Antha Arabic Kadaloram () is a 1995 Indian
Tamil language
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song composed by
A. R. Rahman for the romantic drama film ''
Bombay
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'' (1995) by
Mani Ratnam
Gopala Ratnam Subramaniam (born 2 June 1956), known professionally as Mani Ratnam, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema and few Hindi, Telugu and Kannada films. Ratnam has won six ...
. It was remade by Tanishk Bagchi & Badshah as "The Humma Song" (also known as "Ek Ho Gaye Hum Aur Tum") as a tribute to Rahman in 2017 in the
Hindi language
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for the romantic drama film, ''
OK Jaanu''.
"The Humma song" amassed over 273 million views on
YouTube
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.
Reception
Original track
The song is used in the
Tamil
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film ''
Bombay
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second-m ...
'' directed by
Mani Ratnam
Gopala Ratnam Subramaniam (born 2 June 1956), known professionally as Mani Ratnam, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema and few Hindi, Telugu and Kannada films. Ratnam has won six ...
in 1995. Composer
A R Rahman experimented with adding rap style music into Indian cinema with the Humma Humma.
Remake track
Tanishk Bagchi and Baadshah composed the remake version and Baadshah added his rap to the song.
The song is used in the
Shraddha Kapoor and
Aditya Roy Kapoor starrer film ''
OK Jaanu'' (2017).
References
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Tamil-language songs
Tamil film songs
Hindi songs
Hindi film songs
Indian songs
Macaronic songs
2017 songs
Shashaa Tirupati songs
Jubin Nautiyal songs
Songs with music by A. R. Rahman
Songs with lyrics by Mehboob