Reception and Impact
The song became a rage among the masses and rocked the charts. Hindustan Times described it as "reinvention of the qawwali by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and Gulzar" and called it "The item number of the decade." "Kajra Re" featured as top in Rediffs 2005's Top 5 songs list. It also topped the poll conducted by Planet Bollywood as the song of the year by a whooping 44%.
"Kajra Re" was voted overwhelmingly as the song of the year by three radio stations including Lotus FM, catering to South African Indians.
The song was featured in Caminho das Indias, a marathon soap opera that ran on Brazil's popular Rede Globo.
The track was also featured in Hindustan Times' Songs of the Century, which deemed it be the "undisputed item song of the decade."
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