Overview

• The Netflix series The Ba***ds of Bollywood repurposes the 1997 song with VFX that inserts Mona Singh into the original footage.
• Rajeev Rai confirms he licensed the track without a fee, noting he typically avoids giving his music away.
• The original white‑dress dancer is identified as Bhanu Khan, with Mahru Shaikh named as the other performer, and Rai says the white‑dress dancer had been an assistant to choreographers Chinni and Rekha Prakash.
• Within days of the show’s September 18 release, the song’s original video added more than 5 million views on YouTube and trended across Spotify and Instagram.
• Singer Udit Narayan welcomes the resurgence, saying a new generation has discovered the Viju Shah composition’s enduring melody.