'Masakali' recreated: Rahman disappointed with new track, urges fans to 'enjoy the original'

Unhappy with recreation of his another song "Masakali", music maestro A R Rahman asked his fans to listen to the original track as he said his team put in a lot of hardwork and sleepless nights in composing it.

The track, penned by Prasoon Joshi and sung by Mohit Chauhan, had featured in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's 2009 feature "Delhi6", starring Abhishek Bachchan and Sonam Kapoor.

On Wednesday, Bhushan Kumar's T-series launched the remixed version of the song from composer Tanishq Bagchi and singers Tulsi Kumar and Sachet Tandon. The track's music video features Sidharth Malhotra and Tara Sutaria.

Rahman posted a brief statement on Twitter, saying he never took "short cuts" in his career and urged other musicians to do the same.

"No short cuts, properly commissioned, sleepless nights, writes and re-writes. Over 200 musicians, 365 days of creative brainstorming with the aim to produce music that can last generations.

"A team of a director, a composer and a lyricist supported by actors, dance directors and a relentless film crew," the music composer said.

Rahman also posted a link to the original song in the tweet, reading, "#Masakali Enjoy the original."