Music is that part of our lives that sucks out all the tension and hard feelings from our minds and injects the feeling of smoothness and relaxation. When it comes to Bollywood songs and movies, there has been a number of masterpieces that are nothing less than ears pleasing. But every coin has two sides. On the other side of the Bollywood music industry, there is plenty of songs that created a stir in the industry and invited some drama. Here we bring you a look at the top 10 Bollywood songs that were involved in controversies:
1. Munni Badnam (Dabanng): We all know how sexist a song this is. But we don’t know apart from its unethical lyrics and visuals, it got in some legal controversy for the use of the word Jandhu Bam. The mass producer of Janhdu Bam, Emami sent a legal notice to Arbaaz Khan production for using their name in the song.
2. Radha (Student of the year): With decent visual, music, and lyrics, we all love to jam on this song, but many few of us know that Dharma Production, Karan Johar, and Gauri Khan has a legal criminal case filed against them for referring Hindu got Radha ‘Sexy’.
3. Bhaag Boss DK (Delly Belly): We don’t know what to say about this song, From copyright issues to ruckus lyrics, this song is filled with controversy. The song had accidentally infringed upon copyrights of a song by two artists (Jiten Thukral and Sumir Tagra) that had already named a piece of their work 'BoseDK.'
4. Aaja Nachle (Aaja Nachle): The title track of Madhuri Dixit starrer Aaja Nachle ended up being in a big controversy after it got banned from states like Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh for using casteist slur in the lyrics. But later the makers changed the lyrics and apologized publically for hurting public sentiments.
5. Kafirana (Joker): The lyrics of this song were changed from 'I want Fakht you,' to 'I want just you.' The video of the song leaked and ultimately caused a lot of chatter around the aforementioned lyrics, which is why filmmaker Shirish Kunder took immediate action and changed them.
6. Dhan Te Nan (Kaminey): This movie was already in the headlines for the controversial content and it was called out by Rashtriya Teli Rathore Chetna Mahasangh and SP Rajya Sabha member Ram Narayan Sahu for using a casteist slur in the song. They complained in the censor board and made Vishal Bhardwaj change the word Telli to Dilli.
7. Jana Gann Mann Rann (Rann): - The Censor Board had banned the title track of Ram Gopal Varma's Rann, because the lyrics were inspired by the national anthem, and people were definitely not okay with the film altering and messing around with our anthem. Ultimately Varma ended up replacing the song with Vande Mataram.
8. Dum Maaro Dum (Dum Maaro Dum): After listening to the real version, this remixed version of the song didn’t fit in well. And even the song lyrics were taken legally, both Dev Anand and Zeenat Aman complained about the remake.
9. Baby Baby mujhe log Bole (khuddar): The song's lyrics were, 'Sexy Sexy Mujhe Log Bole,' originally. But the word 'sexy' in the song seemed to offend many people, hence the lyrics were changed. TBH, this is just absurd. *facepalming self*
10. Panghat: The saints of Mathura, UP have demanded a ban on the song for hurting religious sentiments by showing 'obscene moves,' in it. And Mahesh Pathak of Akhil Bhartiya Teerth Purohit Mahasabha has also voiced himself saying that the song has tarnished the image of the Brajbhoomi of Lord Krishna.
