Janki Gadhvi brings Gujarati essence with her performance of a Bollywood classic with “Jasuben Tara Andar Ni Jassi Ne Aava De”

The rap artist has given Akshay Khanna’s entry song from the film ‘Dhurandhar’ a new avatar with regional twist.
Jasuben Tara Andar Ni Jassi Ne Aava De, the song by Janki Gadhvi, a young and promising artist in Gujarati rap, is a remake of the famous entry song of Bollywood actor Akshay Khanna in Dhurandhar. This song takes pride of the local language assimilating it with the contemporary hip-hop sensibilities. In this context we can see how a classic and popular Bollywood number has been adapted to appeal to regional sentiments in Gujarat.
The song showcases Janki’s distinct style which is a blend of Gujarati linguistic patterns with contemporary rap. She touches on the original’s urban swag and brings in to it a rural charm that speaks very deeply to Gujarati audiences yet does not kill off the energy that Khanna had at his entry. The title not only phonically sounds like a fun evocation of the common Gujarati name “Jasuben,” but also gives its immediate cultural authenticity.
In a way, her approaches resonates with the contemporary practice of Indian regional musicians who are venturing into the Bollywood repertoire and giving it an ethnic makeover. What she sings is not just a version in another language—it is an altogether different interpretation which uses Gujarati idioms, allusions, and word play that could be heard on the lanes of Ahmedabad or Surat.
The work of Janki Gadhvi is an example of how Indian regional language rap is gradually gaining its position within India’s diverse music genres once again demonstrating that hip hop culture can exist truthfully in any language system.