Overview

• Musicians RJ Krishna and Anshuman Sharma used AI tools to recreate the Saiyaara title track in Kishore Kumar’s voice
• The remix is paired with footage from the 1979 song Rimjhim Gire Sawan showing Amitabh Bachchan and Moushumi Chatterjee romancing in the rain
• Social media responses range from praise for its nostalgic charm and vocal fidelity to criticism that it lacks the vibrancy of Kishore Kumar’s original and denouncements as “blasphemy”
• The original Saiyaara track by Faheem Abdullah, composed by Tanishk Bagchi, Faheem Abdullah and Arslan Nizami, topped Spotify’s Global Viral 50 and entered its global Top 10
• The viral remix has intensified discussions on creative ethics, intellectual property and AI’s boundaries in music