Akshay Kumar And Nupur Sanon Starrer, Filhaal 2 Mohabbat, Becomes The Most Viewed Indian Song On Youtube In 24 Hours

BY SACNILK

Mumbai, July 7, 2021: Akshay Kumar released his highly-awaited music video, Filhaal 2 Mohabbat, co-starring Kriti Sanon's sister Nupur Sanon, on July 6 at 3 PM. The duo reprises their roles as Dr. Kabir Malhotra and Meher Grewal from original Filhaal, which was released in November 2019 and has raked in over a billion views on YouTube.## The video shows Akshay's character recalling his old romance with Nupur's character, feeling sad about letting her slip away, and then tailing her on a bike as she goes on a drive with her husband, played by Ammy Virk. Akshay's character is also shown to be dancing at their wedding, smiling through his tears. However, the music video meets with a tragic end as Akshay died in the accident. ## Sung by B Praak and lyrics penned by Jaani, the music video released amid the huge expectation and it lived up to the expectations. As expected, the video received a huge response from the fans, resulted in, Filhaal 2 Mohabbat becomes the most viewed Indian song on Youtube in the first 24 hours of the release. ## As per the record, Filhaal 2 gained 50.9 million views in the first 24 hours and left way behind the second-ranked, "Slowly Slowly" by Guru Randhawa, which received 38 million views in the same time. Filhaal 2 is also the most liked Indian music video with 1.9 million likes in the first 24-hours. ## Earlier, Badshah's song "Paagal" received 75 million views in 24 hours, and surpassed the viewership record of "Boy with Luv" by K-pop group BTS and American singer Halsey. However, Youtube said in a statement that Badshah's record label, Sony Music India, had purchased advertisements from Google and YouTube that embedded the video or directed fans to it in some way. ## On September 13, 2019, YouTube announced that their charts will no longer include paid advertising views. In a statement to Forbes the following day, the platform also confirmed that "Based on our long-time criteria, Badshah did not qualify for our 24-hour debut records list, hence, his song "Paagal" is not in official records, benefitting Filhal 2 to top the Indian list. ## Stay tuned...