Khaali Peeli Makers Tweak Lyrics & Change ‘Beyonce’ to ‘Beyonse’

Ishaan Khatter-Ananya Panday starrer ‘Khaali Peeli’ has been receiving backlash from the netizens for the song ‘Beyonce Sharma Jayegi’ regarding the ‘racist undertones’. 

Plus, since the pop icon Beyonce has trademarked her name, the makers realised it could lead to legal trouble. So they have now tweaked the lyrics.

They have now completely changed the line from ‘tujhe dekh ke goriya Beyonce sharma jayegi’ to ‘tera dekh ke nakhra yeh duniya sharma jayegi.’

However, the track in the music video is still the same. They’ve changed the name from ‘Beyonce’ to ‘Beyonse’.

This move too has invited ridicule from the Twitterati!

indians ended racism by changing fair and lovely to glow and lovely, and beyoncé sharma jayegi to beyonse sharma jayegi ???

— mannie⁹¹ (@icarusflzouis) September 13, 2020

Good news! “Beyonce Sharma Jayegi” is now “Beyonse Sharma Jayegi!” Notice the difference?

— Fashion, Movies, and Hoobaloo (@FHoobaloo) September 13, 2020

Issh ….so creative!!!#BeyonceSharmaJayegi
Is now #Beyonse

Your Goriya is not even close to Beyonse (Rebook nahi toh Rebuk sahi )#BeyonceSharmaJayegi pic.twitter.com/NN7NGskw59

— SarcaStic Stree (@shalini_56777) September 13, 2020

They changed the name to "BEYONSE SHARMA JAYEGI" thinking it will solve everything that is wrong with song.

THE AUDACITY? pic.twitter.com/IdnEqic6Fd

— Rashi Gagrani (@DalBatiChurmaa) September 13, 2020

Directed by Maqbool Khan, Khaali Peeli is slated to release on October 2, on the pay-per-view platform Zee Plex.