Abhishek Bachchan wants to relive Kajra Re. But first, he needs two yeses. One’s a formality. The other? A question mark.
Abhishek Bachchan has reignited the possibility of a Kajra Re 2.0 — though not without a caveat. Speaking to the BBC Asian Network, he said he’d be ‘down for that’ and ‘love it’, but added with a laugh: ‘You have got to convince Aishwarya and my dad.’ That’s two approvals needed.
One is already in motion, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan hasn’t commented. The other? Amitabh Bachchan remains silent. Still, the idea has landed.
And it’s not just nostalgia driving it. Abhishek recalled the original shoot as one of the most joyous moments of his career. He remembered the set not as a film location, but as a celebration. ‘I don’t know if I have had more fun shooting a song than shooting Kajra Re,’ he said.
It was his birthday during filming, and the crew threw him a surprise. The atmosphere? Electric. Director Shaad Ali played the track on loop for about four hours straight, turning the entire shoot into an impromptu dance session.
What emerged wasn’t just choreography. It was spontaneity. Footage of cast and crew laughing, losing rhythm, even ‘freaking out’ on set was stitched into the final version. ‘He actually shot a lot of that,’ Abhishek said.
‘It’s absolutely, I mean, cult status of a song. I love it. I had a blast.’ Released in 2005, Bunty Aur Babli starred Abhishek as a con artist opposite Rani Mukerji, with Amitabh Bachchan as the relentless cop chasing them. Kajra Re brought all three together in a moment of pure, unscripted energy.
Composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, sung by Alisha Chinai, Shankar Mahadevan, and Javed Ali, and choreographed by Vaibhavi Merchant, the song became a cultural touchstone. Now, nearly two decades later, the question isn’t whether fans want a revival, it’s whether the people who lived it will say yes. The ball’s in their court.
But someone’s going to have to say yes. And until then, it stays a dream, a memory, and a party that never ended.
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