25 June,2021 03:26 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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Baba Sehgal has been a singer and a rapper for more than two decades. He's also known for his ingenious videos and entertaining rhymes that he shares with fans on his social media account. And the latest one seems to be one of the most entertaining ones. For all those who are new to the news, it's all about the Hindi version of a popular Western song.
The track in question is Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello's âSenorita', and Sehgal has come up with âSarita'. What actually went behind the making of this new song? He has revealed it himself in the video that he has shared with fans. He also ends up in a double role that doubles the entertainment:
Last year, he also composed a song to deal with the novel coronavirus. Sehgal, who is known for is humourous songs, started 'Namaste' by speaking about how and why he chose to make a song on the topic.
"Firstly I thought of not doing any song on this issue since it is quite a sensitive topic, but when I saw Prince Charles doing Namaste on TV, I was taken aback," he said in the video. "I was very happy, because Namaste comes from a culture. So guys let's do the Namaste and beat this corona shit," he added before finally kick-starting the power-packed song. The lyrics of the song are based on different ways to deal with COVID-19 and how people around the globe are adopting Indian salutation 'Namaste' to greet each other amid the outbreak of the highly contagious virus. Through his song, Sehgal asks people to not panic and stop travelling to shoot the virus. Moving further with the song, the 'chicken fried rice' singer took on people who are not taking coronavirus seriously and asked them to not go in crowded places.
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