Kala Chashma: 90s Bollywood Hit Penned By A 15-Year Old Boy Is Now A Global Rage

Be
it
popstar
Demi
Lovato,
TV
host
Jimmy
Fallon,
cricketers
from
Hong
Kong,
Indian
aunties
or
Team
India,
everyone
has
been
gripped
by
the
‘Kala
Chashma’
fever
which
has
taken
the
internet
by
storm.
Recently,
Bollywood
stars
Ayushmann
Khurrana
and
Ananya
Panday,
too,
grooved
to
this
song
to
celebrate
Team
India’s
victory
against
Pakistan
at
the
ongoing
Asia
Cup.

The
track
from
Sidharth
Malhotra-Katrina
Kaif’s
2016
film

Baar
Baar
Dekho
is
dominating
social
media
trends,
with
people
across
the
globe
shaking
a
leg
to
Badshah’s
lively
Punjabi
rap
tune.

Though
the
version
of
the
song
currently
going
viral
on
social
media
is
the
one
by
Badshah,
the
original
track
has
its
roots
in
the
90s
Punjabi
chartbuster
of
the
same
name.

The
‘Kala
Chashma’
track
was
orginally
composed
by
Prem
Hardeep
and
Kam
Dhillon
and
crooned
by
Amar
Arshi.
But
do
you
folks
know
that
the
lyrics
of
this
track
was
penned
by
Amrik
Singh
Shera
when
he
was
just
15
years
old?
Yes,
you
heard
that
right!

Amrik
wrote
this
song
when
he
was
in
ninth
standard
and
approached
many
singers
at
the
time
for
release.
Singer
Amar
Arshi
took
that
song
and
performed
it
at
an
event
in
England.

A
company
released
that
track
and
it
went
on
to
become
a
huge
hit.
Later,
a
Chandigarh-based
company
released
the
song
in
Punjab
and
that’s
how
it
became
huge
with
the
masses.
In
2016,
the
makers
of

Baar
Baar
Dekho
revamped
this
song
for
their
film.
The
remake
also
emerged
as
a
huge
hit
owing
to
the
recall
value,
funky
dance
steps
and
Katrina
Kaif’s
smokin’
hot
avatar.

As
per
a
report
in
Indian
Express,
Amrik
was
paid
Rs
11,000
for
the
song
when
he
signed
the
agreement
and
wasn’t
even
aware
that
his
song
would
make
it
to
a
movie.

“No
one
from
the
film
industry
called
me
to
Mumbai
during
the
music
launch
or
screening
of
the
film.
I
just
wanted
to
go
there
and
let
everyone
know
that
a
person
from
a
small
village
in
Punjab
has
written
the
song,”
he
told
the
tabloid.

In
the
last
few
weeks,
the
recreated
version
of
‘Kala
Chashma’ featuring
Sidharth
Malhotra
and
Katrina
Kaif
has
taken
social
media
by
storm
with
celebrities
and
commoners
vibing
to
this
track.