Amitabh Bachchan fails to credit Aishwarya Rai for ‘Kajra Re’ song amid divorce rumors with Abhishek Bachchan, users say ‘The song became popular because of her’

Bunty Aur Babli was the second biggest hit of 2005 and the songs became an instant rage

Abhishek, Bachchan and Rani Mukerji came together for the 2005 comic caper called Bunty Aur Babli, which was the second biggest hit of 2005 and the songs of that film became an instant rage. One of the songs was picturized on Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, and it still remains one of the most thunderous and pulsating dance numbers. Yes; the song being referred to is Kajra Re.

On the film’s 19th anniversary, Amitabh Bachchan also went down the memory lane and tweeted this about the dance number- ‘the song became so popular that it still regenerates attention and love .. and the best moments with the song, Bhaiyu, were when we performed this live on stage ..”
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Netizens react

These were some of the reactions:

‘Sorry to say but Kajra Re was all about Aishwarya. Both of you were just supporting dancers in that song.’

‘But the credit for its popularity goes not to you but to Aishwarya, because I believe that if only you were there then it would have been popular, but because of Aishwarya it became most popular.’

‘The song got popular because of AISHWARYA RAI not because of you two who couldn’t even move, a random person can dance better than what you two did in that song so please don’t act like it’s YOUR and your SON song only !’

Bunty Aur Babli 2

16 years later, Yash Raj Films made a sequel with Rani and Saif Ali Khan that bombed at the box-office. The comedy also starred Siddhant Chaturvedi and Sharvari Wagh.

Aishwarya Rai’s mention missing from Amitabh Bachchan’s tweet about Kajra Re; fans remind him ‘she was the highlight’

Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan, who starred together in Bunty Aur Babli (2005), danced to the popular song Kajra Re with Aishwarya Rai.

No Bollywood buff can forget the rage that Kajra Re was. The popular dance song from Shaad Ali’s 2005 blockbuster heist comedy Bunty Aur Babli featured Amitabh Bachchan, his son Abhishek Bachchan, and Aishwarya Rai, who went on to marry Abhishek a couple of years later.Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, and Abhishek Bachchan in Kajra Re

Amitabh recalls filming Kajra Re

As Bunty Aur Babli clocked in 19 years this week, Amitabh took to X and reposted a still from Kajra Re, of him, Abhishek and Aishwarya matching their hook steps. He wrote in the caption, “The song became so popular that it still regenerates attention and love .. and the best moments with the song, Bhaiyu, were when we performed this live on stage (namaste and laughing with tears emojis).”

Amitabh and Abhishek performed on the song at the Filmfare Awards in 2006, and were joined by Aishwarya on the stage too. The internet, thus, wondered why Amitabh didn’t mention Aishwarya in his post since she was clearly the highlight of the song. An X user commented, “Sorry to say but Kajra Re was all about Aishwarya. Both of you were just supporting dancers in that song.” Another wrote, “But the credit for its popularity goes not to you but to Aishwarya, because I believe that if only you were there then it would have been popular, but because of Aishwarya it became most popular (smile emoji).”

“Apart from ‘Bhaiyu’, there was ‘Bhaiyi’ in song too. She is the biggest reason for success of song. No one watches the song for ‘Bhaiyu’ or ‘Senior Bhaiyu’ in song,’ read a third comment. “Both you are your son are irrelevant in this song. Without Aishwarya, no one will watch this,” wrote another person on X.

About Bunty Aur Babli

Bunty Aur Babli was produced by Yash Raj Films. It also starred Rani Mukerji in the lead role opposite Abhishek. Varun V Sharma directed the sequel in 2022, starring Rani, Saif Ali Khan (who replaced Abhishek as Bunty), Siddhant Chaturvedi, Sharvari Wagh, and Pankaj Tripathi, but it bombed at the box office.