Badshah and Jubin also collaborated for Ok Jaanu's song Humma Humma
Highlights
- The song gained 38,000 likes within few hours of being shared
- Oo Saathi Oo Saathi is a Pahadi song
- It was originally sung by Jaunsari singer Khajan Dutt Sharma
Rapper
Badshah recently partnered with singer Jubin Nautiyal to reprise a Pahadi song,
Oo Saathi Oo Saathi, for
MTV Unplugged Season 6 which quickly went viral on the Internet. The video, which was posted on Facebook on March 23, received over 1.5 million views in two days and more than 38,000 likes and over 11,000 shares were registered within just few hours of the song being posted. The song is sung by Jubin and the rap is performed by
Badshah. Oo Saathi Oo Saathi, which tracks the story of a lovelorn man, is an old romantic song from the hills. The song was originally sung by Jaunsari singer Khajan Dutt Sharma. The reprised song was telecast on the finale episode of the
MTV Unplugged Season 6 on Saturday.
Jubin, who hails from Dehradun, shared his joy of reprising a famous Pahadi song with his fans.
The
Kala Chashma rapper also thanked his fellow-singer Jubin for letting him be a part of the song.
Four months ago, Badshah went live on Facebook sharing a sneak peek from the sets of the show while recording it and announced his collaboration with Jubin.
Jubin, who was awarded with Upcoming Male Vocalist 2016 at 8th Mirchi Music Awards for
Bajrangi Bhaijaan's Zindagi Kuch Toh Bata, was quoted by
Radio Music as saying: "The song took only 20-30 minutes to structure and it all went so smooth. The director of
MTV Unplugged Season 6, Jaggi wanted me to do a show with Badshah. His idea was to come up with a piece out of the box. That is when I proposed him a folk song from my native."
Check the song below:
Jubin and Badshah also recently collaborated for the famous song,
Humma Humma, from
Ok Jaanu. Also, Badshah has rapped for songs for movies including Anushka Sharma's recent release
Phillauri.