Ever since the makers of Khaali Peeli dropped their first track from the film, Beyonce Sharma Jayegi, people have slammed them for racist lyrics against the American pop icon. Apparently, the audience has taken the word 'Goriya' from the song quite literally. The song goes like this: 'Ho tujhe dekh ke goriya, Beyonce sharma jayegi'. There were reports that makers may land in a legal soup if they don't take corrective steps soon.
Reacting to the controversy, Khaali Peeli director, Maqbool Khan said, "First, without any hesitation or excuses we want to apologise to anyone offended. We assure you that the lyric in question was never intended racially. In fact, the term 'goriya' has been so often and traditionally used in Indian songs to address a girl, that it didn't occur to any of us to interpret it in the literal manner. Also the comparison with Beyonce is simply meant to be a street-smart guy flattering a girl who is trying to impress that her dancing/performance is worth comparing to even Beyonce who we all see as the final word, the epitome of talent, beauty, performance, style and attitude. We are all huge fans, and there was never any question of disrespect."
Lyricist Kumaar supported the director's claims saying, "Goriya as a word has been used in many Hindi songs earlier. Our idea was to simply use a synonym to 'girl'. There is no derogation intended - we revere beauty of global celebrity Beyonc and don't mean to hurt any of her fans."
Beyonce Sharma jayegi features lead, Ananya Panday and Ishaan Khatter. While their efforts in showing 12 forms of dancing must be lauded it does little for the music enthusiast who came here looking for good music. Beyonce Sharma Jayegi is composed by Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani. Kumaar has penned the lyrics while Nakash Aziz and Neeti Mohan have provided the vocals.
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