The ‘breakup’ song

Twelve days and more than 2.5 million hits – Baby Tera Fraud Romance – is new party number mirroring the ‘new’ take on love.

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“Gone are the days of ‘shiddat wala pyar’, now it is see, meet, breakup – all in a day’s duration,” opens up Lizaa Malik, the woman whose single produced by Venus in association with 3 Door is fetching much attention. 

Seeing her teenage siblings and their ‘experimental’ outlook on dating, the lyrics of the song talk of modern day hassles – mobile pe location chupaye – types. Taking on her new seductress avatar, in knee high boots, dressed in all leather – the song rather objectifies women but then, Lizaa has an explanation. “The picturisation with the man tied and woman extracting revenge is my message to all those women who undergo depression post break-up. Probably don’t torture the man like we do in the video but pull yourself up and move on.”

For a change, it’s the small screen’s ‘good’ man Manav Gohil being accused of ‘fraud’ in the video. An image shatterer of the sorts for Manav and Lizaa, this song stems from real life experience.

“Being with a man for 10 years, married to him for six, post break-up, I stayed strong, for I realised no one is more important than yourself,” Lizaa tells.

And, Lizaa channelled her energy into the number that’s garnering hits. Kambakhat Ishq is the hook of the song, and she explains, “We wanted a recall value and it being Venus’ song, it just perfectly fit the bill.” 

Been long in the industry, she won Boogie Woogie and has been into music videos, telly shows and admits life’s been good. “I didn’t have to go through the proverbial struggle so to say; fortunately I come from a strong financial background.” 

Glad how things have shaped up for her, Lizaa is spending more time in comedy now than anything else. This month and the next is booked for events. “Singing is my newly found passion and I want to combine singing and dancing to follow in the footsteps of icons like Shakira, Beyoncé and Jennifer Lopez.”

This New Year’s she is performing and in the coming year, she debuts in Pollywood. “I have worked in many Punjabi videos including one by Nachhatar Gill, a film would be my first.”

As for the too many break ups around, she opines, “Women today have zero tolerance for nonsense, so let’s celebrate ‘break up’ and make the most of what life has to offer...” — Mona