Hasan Jahangir
Hassan Jahangir ( ur, ; born 1 July 1962) is a Pakistani pop singer. He gained fame in the 1980s with hit singles such as "Hawa Hawa", "Hato Bacho", and "Shadi Na Karna Yaron". He released his first single "Imran Khan is a Superman" in 1982 and ...
.
Composition
"Hawa Hawa" was recorded in 1986, and released in 1987. The tune of the song is based on the 1970s
Persian
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song "Havar Havar" by
Kourosh Yaghmaei
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. The song start with the line "Hawa Hawa Ai Hawa Khushbu Loota De" ("Air, oh Air, Swell the fragrance").
According to Jahangir the beats of the song "are extremely catchy and would appeal to people from diverse cultures and musical traditions. Even when you can't understand the language, you can appreciate the beats and the rhythm".
Reception
The song became immensely popular throughout
South Asia
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, particularly in three countries Pakistan, India, and
Bangladesh
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. Jahangir's album by the same name also became in India, and the song frequently played on radio in the country. The song was frequently remade in
Bollywood
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films; sometimes with same lyrics and music and sometime with same music, but with different lyrics. Jahangir's version was used in the 1994 movie
Insaaf Apne Lahoo Se
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Plot
Mahendra Pratap Singh is a lawyer who live a wealthy lifestyle. ...
.
Shortly after the release of "Hawa Hawa", the tune of the song was unofficially used in "Jawan Jawan Ishq Jawan", a song from 1989 Govinda-starrer ''
Billoo Badshah
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Billu, an orphan, makes sacrifices for ...
''. It was sung by Govinda himself. The song "Aaya Aaya Pyar Aaya" in the 1989 Hindi film ''
Aag Ka Gola
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'' was adapted from "Hawa Hawa". It was composed by
Bappi Lahiri
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, and it featured
Archana Puran Singh
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,
Sunny Deol
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, and Prem Chopra dancing on the song.
In 2017, The makers of the Hindi film '' Mubarakan'' (2017) released a new version of this song as promotional single of their film, which was written with different lyrics while keeping "Hawa Hawa" hookline same. The version was sung by Mika Singh, featuring
Arjun Kapoor
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and Ileana D'Cruz dancing on the song. Devarsi Ghosh, writing for
Scroll.in
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, called the remake "forgettable " and describing the original version as an earworm which 'doesn't need a remake'. The remake version of the song also featured in the 2012 Hindi film ''
Chaalis Chauraasi
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Cast
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''. The
Bengali
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of "Hawa Hawa" also appeared in
Bangladeshi
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Bangladeshi citizenship was formed in 1971, when the ...