I was compelled to write about this topic. When the music release of the Hindi Bollywood movie 'Gangster' took place in the start of 2006, its songs became quite popular. My friends used to drop by and tell me how great one of its songs 'Ya Ali' was. That's when I used to put the song 'Ya Ghali' and ask them to give me their opinion. They use to say that the song sounds like 'Ya Ali' and they wanted to know who had copied it already. Even the truth takes time to hit the masses. I used to tell them that I had this song since 2002. At that time their reactions were worth watching, but now any reaction is not available as many songs are getting lifted.
The song 'Ya Ghali' is one of the songs from the Album 'Qassati' made by a Kuwaiti group - 'Guitara' which was released in the year 2002. The lead singer of the band Fahad Shammoh was shocked when he got to see the song 'Ya Ali' being played on the TV. The music company that owns the rights of this Arabic song is owned by Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal who belongs from the Saudi Arabian Royal Family. He is the 8th Richest man in the world with net worth of $20 Billion. The Saudi Prince has sued the Music composer of 'Ya Ali' song and the case is in progress. The video of the song can be viewed on YouTube by clicking Here.
The music composer, Pritam who created the 'Ya Ali' song denies getting the inspiration from the Arabic song and says that he didn't know this song even existed. The song introduces /debuts Assamese singer Zubeen Garg. Zubeen says that he knew about the original song but adds that it's not being completely copied. The song's lyrics are written by Sayeed Qadri.
Many other songs have been considered to be copied by Pritam and they can be found on the internet also. Click Here to go to the website. Another example is the song 'Kya Mujhe Pyar Hai' from the movie 'Woh Lamhe' is a lift from the Indonesian band 'Peterpan' and their song 'Tak Bisakah'. This song is already popular in Indonesia and known to people. Also this song is an OST track for the movie 'Alexandria'.
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Its now common in bollywood to copy the song (sometime total lifting). But the main concern is how many people know about it? hardly 1 or 2%... rest of the listener assume it is original.
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