Updated On: 03 December, 2024 07:58 PM IST | Mumbai | Nascimento Pinto
In the days following Dua Lipa’s performance in Mumbai, where she sang ‘Levitating’ and followed it up with the mashup with ‘Woh Ladki Jo’ from Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Baadshah’, there have been a lot of discussions. While credit should be given where it is due, mid-day.com spoke to DJ Ruchir Kulkarni, who is happier than ever

DJ Ruchir Kulkarni created the mashup of `Levitating` and `Woh Ladki Jo` in 2021. Photo Courtesy: DJ Ruchir Kulkarni
DJ Ruchir Kulkarni was at Dua Lipa’s concert, when she sang ‘Levitating’ and followed it up with his mashup of the song with ‘Woh Ladki Jo’. The feeling was surreal because only the previous day, he had asked his followers on Instagram whether she would play it, and while some of them were unsure, it was a dream come true for the Mumbaikar, who hails from Borivali, and has been a DJ for 17 years now. “I was absolutely stunned, thinking ‘what is happening?’. And, people were singing, and that was the loudest song; the other songs were good, but this one was next level.”
In the days since the reels of Dua Lipa playing the mashup have gone viral, there has been a discussion about due credit being given to the original singer, Abhijeet Bhattacharya, and composer, Anu Malik, as well as DJ Ruchir, who created the mashup. “I had hope I would get some credit. I agree with Abhijeet Ji that credit should be given, but it's okay because we don't know how they work in terms of what is the international procedures. So, I'm glad they played my mashup, but yeah, little credit would have been good," he expresses.