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New Delhi. Many films in Bollywood are remembered for their stories and songs, but an incident to the film ‘Tridev’ released in 1989 still surprises. Due to a song in this film, a controversial situation was created in many parts of the country at that time and in some cases, there were even reports of arrests regarding it.

This multi-starrer film ‘Tridev’, released in 1989, was directed by Rajiv Rai. Big actors like Naseeruddin Shah, Sunny Deol, Jackie Shroff, Madhuri Dixit, Sangeeta Bijlani, Sonam, Anupam Kher and Amrish Puri worked in this film. This film was one of the biggest hits of that year and along with earning well at the box office, it also won 3 Filmfare Awards.

However, amidst the success of this film, one of its songs ‘Oye Oye’ became much talked about. This song became very popular among the youth, but later controversy arose regarding its use. Director Rajiv Rai had told in an interview that this song was a big hit on Radio Nasha, but gradually it started being used in wrong contexts.

According to reports and discussions of that time, at some places people started using the lyrics of this song in incidents like molestation, after which there were talks of police action and in many cases action was taken against people. Although the song was not officially banned, it definitely became a topic of controversy at the social level.

The song ‘Oye Oye’ is said to be inspired by the global hit song ‘Rhythm Is Gonna Get You’, which was composed by the duo Kalyanji-Anandji. Kavita Krishnamurthy and Suresh Wadkar lent their voices to this song. With time this song became a part of pop culture, but the controversy associated with it still surprises people.

In this way, ‘Tridev’ was not only a blockbuster film, but also became a part of both discussion and controversy because of its song, the echo of which is heard among the people even after 36 years.