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New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) It is human nature to look for a bit of comic relief even in the grimmest situations, and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic is no different. While the disease spreads, several celebrities, as well as netizens, have taken to social media to spread some joy with songs about COVID-19. These include popular names like Ali Zafar, Narendra Chanchal and Jaime Lever among others.## The peppy numbers talk about where disease starts from, about hygiene, the necessity of wearing masks, and emphasise on washing hands.## Here is the complete IANS dossier on songs that define an emerging genre that could perhaps be dubbed Corona Pop.## * Narendra Chanchal's coronavirus bhajan: Veteran devotional singer Narendra Chanchal's video of a bhajan on the virus at a recent Holi function has gone viral. The opening line of the song goes: Dengue bhi aaya, swine flu bi aaya, Chikungunya ne shor machaya, Khabre ki ki ho na, O kitthon aaya corona, Maiya ji, kitthon aaya corona (There was dengue, there was swine flu. Chikungunya created some noise, too. All of it made news, but where did corona come from).## * Jaime Lever's "Kolaveri di" recreation for COVID-19: Jaime recreated Dhanush's popular "Kolaveri di" number into "Why this corona disease?". The funny part is that the song starts with Jaime coughing and then she explaining that the disease began from Wuhan, China and then emphasises on washing hands and wearing masks. In the song later, Jaime also talks about the theatres and airports being shut. The video currently has 13,285 views on Instagram. She captioned her video: "WHY THIS CORONA DISEASE... CORONA DISEASE Song."## * Ali Zafar's "Ko Ko Coronavirus song": The video starts with Ali saying in Hindi that: "Right now, entire human race is fighting a crisis which we all have to fight". He then describes the virus as "upar se sharmeela lekin andar se shaitan ka saala". In the track, he says if one has symptoms should immediately should see a doctor. He then stresses that instead of shaking hands say hello from a distance and sacrifice social life for sometime. His video has 632K views on Instagram and he captioned it "Ko ko Coronavirus... se kaisay larna hai. Ghor se bhaee ka song suno."## *Cardi B's tweet turned into a rap track: A DJ named iMarkkeyz turned rapper Cardi B's COVID-19 warning into a song with a music video which went viral, reports iheart.com. iMarkkeyz, over the weekend, dropped a remix of the "Bodak Yellow" hitmaker's previous Instagram video where she spoke of her concern about the virus. "Coronavirus, Coronavirus, sh*t is getting real, sh*t is getting real, sh*t is real," Cardi is heard saying before the beat drops and she's heard speaking over a hip hop beat. The remix and its video went viral after its release with the rapper even reacting to it on Twitter. "At this point I want royalties," Cardi tweeted##

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New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) A video of bhajan veteran Narendra Chanchal at a recent Holi function has gone viral. The reason is, in his new jagrata hit that he performs at the event, Chanchal has chosen to focus on the one thing that concerns everyone right now -- coronavirus. ## The opening line of the song goes: ## Dengue bhi aaya, swine flu bi aaya ## Chikungunya ne shor machaya ## Khabre ki ki ho na ## O kitthon aaya corona ## Maiya ji, kitthon aaya corona ## (There was dengue, there was swine flu. Chikungunya created some noise, too. All of it made news, but where did corona come from) ## While a clip of the song has been doing the rounds on social media since the Holi event in the national capital's Paharganj area, it really gained traction after comedian Mallika Dua posted it on her Instagram page. ## "O kitthon aaya Corona? Jagrata is better than cure," Dua captioned the video. ## In the song available on YouTube, Chanchal talks of the importance of hand hygiene. He sings of the necessity to use hand sanitisers and also the importance of washing hands. Of course, the bhajan singer reminds through his lyrics that the almighty is always there to protect all of us from coronavirus. ## For more and the latest news about Songs, stay tuned to us.

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Mumbai, March 15 (IANS) 'Bigg Boss 13' contestants Shehnaz Gill and Sidharth Shukla, who are fondly called as "Sidnaaz" by fans, will feature together in a music video.## The song, titled "Bhula Dunga", is sung by Darshan Raval.## Sharing the news among his followers, Darshan took to Instagram and wrote: "Ye do khoobsoorat logon ke saath aa rahe hai ek khoobsoorat gaana sirf aur sirf aap sab ke liye."## Along with the post, he posted a picture in which Darshan can be seen sharing smiles with Shehnaz and Sidharth.## Speaking more about the song, Naushad Khan, MD, Indie Music Label, who will be releasing the track on its official YouTube page said: "We have completed the shoot for the song and aim to release it at the earliest. I wouldn't want to divulge more details but fans of Darshan, Siddharth and Shehnaz are in for a very special song."## Also, a picture is doing the rounds on the internet in which Sidharth and Shehnaz are seen romancing each other in the rain.## For more and latest news about Songs, stay tuned with us.

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New York, March 12 (IANS) Singer-songwriter Armaan Malik will launch his first English-language single 'Control' on March 20.## The singer has signed with Arista Records. Under the deal, Armaan will release his first English language single, "Control".## "To write and release English music has been my dream for as long as I can remember and I couldn't have found a better family than Arista Records to be starting this new journey with. There's no better feeling than to know that I'm in such good hands with an executive like David Massey, who truly believes in me, this project and also shares the same vision as me about global music. We have been working on this for about a year now and I can't control my excitement to share this new side of me with the world," said Armaan.## To this, David Massey, president and CEO, Arista, added: "We are excited to have Armaan join the Arista family. He is an international superstar and we look forward to introducing him to the US and broadening his fan base here."## The 23-year-old playback singer gained popularity with many super hit songs like "Tu Hawa", "Naina", "Main Hoon Hero Tera", "Hua Hain Aaj Pehli Baar", "Sau Aasmaan", "Dil Mein Tum Ho" among many others.## For more and latest news about Songs, stay tuned with us.

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Mumbai, March 11 (IANS) Filmmaker Karan Johar's all-time favorite song is 'Dafli wale dafli bajaa', in the Rishi Kapoor-Jaya Prada starrer 'Sargam', which had released in 1979.## " 'Dafli...' song from the film 'Sargam' was indeed my most favorite song. During my childhood, I remember whenever my father asked me to dance on the song, I would dance on this song but on the steps of Jaya Pradaji instead of Chintu Ji (Rishi Kapoor)," Karan said.## Karan opened up on the "The Kapil Sharma Show", where he appeared with filmmaker Rohit Shetty to promote their upcoming co-production "Sooryavanshi", starring Akshay Kumar. Johar also opened up on Shetty.## "Rohit has a pulse of understanding the audience and his films have an immense level of action, emotion and drama, which reflects well at the box office. This is solely his craft," said Johar.## "Sooryavanshi" is scheduled to release on March 24.## For more and latest news about Bollywood, stay tuned with us.

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Mumbai, March 11 (IANS) After the peppy 'Kudi nu nachne de' in the upcoming 'Angrezi Medium', music composer duo Sachin-Jigar have released their new song for the same film, titled 'Laadki'.## A special video of "Kudi nu nachne de" has brought together top Bollywood actresses Alia Bhatt, Katrina Kaif, Kriti Sanon, Kiara Advani, Ananya Panday, Janhvi Kapoor, and Anushka Sharma, along with Radhika Madan who features in the film as hero Irrfan Khan's daughter.## Even as "Kudi nu nachne de" rocks the nation, Sachin-Jigar have released "Laadki", sung by Rekha Bharadwaj. The video features Kareena Kapoor and the lyrics depict a conversation between a father and a daughter.## The song, incidentally, was originally composed and released by Sachin-Jigar on "Coke Studio" in 2015.## Talking about the song, Sachin Sanghavi shared: " 'Laadki' is a song very close to our hearts. My daughter sang the original track with Rekha Bharadwaj and Kirtidan Gadhvi. Hence the emotional appeal of the song resonates within me at a personal level. For the film, we have collaborated with Rekhaji, retaining its flavor."## Jigar Saraiya shared: " 'Angrezi Medium' is the story of a father and daughter, much like our song 'Laadki', and hence when working on the film it was only apt to adapt Laadki for it. It also is a matter of pride for us that our original Gujarati song, written by Priya Saraiya, has been adapted in a Hindi film."## Homi Adajania's "Angrezi Medium" stars Irrfan Khan and Radhika Madan in the lead roles, with Deepak Dobariyal, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Dimple Kapadia. The film is a follow-up of the 2017 crossover hit comedy, "Hindi Medium".## For more and latest news about Bollywood, stay tuned with us.

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Mumbai, March 7 (IANS) Popular singer Kumar Sanu's daughter Shannon K has released her new song titled 'I do', which she describes as 'a bittersweet love song'.## "The meaning behind 'I do' is how you still have feelings for them despite being apart from each other. How all the places and things still remind you of them and you're confessing that you can't get them out of your head because somewhere deep down you still love them. Although you don't want to come in between their new relation, so you wish them well with their new life," Shannon said.## Written by Shannon, Maize, Louise, the song has been produced by Infinity, who has worked with artistes like Ludacris and Mary J Blige.## Shannon has also worked with Indian artistes such as Sonu Nigam, Shaan, and Himesh Reshammiya.## For more and latest news about Songs, stay tuned with us.