We are all aware that music puts the ‘ear’ in the ‘heart.’ Great music should not be limited to a certain community due to a linguistic barrier. We just provided Pritam Da a pretty solid reason to imitate more songs from other countries.
Anyway, the blame game for music piracy is not new and has been going on for a long time. Some music directors have copied everything, while others have skilfully exploited sections of foreign tunes. Before the Internet, content “creators” could freely duplicate or be inspired by “viral” information from across the world that was flowing over the airways without fear of being chastised in front of millions of outraged Public social Media followers.
Plagiarism has a long and famous history in Indian cinema. Let’s look at one of the most crucial parts of Bollywood movies: music.
1. Dhoom Machale from Dhoom (2004) taken from Mario Takes a Walk by Jesse Cook (1996)
2. Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya, the title track (2001) taken from Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
3. Kya Mujhe Pyar Hai from Woh Lamhe (2006) taken from Tak Bisakah by Peterpan (2005)
4. Pal Pal from Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006) taken from Theme for a Dream by Cliff Richard (1961)
5. Kambakth Ishq from Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya (2001) taken from Eireann by Afro Celt Sound System (1999)
6. Dil Na Diya from Krrish (2006) taken from Turkish Military March Track by Ceddin Deden (1900).
