 20 million views on YouTube. Nora, who plays with fire in the new O Saki Saki, said that it was a "dream" to feature in the remix. "The way Tanishk has composed this song is out of this world and I knew visually I'll have to match up. I learned to dance with fire fans for the first time within only 3 days, and I must say it was extremely challenging," she said.

"The best part is I am acting in the film Batla House, so my character's performance to the song O Saki Saki in the film leads up to a very important sequence of events that carries the story forward. I am very grateful to Nikkhil Advani sir, Bhushan Kumar sir, John Abraham, T-series and Emmay Entertainment for giving me this opportunity," she added.

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