"I was absolutely sure that the song would be a hit in Pakistan. For a while it rekindled old memories among ’80s nostalgists.When Pakistani pop singer Hasan Jahangir released 'Hawa Hawa Khushboo Luta De' in 1987, he never expected it would continue to be a rage even three decades later. Featuring four police officers (played by Naseeruddin Shah, Kay Kay Menon, Atul Kulkarni and Ravi Kishan) who enter a nightclub at the end of a hard day, the song had additional vocals by Neeraj Shridhar. Three years later, the song was remixed for Hriday Shetty’s cop comedy Chaalis Chauraasi (2012). Jaya Bachchan, Raveena Tandon and Mithun Chakraborty, among others, were signed for the project, but the film never materialised. Directed by Revathy Varmha, the film was planned as a remake of her Tamil film June R. In 2009, the song was set to be recreated for a film called Aap Ke Liye Hum. Govinda sang the song, and the video features him jiggying on a stage accompanied by a dance troupe. Back in 1989, just a few years after the release of the original song, the tune unofficially found its way into the Govinda-starrer Billoo Badshah as the disco track Jawan Jawan Ishq Jawan Hai. This is not the first time Hawa Hawa been subjected to the Bollywood treatment. Pakistan: 21 die in cars stranded in snow near Murree town.
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