In the reboot version of Aankh Marey in Simmba (2018), Karan Johar can be seen exasperatedly exclaiming, "Oh God, one more remix!" Cut to four months later, the filmmaker is ironically the brain behind Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani from Student Of The Year 2 - a recreated version of Randhir Kapoor and Jaya Bachchan's popular song by the same name from Jawani Diwani (1972).

In the week since the dance number featuring Tiger Shroff, Tara Sutaria and Ananya Panday dropped online, Twitterati has expressed its displeasure for tampering with the RD Burman gem. Interestingly though, Kapoor has thrown his weight behind the Vishal-Shekhar composition.