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The trend of remaking old cult songs in Bollywood is not showing any signs of stopping, but this time the makers’ move has backfired on them. The new song ‘Bandhu 2.0’ from Shahid Kapoor, Kriti Sanon and Rashmika Mandanna starrer film ‘Cocktail 2’ has been badly trolled on the internet as soon as it was released. Even before the release, the film makers knew what kind of reaction they would get if they recreated an iconic song, so they themselves made fun of the trolling by making a promotional video. But even the makers might not have expected the flood of hatred and criticism that has come on social media after the song was released.
There is no comparison with the original 2012 song ‘Tumhi Ho Bandhu’.
The original song ‘Tumhi Ho Bandhu’ from the 2012 film ‘Cocktail’ is still considered a memorable and very special song among the youth. The song’s popularity was driven by its carefree energy, beach-side vibes and the actors’ natural bonding on screen, which made it a cult party anthem.
On the contrary, the new song ‘Bandhu 2.0’ seems completely artificial and forced to the audience. Fans say that in the new version, strange expressions are being given just by looking at the camera, in which there is no soul or peace like the original song.
‘Realification’ and poor choreography of Bollywood music
People on social media platforms are very upset that now songs in Bollywood films are being made only keeping in mind the trends of Instagram reels and YouTube shorts. Users have given sharp reactions to the dance steps of Rashmika Mandanna and Kriti Sanon and termed it as very childish.
One user wrote on At the same time, another user wrote the funniest and viral taunt, “Salman Bhai works harder than this in the advertisement of Relaxo slippers.”
Anger erupted over the craze of making ‘reels’ through songs
Cinema lovers also expressed disappointment that the makers completely forgot the sentiment and context behind the original song. The song ‘Tumhi Ho Bandhu’ in the film ‘Cocktail’ was not just for dancing and singing, but it reflected a big and beautiful change in the life of the film’s character ‘Meera’. The magical lyrics written by Irshad Kamil were the inner voice of that character.
Fans allege that the director and makers of ‘Cocktail 2’ have made a music video like a cheap TikTok video with yellow lighting just for publicity and clickbait, in which there is only noise in the name of music.
Shahid Kapoor had already given the hint of ‘con-troll’
Interestingly, in a promotional video just before the release of the song, Shahid Kapoor himself was seen joking that whenever a cult song is remade, there is bound to be criticism online. Shahid had used the word ‘con-troll’ for this entire incident and the trolling that happened.
Let us tell you that the song ‘Bandhu 2.0’ has been sung by the original singers Kavita Seth and Neeraj Sridhar, its music has been given by Pritam and the lyrics have been written by Irshad Kamil. ‘Cocktail 2’ written by Tarun Jain and Luv Ranjan has been released in theaters this week on June 19, 2026, but there is a lot of resentment among the audience regarding this song.