6 Years On, 'Kala Chashma' Goes Viral Again; Original Singer Amar Arshi Says Song Didn't Fetch Him Money
Amar Arshi, the man who sang the original Kala Chashma song, said that he has not benefitted on monetary terms after the Kala Chashma song went viral.
From Jimmy Fallon and Demi Lovato, everyone has grooved to the popular song Kaal Chashma. Who knew that six years later, the song would become popular worldwide and find a whole new audience! Once again, the frenzy around the song is being witnessed in the nation, especially after the Indian cricket team made videos on it. But did you know the man behind the song?
Meet Amar Arshi, the man behind Kaal Chashma
Not many of us know that before the song was revived in Sidharth Malhotra and Katrina Kaif starrer Baar Baar Dekho, it had originally released in the year 1991. It was originally sung by Amar Arshi and composed by Prem Hardeep and Kam Dhillon. Later, Badshah and Neha Kakkar recreated it for the 2016 movie.
From TikTok to Instagram reels, the song is now popular all over the world but Amar Arshi hasn't benefitted from it.
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"My son had been telling me it was all over the internet but I didn¡¯t pay heed until two weeks ago when I started getting calls from some friends in the US, England, and Canada," he said to Mint.
Amar Arshi says he hasn't earned any money after the song went viral.
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"I don¡¯t think most of these people making dance videos to this song know that I sang it. For all the raula (buzz) this song has generated in recent weeks, I haven¡¯t made any monetary gains from it. I can¡¯t understand contracts written in English. I knew little about royalty as a concept back then. Further, I didn¡¯t think the song will become this big", he added.
Earlier, singer Armaan Malik had also confessed that Bollywood singers don't make money from songs.
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Armaan Malik said this on popular YouTube show The Ranveer Show (TRS), Armaan Malik clarified, "Honestly, it¡¯s not as great as one would think. At the end of the day a playback singer has to depend on live shows as their source of income. I think that live shows are more important for singers than composers, because composers still get a lot of recognition as compared to a singer. For an individual, playback singing is not enough to sustain a career and it is not really a main source of income".
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