Legendary actress Jaya Prada, who has given some of the biggest hits and popular dance numbers is all set to make her appearance in Indian Idol 16. The actress has been gracing the episode and promos from the upcoming episode which have been
doing the rounds on social media. In one of the promos, the legendary actress is seen grilling composer-singer Vishal Dadlani for making actress Alia Bhatt dance to the superhit song ‘Dafli Waale’, which originally featured the veteran actress.
The actress makes a dashing entry on the stage in a ghoonghat and immediately questions Vishal Dadlani and in a playful tone, teases him by saying that one of her old songs had been given to another actress, jokingly saying that it was unfair.
Vishal, who initially looked amused by the question, goes on to explain the context further. He shared that in the film Student of the Year, a portion of the song Radha included a segment inspired by Dafli Waale. For the uninitiated, the song was originally picturised on Rishi Kapoor, and Jaya Prada and the particular part featured Alia grooving to it.That’s not all, she doesn’t spare him easily and announces that Vishal will be punished for the same. He calls him on stage and makes him play Dafli while she dances on the hit song. Her graceful moves won everyone’s heart and judges Badshah and Shreya Ghoshal who gave her a standing ovation.
Host Aditya Narayan joined the fun and kept the mood playful with a witty one-liner as he welcomed the veteran actress. He joked that he first thought she was a “goon,” but she completely surprised him. He thought she was a goon, but she turned out to be a killer as the desi girl turned out to be none other than Jaya Prada.
For those unversed, the hit song is from the superhit movie Sargam and was sung by the legendary singers Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammad Rafi. The movie theaterically released in 1979.
In another promo, Shreya requested Jaya Prada to perform on her hit song, Gori Hain Kalaiyaan and the actress happily agreed to do it. She gave an energetic performance on the song and made the moment special.
News Edit KV Raman

