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Old Hindi songs now remixed as Bollywood titles

Popular Hindi film songs are never forgotten; they are recycled. Remixes have given a new life to many numbers and now film titles are inspired by them.

Creative borrowing is the name of the game in Bollywood. Stories and music compositions are often lifted from the West, but there are some filmmakers who are fascinated with popular Hindi songs and use them in their movie titles.

Aditya Chopra should take the cake for popularising the trend with his directorial debut "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge" (DDLJ). The title of the puppy love story was taken from the popular song "Le jayenge, le jayenge, dilwale dulhania le jayenge" from the 1974 movie "Chor Machaye Shor".

DDLJ was a phenomenal hit and it made Shah Rukh Khan a superstar. It has been running in Mumbai's Maratha Mandir theatre for the last 12 years.

Some of the recent titles are a constant reminder of the old tunes, which caught the audience's fancy and are still hummable. It also confirms filmmakers' fascination for old songs.

For instance, Siddharth Anand's release "Ta Ra Rum Pum Pum" last year is from the chartbuster "Uthe sab ke kadam, dekho rum pum, aji aise geet gaya karo... Kabhi khushi, kabhi gum, Ta ra rum pum pum, haso aur hasaya karo" from Basu Chatterjee's "Baton Baton Mein".

However, Anand's film, produced under the Yash Raj Films banner, couldn't replicate the success of that song.

The title of Karan Johar's family drama "Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham" is also inspired by the same song.

Another Yash Raj Film title "Jhoom Barabar Jhoom", which was Shaad Ali's second directorial venture, was taken from the famous qawwali "Jhoom barabar jhoom sharabi" by Aziz Nazan.

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