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Taaren hain baraati [Film: Virasat (1997)]
<TC> |
| Inspired from Simon and
Garfunkel's classic 'El condor pasa'. |
| Listen to
Taaren hain |
El condor
pasa |
One of the most creative
inspirations by Anu Malik, the hard work he has put in really shows!
El condor pasa
is an 18th century Peruvian folk melody. Around 1916, Peruvian composer
Daniel Alomias Robles notated this popular traditional melody and used
it as the basis for an instrumental suite. The 'If I could' words are by
Paul Simon!
Also listen to
One of the traditional Peruvian version of
El
condor pasa (by Los Calchakis). And listen to another version of
this original by Anu Malik, in Jaanam (Refer listing no. 39 in this
page) |
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2 |
| Mera
piya ghar aaya [Film: Yaarana] <TC> |
| Ripped off from Nusrat
Fateh Ali Khan's 'Mera piya ghar'.
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| Plagiarism at its worst!
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3 |
| Loye
loye [Film: Yaaraana] <TC> |
| Ditto from Nusrat Fateh
Ali Khan's song 'loye loye' |
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| Again, plagiarism at its
worst! |
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4 |
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Jawani Diwani [Film: Chamatkar] <TC> |
| Lifted straight off Boney
M's 1979 number 'Bahama Mama' from their album 'Oceans of Fantasy'.
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| Listen to
Jawani Diwani |
Bahama
Mama |
| 'Bahama Mama' is a catchy
disco track about Bahama Mama who has six daughters whom she can't get
married. It was released as the second single back-to-back with 'I'm
Born Again' and also released in an extended version on the 12" single.
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5 |
| O
Meri Neend Churane Wale [Film: Chamatkar] <TC> |
| From Dr Hook's 'When
you're in love with a beautiful Woman' |
| Listen to
O mere
neend churane waale |
When you
are in love... |
| Lifted. Also listen to
Bappi Lahiri's version of the same original - Bappi Lahiri page, 4th
listing. |
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6 |
| Dole
Dil Dole [Film: Baazi] <TC> |
| Ditto from the Come
September tune! |
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| Pathetic! |
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7 |
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Jaane mujhe kya hua [Film: Baazi] <TC> |
| From Beethoven's Fur
Elise! Again!!!! |
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| Even more pathetic! |
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8 |
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Dheere dheera aap mere [Film: Baazi] <TC> |
| From Mehdi Hassan's
ghazal Rafta rafta! |
| Listen to
Dheere
dheere |
Rafta rafta |
| Hmmm...that's the third
lift in this movie! |
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9 |
| Aisa
zakhm diya hai [Film: Akele hum akele tum] |
| The opening lifted from
Deep purple's Sweet child in time |
| Listen to
Aisa zakhm diya hai
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Child in time |
| Ditto! Rest of the tune
is original and is a very good tune, at that! The Deep Purple song came
out in 1970 and was part of the album 'Deep Purple in Rock' |
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10 |
| Dil
mera churaya kyon [Film: Akele hum akele tum]
<TC> |
| From Wham's Last
Christmas! |
| Listen to
Dil mera |
Last
Christhmas |
| Bah, why did he have to
copy such a popular number? |
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11 |
| Raja
ko Rani se Pyar ho gaya [Film: Akele Hum Akele Tum]
<TC> |
| From the Love theme -
Godfather by Nino Rota! |
| Listen to
Raja ko |
Godfather theme |
Ditto! Good inspiration,
though! Also listen to Sanjeev Darshan's version of the same original -
Hindi-Others page, 26th item! An interesting trivia rejoinder: One of
this site's visitors, CB, wrote in asking if I thought the Godfather
love theme sounds similar to Dimitri Tiomkin's Academy Award winning
score for 'High Noon' (the song was also called 'Do not forsake me...').
When I heard Dimitri's number, I felt it sure did have traces of Nino's
score....or the other way round, since Nino's Godfather score came in
1972 while High Noon came in 1951!. Incidentally CB remembered such a
similarity after listening to the Aashiq number! Try listening to the
High Noon number and compare it with Akele hum akele tum's 'Raja ko rani
se pyaar ho gaya'....the opening is very much there but with subtle
differences and even the part which goes 'dil jigar dono ghayal...'!
Surprising! Interestingly, both Dimitri Tiomkin and Nino Rota have won
Academy awards for their respective works in High Noon and The
Godfather. Its a different story that the Academy realized that some of
the music for The Godfather was recycled from an Italian movie ('Fortunella')
that Nino had scored some time back and declared it ineligible in its
category and withdrew the nomination. However, two years later, Rota was
nominated in the same category for his work on "The Godfather: Part II,"
and this time he won the Oscar (but had to be content by sharing it
co-composer, Carmine Coppola, father of director Francis Ford Coppola -
and grand dad of actor Nicholas Cage!!)
Listen to
Do not forsake me (High Noon) |
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12 |
| Tu
waaqif nahi [Film: Khiladiyon ka khiladi] |
| From Fernando by Abba.
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| Listen to
Tu
waaqif nahi |
Fernando |
| There are definite shades
of Fernando in the Hindi version but good improvisation on Anu's part.
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13 |
| In
the night [Film: Khiladiyon ka khiladi] |
| From Laura Branighan's
'Self Control' |
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| Yup, copied!
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14 |
| Sun
sun sun barsat ki dhun [Film: Sir] |
| Lifted from Jose
Feliciano's 'Listen to the falling rain' (1972)! |
| Listen to
Sun sun sun
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Listen to the falling rain |
| Direct lift! Also listen
to R D Burman's interpretation of the same original - R D Burman page,
item 24. |
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15 |
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16 |
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17 |
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Pehla Pehla pyar layi hoon [Film: Maalamaal] |
| From Beethoven's Fur
Elise! |
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| Yet to hear the Maalamaal
song! |
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18 |
| Tu
woh tu hai [Film: Beqaabu] <TC> |
| Ditto from the theme of
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly. |
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| Ugh! |
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19 |
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Sandese Aate Hain [Film: Border] |
| Opening portion inspired
from 'With A little help From my friends' by Beatles.
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| Found this mention in a
Top 50 copied songs list in Mid Day magazine. It does sound similar, but
since the rest of the song is completely different, we could set this
aside as a coincidence! |
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20 |
| O
Main Tera Tum Mere [Film: Ram Shastra] |
| Lifted off 'More than I
can say' by The Crickets, made popular by Leo Sayer!
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| Listen to
O main
tera |
More than I
can say (Leo Sayer's version) |
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Trivia: 'More than I can say' was released first as part of the 1960
Crickets album, 'In style with Crickets'. The Crickets were formed in
1957 and have influenced nearly every major rock performer in the US.
The Beatles too. Even the name 'The Beatles' is inspired by 'The
Crickets'! |
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21 |
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Neela Duppata [Film: Hamesha] |
| Beats copied from Michael
Jackson's 'They Don't really care about us'
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| Yup, lifted! Tune is a
bit original, though! |
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22 |
| Arre
Baba [Film: Auzaar] <TC> |
| From Los del rio's
Macarena! |
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| Downright silly copying! |
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23 |
| Dil
De De Dena [Film: Dhaal] <TC> |
| From Los del rio's
Macarena! |
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| :-)))) |
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24 |
| Yeh
kaali kaali aankhen [Film: Baazigar] <TC> |
| Inspired by Dean Martin's
'The man who plays the mandolino'! |
| Listen to
Yeh
kaali kaali |
The man who plays the mandolino |
| Surely inspired! The
Chabili number 'Lehron pe lehar' also is inspired from the same Dean
Martin number! Check out the Hindi Others section - 1st entry!
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25 |
| What
is love? [Film: Gentleman]
<TC>
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| From Haddaway's 'What is
love'! |
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| Really? |
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26 |
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27 |
| Hai
mera dil [Film: Josh]
<TC>
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| A combination of Gypsy
Kings' number 'Djobi Djoba' and Brian Hyland's 'Sealed with a kiss'!!
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| Listen to
Hai mera dil
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Djobi djuba |
Sealed
with a kiss |
| The beginning of the tune
of surely inspired by the Gypsy Kings' number! The inside portions are
ripped from Brian Hyland's Sealed with a kiss!
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28 |
| Is
tarah aashiqui ka [Film: Imtihaan]
<TC>
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| Inspired by the oldie
classic 'Autumn Leaves'! |
| Listen to
Is tarah
aashiqui ka |
Autumn leaves |
| I've heard Nat King
Cole's version of Autumn Leaves, however I could only manage Andy
Williams' version, which is equally good! Anu has of course worked
pretty well on the hindi version of the tune! |
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29 |
| Ek
shararat hone ko hai [Film: Duplicate]
<TC>
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| Inspired by Laura Allen's
'Slip and Slide' |
| Listen to
Ek
shararat |
Slip
and slide |
| Anu bhai owes quite a lot
to Laura for his hindi number! |
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30 |
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Neend churayi meri kisne o sanam [Film: Ishq (1997)]
<TC>
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| Lifted from 'Sending all
my love', by the band 'Linear' in 1990. |
| Listen to
Neend
churayi meri |
Sending all my love |
| Blatant lift! Listen to
Rajesh Roshan's 1992 adaptation of the same original - Rajesh Roshan
page, No. 39! |
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31 |
| I
was made for loving you [Film: Jaanam Samjha Karo]
<TC>
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| Inspired by KISS's 'I was
made for loving you'! |
| Listen to
I was made
for loving you (JSK) |
I was made
for loving you (KISS) |
| The tune and words 'I was
made for loving you' has been lifted directly. But the rest of the song
has been done pretty well by Anu Malik. |
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32 |
| Love
hua [Film: Jaanam Samjha Karo]
<TC>
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| Inspired by the 70s hit,
'Angelo' by Brotherhood of Man! |
| Listen to
Love hua |
Angelo |
| Inspired, but pretty good
work by Anu Malik! |
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33 |
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34 |
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Kaise kahoon kaise ho tum [Film: Ishq]
<TC>
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| Prelude lifted from
'Right beside you' by Sophie B Hawkins. |
| Listen to
Kaise kahoon
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Right beside you |
| The Ishq number is sort
of based on the tune of the prelude and that prelude is lifted!
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35 |
| Aisa
milan [Film: Hamesha (1996) ]
<TC>
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| Lifted from the tune by
Andrew Lloyd Webber, 'The Phantom of the Opera' from the musical of the
same name! |
| Listen to
Aisa milan
| The
phantom of the opera |
| Lifted straight!
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36 |
| Hum
to dil se [Film: Josh]
<TC>
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| Lifted from Vangelis'
'Conquest of paradise'! |
| Listen to
Hum to dil
se |
Conquest of paradise |
| Also lifted by Rajesh
Roshan as an interlude in Koyla's 'Badan juda' (Rajesh Roshan page, No.
26) |
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37 |
| Teri
Chahat Ke siva [Film: Jaanam (1993)]
<TC>
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| Lifted from Simon and
Garfunkel's 'El condor pasa'! |
| Listen to
Teri
chahat ke siva |
If I
could (El condor pasa) |
| Also refer to another
lift of the same original by Anu Malik (First listing in this page!)
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38 |
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Hamesha Title Song - Hum aur tum [Film: Hamesha (1996)]
<TC>
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| Lifted from Josef
Ivanovici's 'Anniversary Waltz'. |
| Listen to
Hamesha Title Song (Hum aur tum) |
Anniversary Waltz (Instrumental) |
Anniversary Waltz - With vocals by Al Jolson |
| Anu Malik has lifted
enough for the Saif Ali Khan-Kajol starrer Hamesha (1996) - The rhythm
of 'neela duppatta' lifted off Michael Jackson's 'They don't really care
about us' and 'Aisa milan kal ho na ho' lifted off Andrew Lloyd Webber's
Phantom of the Opera! Now here's the third...the title song. Its a waltz
scene in the movie and Anu Malik has appropriately lifted a classic
waltz. The original is called 'Anniversary Song' (1845-1902) - also
called 'Anniversary Waltz' or 'Blue Danube Waltz', composed by Romanian
composer Josef Ivanovici, a contemporary of Austrian composer/conductor
Johann Strauss Jr. It was the first and second part of Ivanovici's
'Waves of the Danube' waltz suite. In 1946, singer Al Jolson recorded a
vocal version of this track and it was subsequently covered by a lot of
people including Guy Lombardo, Dean Martin and so on.
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39 |
| Oh I
love you daddy (title song) [Film: Akele hum akele tum]
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| Partly inspired by the
Jim Reeves number 'But you love me daddy' |
| Listen to
Akele hum
akele tum (Oh I love you daddy) |
But you love me daddy (Jim Reeves) |
| The Jim Reeves number was
released in 1959, with words and music by Kathryn Twitty. |
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40 |
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Tumko sirf tumko [Film: Kuch Khatti Kuch Meethi (2001)] <TC> |
| Inspired by the Beatles
track, 'Norwegian Wood' |
| Listen to
Tumo
sirf tumko |
Norwegian Wood |
| The Beatles track was
part of their 1965 album Rubber Soul. Also check out RDB's use of the
same track in the RDB Page, entry no. 30. Talking about Anu Malik's
version, a more knowledgeable person like George Thomas (he of the
georgethomas blog
fame!) says, "...different metre (like 'love story'/'jeevan ke
din')...the distinctive chord change (if in the key of D, it would be
the shift to C and through a passing G back to D) is a dead
giveaway...". |
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41 |
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Bichoo bichoo [Film: Chamatkar (1992)] <TC> |
| Lifted from the 60s hit
'I will follow him' by Little Peggy March. |
| Listen to
Bichoo bichoo
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I will follow him (Little Peggy March) |
'I will follow him' is
originally by Petula Clark, who first sang it in French under the name
'Chariot' in the early 50s/ 60s. She later did an English version with
the title, 'I will follow him' in 1962. So where does Little Peggy March
come into the picture? RCA producers Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore
("Hugo and Luigi"), best known today for their work with Sam Cooke,
found Clark's song and got March to record the number in a new version
with simpler lyrics, now known as "I Will Follow Him". Clark's original
recording was a slow, moody, soulful piece, with the singer seeking the
depths of the song's meaning, all without the doo wop-style "did-ip, da
did-ip, da did-ip" chorus. It sounded like the work of a woman. March's
recording, by contrast, picked up the tempo, added a doo wop-style male
chorus and a pulsing arrangement, with prominent drums and chorus, and
her breathy, breathless reading of the lyrics. It sounded like the work
of a passionate girl, and it defined a certain girl-group sound. March
is still known by this song, despite many other successive albums!
Listen to
Chariot
(Petula Clark) |
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Trivia note on Little Peggy March:
Little Peggy March, at 15, only
ever had one big hit during her decade with RCA Records, but that song,
"I Will Follow Him," spent three weeks at the number one spot on the
charts and even topped the R&B charts for a week as well. It pretty well
helped define the early girl-group sound. Her subsequent hits, "I Wish I
Were a Princess" (which was featured prominently in John Waters' period
romp Hairspray) and "Hello Heartache, Goodbye Love," scored much lower
in the Top 40. RCA continued to record March for ten years, right into
the early '70s, but she never scored an American hit of any consequence
after early 1964. By contrast, in Europe, she was a popular recording
artist for many years and scored several major hits, especially in
Germany, where she moved in 1969. Margaret Battavio, aka Little Peggy
March, had dreamt of a singing career for most of her young life, and
had been winning talent contests as a young girl. She was signed to RCA
in 1962 at age 14, and made her debut that year with a cover of the song
"Little Me," taken from a Sid Caesar Broadway hit, which vanished
without a trace. Her second single was to ensure her place in the pop
music reference books, however!
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42 |
| Tere
dar par sanam [Film: Phir teri kahani yaad aayi (1993)]
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| Prelude lifted from the
theme track of the 1971 movie 'Summer of 42', composed by Michel Legrand.
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| Listen to
Tere
Dar Par Sanam |
Theme from
Summer of 42 |
| No comments!!!
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43 |
| Kaho
na kaho [Film: Murder (2004)]
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| This song is not composed
by Anu Malik, even though he's been credited as the composer. Its a
different thing that, that happens to be the case with most other songs
listed above :-))). Anyway, check the original of this song in 'Trivia'
page - No. 12! |
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44 |
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Jaane Jaana [Film: Murder (2004)]
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| The original is actually
a Bengali pop song by the popular Bangaldeshi band, 'Miles', called 'Firiye
Dao'. |
| Listen to
Jaane
Jaana |
Firiye Dao |
| The original was part of
Miles' 1993 album, 'Prottasha'. Needless to say, the Hindi version is a
note-to-note copy of the original - even the orchestration is lifted
blatantly. |
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Trivia Note on Miles:
Miles initially became popular for
replaying English songs. Their popularity continued after the release of
their own Bangla songs. Hamen and Shafen (the main musicians), are sons
of Feroza Begum, the Nazrul geeti singer. Miles started their music
career by releasing the first self titled album in 1982, where all the
numbers were in English. The second album called "A step further" was
also in English. They released their first Bangla album in 1991, called
"Protusruty". The second Bangla Album was released in 1993, called "Prottasha".
This was a hit and still remains the only best selling pop album in
Bangladesh. The third Bangla album called "Prottoy" came out in in 1996.
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45 |
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Bheegey Hont Tere [Film: Murder (2004)]
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| Blatant lift from the
Pakistani track 'Menu tere naal', by Najam Sheraz.
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| Listen to
Bheegey hont tere |
Menu tere naal [Listen
to the full song here] |
| The original was part of
Najam Sheraz's 2000 album called 'Pyar Karanu Dil Karda'. In fact, Najam
was so peeved when he saw the Indian lifted version on the TVs recently
and decided to get back at them by adding his song to the song's footage
from Murder and aired it as a new music video for his track in Pakistani
channels! |
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46 |
| Jab
Bhi...Koi [Film: Hera Pheri (2000)]
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| Inspired by Mark
Morrison's 1996 track 'Return of the mack' |
| Listen to
Jab bhi...koi
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Return of the mack |
| Partly inspired. But it
sure looks like Anu has worked extra hard to add his own stamp to the
song. |
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About Mark Morrison: Morrison, who was born in Germany but grew up
in Highfields (Leicester), split with Warner in 2000 because of his
controversial off stage antics. He was jailed for sending a look-alike
to complete a community service order while he was on tour. His 1996
dance floor anthem Return Of The Mack, has sold three million copies
worldwide. |
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47 |
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Chale Jaise Hawaayein [Film: Main Hoon Na (2004)]
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| Inspired by Nusrat Fateh
Ali Khan's 'Yeh jo halka halka suroor hai' |
| Listen to
Chale jaise
hawaayein |
Yeh jo halka
halka |
| Though Anu Malik has
considerably worked on his version, the opening is a sure-shot giveaway! |
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48 |
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Mohobbat Zindagi Hai [Film: Nazar (2005)]
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| Blatant lift from Mehdi
Hassan's classic ghazal with the same lyrics. |
| Listen to Mohobbat
Zindagi Hai -
Nazar |
Mehdi Hassan |
| Mahesh Bhatt and his
Pakistani influences/ lifts are already very famous. The strange thing
is, while he keeps lifting tracks from Pakistan for his films made under
the Vishesh Films banner, he also goes across to Islamabad trying to
promote his movies. Won't our neighbors feel annoyed looking at this
man, who, in one hand lifts their tracks with no credit to the original
composer and on the other, talks of cross-border friendship and exchange
of movies? What kind of flawed logic is this? If this doesn't expose
this man's hypocrisy and money-mindedness, what else will? |
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49
50 |
| Woh
lamhe and Agar tum mil jao [Film: Zeher (2005)]
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| Even though the audio
company credits Anu Malik for 're-creating' the songs in this movie (Roop
Kumar Rathod credited as the 'composer'), I refuse to buy this crap from
the Bhatt camp. Going by Anu Malik's dubious past, this could be a ploy
to get away with plagiarism. |
Listen to
Agar tum mil
jao (Zeher)
|
Agar
tum mil jao (Tasavvur Khanum)
Listen to
Woh lamhey
(Zeher) |
Woh lamhey
(Jal) |
| The composing credits in
Zeher seems maha-murky. While Roop Kumar Rathod has been credited for
'composing' the tracks, others including Anu Malik have been credited
for 're-creating' some tracks. So we've Anu Malik re-creating 'Agar tum
mil jao' while it is originally a Pakistani ghazal by Tasavvur Khanum
and Mithun and Naresh Sharma re-creating 'Woh lamhey' while it is
originally a Pakistani pop track of the same name by the band Jal.
Interestingly one of Jal's ex-lead singers Atif Aslam has rendered the
Hindi version. The band Jal broke off in a spectacular fashion recently
and last heard there's a litigation going on for the use of the band's
name Jal by both the members! Zeher has an interesting problem - there's
no single composer you can pin the blame on...is this Mr Bhatt's novel
ploy to avoid the issues he had in the lifted tracks in Murder? But he
sure could be sued by the makers of the 2003 Denzel Washinton starrer
'Out of time' since Zeher is a scene-by-scene lift of that movie!
Finally, does Roop Kumar Rathod know of these lifts? What does he has to
say since he's the official 'composer'? |
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51 |
| Yeh
khushi ki mehfil/ Churalo dil [Film: Hum to mohobbat karega (2000)]
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| Both inspired by French
singer Edith Piaf's 'La vie en rose'. |
| Listen to
Yeh Khushi ki
mehfil |
Churalo dil |
La vie
en rose |
| You might recall
Pancham's fabulous interpretation of the same original in Bade Dilwala (Kahin
na jaa - RDB Page, No. 34). Anu Malik's version too has some
improvisations that would force me put it under inspirations and not
call it a lift! |
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52 |
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53 |
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Deewana dil [Film: Inteha (2003)]
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| Lifted off Maurice
Jarre's Theme from Lawrence of Arabia! Again! |
| Listen to
Deewana
dil |
Theme
from Lawrence of Arabia |
| So Macarena is perhaps
not the only song that Mr Malik chose to lift twice! |
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54 |
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Chakle chakle [Film: Deewane Huye Paagal (2005)]
<TC> |
| Lifted from Kevin
Lyttle's 2003 chartbuster 'Turn me on' |
| Listen to
Chakle
chakle |
Turn me
on |
| Shame on you, Anu dude! |
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55
56 |
| Dil
dil dil [Film: Aaghaaz (2000)] & Day by day [Film: Pyare Mohan (2006)]
<TC> |
| Lifted from The Chantay's
Pipeline (1962) |
| Listen to
Day by
day |
Dil dil
dil |
Pipeline |
| Seems like Anu likes this
track so much that he reused it! That takes the count of Anu's dual
lifts to 3! Pipeline was made famous by The Ventures in their 1963
cover. |
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57 |
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Rabba de di [Film: Pyare Mohan (2006)]
<TC> |
| Lifted from Tunisian
singer Saber El Rubai's Sidi Mansour (2000) |
| Listen to
Rabba de di
|
Sidi mansour |
| Direct lift! |
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58 |
| Love
you my angel [Film: Pyare Mohan (2006)]
<TC> |
| Part of The Ventures cult
classic 'Walk Don't Run'! |
| Listen to I love you my
angel [Exact
bit] [Longer
clip] | Walk don't run [Exact
bit] [Longer
clip] |
| Anu seems to have used
the Ventures' track as the starting point to create his version...which
is rather unique since its not even a prominent oft-repeated refrain! |
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Trivia: Did you know that Walk Don't Run is actually a Jazz
composition originally by Jazz guitarist Johnny Smith? And that Chet
Atkins first covered it before The Ventures turned into a surf-guitar'ish
monster hit?
More
here! |
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59 |
| Dil
ko hazaar baar [Film: Murder (2004)]
<TC> |
| Inspired by a traditional
Jewish track, 'Mazel tov'! |
| Listen to
Dil ko
hazaar baar |
Mazel Tov |
| For a composer who lifts
'Happy birthday to you' (Try 'Tera gussa', from Kareeb!), this is
nothing at all! |
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Aaghaaz Title Song [Film:
Murder (2004)]
<TC> |
| Completely lifted off
Vangelis' L'enfant from his 1979 album, 'Open Sauvage'! |
| Listen to
Aaghaaz
Title Song |
L'enfant |
| Anu Malik almost plays
the original as-is and asks Sonu to add sing the same tune in words!
Pretty funny stuff, this! |
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Trivia: Open Sauvage was originally a soundtrack for the
nature documentary by the same name by the French filmmaker Frédéric
Rossif.
More, here! |
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Salaam [Film: Umrao Jaan (2006)]
<TC> |
| Bears an uncanny
similarity to Nadeem Shravan's forgotten song, 'Dhoom machi hai', from
the 2002 film, 'Ansh'. |
| Listen to
Salaam
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Dhoom
machi hai |
| In a recent
Mumbai Mirror write-up Anu
Malik attributed the popularity of some of his recent soundtracks
(including Umrao Jaan!) to a divine figure that entrusted responsibility
to score for some films!! Looks like that figure is either Nadeem or
Shravan Bhai! Its very likely that both composers may have sought
inspiration (as usual!) from some Pakistani track or perhaps another
older Hindi track...just a matter of time before someone brings it to
our notice! |
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| Mera
mulk mera desh [Film: Diljale (1996)]
<TC> |
| Inspired by Israel's national
anthem, 'Hatikvah'. |
| Listen to
Mera mulk
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Hatikvah |
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And all along we thought they were singing about our Bharathiya
motherland...now we know! The interesting fact is that the original is
supposedly based on an 17th century Italian song called La Mantovana and
has been in use in other forms across Spain, Poland and even Ukraine!
Much more of this track's fascinating past...here!
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Rootho na humse [Album: Jadoo (1985)]
<TC> |
| Lifted off Charlie Chaplin's
Nonsense song from the film, Modern Times.
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| Listen to
Rootho na
humse |
Nonsense Song |
Je cherche
après Titine |
Alisha Chinai made her filmi debut back in the
80s with a song composed by Bappida for the film Tarzan, if I recall
right. One of her earliest pop albums, Jadoo, incidentally had music by
a largely out-of-work Anu Malik. Many online sites quote 1985 as the
year this album came out. And, one of the songs in the album, 'Rootho na
humse dilbar' bears an uncanny resemblance to the very famous 'Nonsense
Song' by Charlie Chaplin, in the 1936 film, 'Modern Times'. This song
with gibberish lyrics is performed by Chaplin’s nameless character as he
improvises when forced to perform as a singing waiter. This song is a
landmark since this is the first ever time Chaplin ever spoke on screen!
The tune of this song, however, is uncredited in Modern Times. The
original is called 'Je cherche après Titine' (I'm looking for Titine) by
a French composer named Léo Daniderff back in 1917. The one added above
is a 1925 version by The Promenaders.
Two more tracks where Anu Malik 'uses' Chaplin's
Nonsense song - an interlude in Duplicate's 'Ladna jhagadna' and a line
in Haseena Maan Jaayegi's 'What is mobile number'! These are not very
direct, but quite subtle and shows how this piece has taken a permanent
place in Anu's sound bank!
Listen to
Ladna
jhagadna interlude |
What is mobile number piece |
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