Akshaye Khanna’s Dhurandhar Entry Goes Viral Thanks To Fa9la – Meet Hussam Aseem, The Bahraini Rapper Also Known As Flipperachi

There are songs that play in the background, and then there are songs that take over living rooms, car stereos, club speakers, and social media feeds until they practically become a conversation starter

at brunch tables. If you have spent even a week on Instagram lately, chances are you have either watched or rewatched Akshaye Khanna swagger into Dhurandhar to a beat that felt nothing like Bollywood’s standard drum-and-dhol signature. It is raw, metallic, Gulf-perfumed, and confidently loud. The track does not tiptoe into the scene—it storms in, fully formed, kicking in the doors of convention. The song is Fa9la, the moment is Akshaye Khanna’s gloriously menacing entry, and the voice powering it all belongs to Bahraini rapper Hussam Aseem—better known in the Khaleeji hip-hop world as Flipperachi. With the kind of energy that makes your shoulders move even when you are resolutely still, Fa9la has quietly (or not so quietly) dethroned softer romantic soundtracks to become India’s latest internet earworm.

Meet Hussam Aseem

Flipperachi, born Hussam Aseem, did not come from the typical Bollywood-music trajectory. While Hindi cinema thrives on melody, nostalgia and orchestral crescendos, his sound is Gulf-forward, percussion-dominant and built to hit straight through the ribcage. With Bahraini–Moroccan roots shaping his artistic identity, Aseem grew up absorbing the cadence of Khaleeji streets—oud strings, traditional chants, and basslines that feel like a desert engine revving before sundown. He discovered rap at the age of 12, sharpened his craft through his teens, and by 2003, he was no longer just another kid fascinated by rhyme schemes. He was hungry to lead.

Flipperachi Career

Aseem stepped into Bahrain’s music scene professionally in 2003, later joining Outlaw Productions in 2008—a move that quietly laid tracks for what would become a defining Gulf hip-hop career. His debut album Straight Out Of 2Seas arrived in 2014, armed with ‘We So Fly’, a song that quickly secured him credible listenership. From underground shows to massive live stages like the Red House Hip Hop Festival and Formula One events, Flipperachi put in years of work before the world tuned in. In a region where English-dominated global rap often overshadowed Arabic voices, he insisted on being heard in his own language. That perseverance is now history written in 808s.

Fa9la — The Dhurandhar Moment No One Saw Coming

Before Bollywood discovered it, Fa9la was already an online favourite in the Gulf hip-hop circuit. Heavy, urgent, and drenched in Bahrain’s sonic texture, the track’s beat profile is worlds apart from the saccharine romance and Bollywood orchestration India is most familiar with. That contrast—Gulf-style Arabic rap against Akshaye Khanna’s slow-burn presence—turned out to be explosive visual chemistry. When Dhurandhar released, the scene hit like a caffeine shot at midnight. Khanna in black, stepping out of a car with calculated calm, dancers performing a traditional act, a suave salaam, a moment of collective hush, and then the music—Fa9la—drops like thunder rolling across a desert highway. Ranveer Singh appears alongside, but it is the soundscape that commands attention. In Bahraini dialect, Fa9la means fun, party, celebration. On screen, it becomes attitude.

Why Fa9la Matters Beyond One Film

The ripple effect here is bigger than a trending track. Fa9la signals something Bollywood has occasionally flirted with but rarely committed to—global music integration. If a Gulf rap song can redefine the aura of a mainstream Hindi film entry, what stops African percussion, Turkish rock, or Japanese city-pop from doing the same? The win is not just Hussam Aseem’s. It belongs equally to the Indian audience that embraced something outside its usual palette.

Discography Highlights to Explore

Those who discovered Flipperachi only through Fa9la are sitting on a catalogue worth diving into. Key releases include: Straight Out Of 2Seas (2014) featuring We So Fly 9ARAT (2016) with rapper Daffy — an iTunes chart-topper Shoofha, Nayda, Shino AlKalam Hatha, Hayalla Min Yana, Akuma Yaw Ea Laa — a streaming blockbuster on YouTube

Streaming Numbers Tell the Story

With Fa9la leading at roughly 2.73 million Spotify streams and Shoofha close behind at around 2.69 million, Flipperachi is no longer just a regional star—he is one of Bahrain’s strongest hip-hop exports. Nearly 1,86,900 monthly listeners tune in, and those numbers climb every week. The spike post-Dhurandhar is sharp, organic and proof of global ear power.

Collaborations Worth Remembering

The rapper has not only dominated Gulf rap—he has shared space with global heavyweights including Shaquille O’Neal, Shaggy and The Game. For an Arab artist who once faced scepticism for staying rooted in his dialect, that is a credit to sheer persistence, craft and identity.

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The Bigger Cultural Win

Fa9la is not just a track. It is a passport—one that crossed the Arabian Sea and stamped itself into Bollywood memory. For Indian music lovers, it opens a door to Khaleeji hip-hop. For filmmakers, it is a reminder that new soundscapes can elevate character, narrative and mood far more powerfully than familiarity ever could. And for Hussam Aseem? It is a moment history will record as the time Bahrain entered India’s playlist. Because once Fa9la gets into your bloodstream, you do not just listen to it. You feel it.