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REMO'S reply (pertaining to some case filed against the Aflatoon song), forwarded as 
is. 

Wellington Dias.
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Remo�s Reply

I�m not quite in a position to offer a categorical comment, since I have not yet 
received the complaint or the warrant, and I do not yet know what exactly the 
objection to the song is.

I would however like to state that I was engaged to sing the song �Aflatoon� as a 
playback singer. The song was neither composed nor written by me, but I have 
personally found nothing objectionable in any of the lyrics I have sung. These are 
also the very same lyrics I have been singing live on stage ever since. I am 
reproducing them below.

If anyone has dubbed or added some other voices or lyrics to the song after I recorded 
my part, that is their responsibility, not mine. Today there are directors who insert 
nude scenes shot with extras into romantic film sequences shot with established stars; 
editors who cut and twist press and even TV interviews around so as to completely 
distort their intended meaning; people who take the faces of respectable celebrities 
and superimpose them on porn actors� bodies and put them out on the Net. Truly 
anything is possible.

I just wish to state that I have always been known to compose and sing songs with 
social messages, setting a good example to our youth and adults alike; songs against 
drugs, war, destruction of nature, exploitation of women, adolescent sex, AIDS, 
corruption and communalism. I have always refused extremely profitable endorsement and 
advertising deals for alcohol and tobacco, so as not to encourage our youth to drink 
or smoke. I have recorded albums containing the Gayatri Mantra, Jai Jagdish Hare, and 
the life and work of Mother Teresa. Do you truly think someone like me would even 
entertain the idea of singing a �derogatory� song?!


Remo Fernandes

Siolim, Goa, 31st July 2004.

THE LYRICS: �AFLATOON�

Yaron mein paagal ho gayaa
Dekho mein gaayal ho gaya
Galli galli mein tujhe dhoond rahaa
Naam pataa tera puch rahaa
Kis number pe karoon telifoon
Dil mein talaash teri sar pe junoon�

CHORUS: Afla-Afla-Aflatoon, mein hoon Aflatoon!
Aisa lagta hai who kahin chchupi hui hai
Meri kismet ki gaddi kahin pe rukhi hui hai
Woh mil jaaye to aa jaaye
Dil ko zaraa sukoon�.

CHORUS: Aflatoon, mein hoon Aflatoon!
Gori ho ya kaali ho koi bhi chalegi
Par woh paise wali ho koi bhi chalegi
Mujhko kya woh sari pehne
Ya pehne patloon?

CHORUS: Afla-Afla-Aflatoon, mein hoon Aflatoon!
Aflatoon, mein hoon Aflatoon!
Aflatoon, mein hoon Aflatoon!

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