The famous Punjabi singer of Bollywood, 57-year-old Labh Janjua was found dead in his Mumbai apartment on 22nd October 2015 in mysterious circumstances. He began his career from ‘Mundian to bachke rahi’ in 2003, won GIMA Award of the year in 2015 for ‘Queen’s song ‘London Thumakda’. He gave many superhits to the industry. Some of them are London Thumakda (Movie: Queen), Baari Barsi (Movie: Band Baja Barat), Jee Karda & Talli Hua (Movie: Singh is King), Pyar Karke (Movie: Pyar Ke Side Effect), Chori Chori (Movie: Garam Masala), Soni De Nakhre (Movie: Partner), O Yaara Dhol Bajaake (Movie: Dhol) etc.
There is no doubt that Labh ruled the hearts of the young & old with his awesome singing. But, there is a video which reveals that he was not happy with the Bollywood. 2 months before his death, Labh did an interview and appeared on a show named ‘Music Masti with Raj Mahajan’ in August in 2015. Perhaps, this video skipped from media’s eye. In this video, Late Labh Janjua complained about Bollywood. What were reasons for Labh’s complaints? Here are some facts revealed from the video:
1. Labh targets ‘Satya’ song ‘Sapne mei milti hai’
The famous Punjabi singer Labh was unhappy about the Punjabi lyrics wrongly used in Bollywood films. According to him many Hindi and Punjabi lyricists lacked knowledge in their language and wrote ‘senseless’ lyrics. Labh talked about the famous song from film ‘Satya’ sung by Asha Bhosle and Suresh Wadkar. According to Labh, the lyrics ‘Sapne mein milti hai, o kudi meri Sapne mein milti hai’ do not talk about lovers. He says, ‘Kudi meri’ in Punjabi represents a father talking about his daughter ‘Beti meri’ and vis-a-vis ‘Munda mera’ is someone’s son. Labh said.. “had it been ‘Kudi mainu Sapne mein milti hai”, it would’ve conveyed the right meaning.
Another song that troubled Labh due to the ‘wrongly’ used Punjabi lyrics was the latest song from Sonam Kapoor and Fawad Khan starrer ‘Khoobsurat’s ‘Phatte tak nachna’. Labh says that the Punjabi expression ‘Chak de Phatte’ is used inappropriately in this song. “It does not mean anything, instead, it should be ‘Phatte chak nachna’, Says Labh.
4. “The singers with hit songs should be given awards”
To watch the video of Labh Janjua, check the below URL:
