‘Tezaab’ director on ‘Ek Do Teen’ remake: It’s crass beyond imagination

On Tuesday, we had seen how twitteratis were fuming about Jacqueline Fernandez’s remake of ‘Ek Do Teen’ and now another person has joined the list of haters. As per reports ‘Tezaab’ director N Chandra is angry and is in disbelief after watching the new video. Apparently, Jacqueline’s new song is drawing a lot of criticism since its release on Monday. Fans are calling it ‘blasphemous’ and ‘garbage’ compared to Madhuri’s work in the original.


The director said, “I met Sarojji at Sridevi’s prayer meeting. It was there that Sarojji marched up to me to tell me about it. Can you imagine how much it had upset her that she needed to vent at such a solemn occasion? Anyway, she came to me and said, ‘Have you seen what they’re doing to our ‘Ek Do Teen’ number?’ I had no clue. Sarojji told me that the makers of ‘Baaghi 2’ were doing a new version of ‘Ek Do Teen’. She said she will take legal action against it.”


Talking about the remake the director said, “I can’t believe they’ve done this to ‘Ek Do Teen’. It’s crass beyond imagination. And Jacqueline Fernandez doing Madhuri Dixit’s number? Give me a break! It’s like turning the Central Park into a botanical garden. Madhuri danced with such grace and innocence. This number is like a sex act.”


The director added, “Sarojji and I are definitely taking action. Amitji has rightly spoken about archaic copyright laws which allow such liberties to be taken. Can you imagine, Mr. Bachchan would have no rights over his father’s writings! What kind of laws allows people to do such things? We must be allowed to exercise some control over what we create.”


‘Baaghi 2’ is set to hit the theatres on March 30.