Genda Phool Controversy: Badshah Sends Rs 5 Lakh To Veteran Folk Singer Ratan Kahar Amid Coronavirus Lockdown!

Badshah’s team sent the money to Kahar’s bank account online and the artist from rural Bengal is pretty much happy to receive it.

New Delhi: After being deluged with plagiarism charges by netizens over his latest track "Genda Phool", rapper Badshah has reportedly sent Rs 5 lakh rupees to the veteran folk artiste and creator of the original track Ratan Kahar amid the Covid 19 lockdown. A TOI report states that, according to industry sources, rapper Badshah has kept his promise. He has sent Rs 5 lakh rupees to the veteran folk artiste amid the lockdown. On Monday, Badshah’s team sent the money to Kahar’s bank account online and the artist from rural Bengal is pretty much happy to receive it. He has even thanked the rapper over the phone. He has even asked Badshah to come over his place in Siuri when the lockdown is over. Badshah's new song mixes rap with lyrics from an old Bengali folk hit, "Boroloker biti lo", created by Ratan Kahar and originally sung by Swapna Chakraborty. Kahar had created the all-time Bengali folk-pop hit ‘Boroloker biti lo’ all those decades ago in 1972 along with many other hit folk songs. Badshah’s latest song titled ‘Genda Phool’ featuring Jacqueline Fernandez has drawn a lot of controversy for the use of the Bengali catch line ‘Boroloker Biti Lo’ without giving any credit to Kahar, which didn’t go well with the music lovers. After facing a heavy criticism YouTube finally changed the lyrics attribution from Badshah to mentioning the song is based on a Bengali folk song.