Ila Arun interview: Got so much royalty from Diljit Dosanjh’s Choli Ke Peeche, want him to pick up more of my songs | Bollywood
Feb 05, 2025 01:09 PM IST
In an exclusive interview, Ila Arun discusses the Crew Choli Ke Peeche controversy and whether she got her due as a singer with a range.
Ila Arun may not have lent her voice to a Bollywood song for 12 years now, but the Hindi film industry still can’t get enough of her. Two of her most popular songs were recreated for Rajesh A Krishnan’s hit heist comedy Crew last year – Ghagra and Choli Ke Peeche, that she co-sang with Alka Yagnik for Subhash Ghai’s 1993 crime drama Khal Nayak. Ila may have voiced her protest against the use of these songs sans her permission, but she’s now made peace with it.
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“It is wrong. But I settled with them on my own. I told them just because you have access to AI (artificial intelligence) now, you can’t discount artists. But after Diljit Dosanjh’s Choli Ke Peechhe, I got so much royalty that I want him to pick up a few more of my songs,” Ila said. Diljit performed the song not only for the Kareena Kapoor-Tabu-Kriti Sanon-starrer, but also as part of his popular Dil-Luminati Tour in India and overseas last year.
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