The voices of dissent against the trend of rehashing old ditties in Bollywood seem to grow louder, with Sameer Anjaan joining musicians like AR Rahman and Vishal-Shekhar in criticising those toying with their work. Anjaan, who penned the lyrics of the much-acclaimed title track of Bhool Bhulaiya (2007), must now share credits with Mandy Gill, who has worked on the upcoming second edition. What’s unusual is that Anjaan was kept in the dark about the making of the new track, starring Kartik Aaryan.

“I didn’t work on this version, and I am very upset. If the [original] writer is still working [in the industry], why are they appointing another writer and attaching [their name] with the song? They will simply add some lines without changing [too much]. Why should another artiste be [credited]? The worst part is that the person who has written only one to two lines more in the new version will get 50 per cent of the royalty. That’s unjustified,” says the writer, who collaborated with Pritam on the original track. While the credit for the recreated version of Bhool bhulaiya 2 has been given to Tanishk Bagchi, Pritam has been attributed for composing select sections.