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| Haan
haan yeh pyaar hai [Film: Dillagi]
<TC>
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| Unabashed copy from
Frankie Valli's 'Cant take my eyes off you'!
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| Listen to
Haan haan
yeh |
Cant
take my eyes off you |
| Shameless instance of
copying. |
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2 |
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Suniye to [Film: Yes boss]
<TC>
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| Lifted from Hisham Abbas'
'Ahla ma feki'! |
| Listen to
suniye to
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ahla ma feki |
| Bad case of copying. Most
of Jatin Lalit's copying are with no inputs from their side, making it a
blatant case of plagiarism! |
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3 |
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Sachi yeh kahani hai [Film: Kabhi haan kabhi naa]
<TC>
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| Lifted from the song 'In
Zaire' by Johnny Wakelin and The Kinshasa Band released in 1976.
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| Listen to
Sachi
yeh kahani |
In
Zaire |
| Ditto! |
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4 |
| Yeh
wada raha [Film: Raju Chacha]
<TC> |
| Lifted from the song 'Day
by day' which was part of the musical stage play Godspell, composed by
Stephen Schwartz. |
| Listen to
Yeh
wada raha |
Day by day |
| What was the motivation
to copy a song from a musical? I wonder! Incidentally it seems that this
musical became quite popular when it was staged in Mumbai in the 70s! |
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5 |
| Tum
humko hum tumko sanam [Film: Laqshya]
<TC> |
| Inspired from the number
'chim chim cheree' from the 1964 movie Mary Poppins! |
| Listen to
Tum
humko |
Chim chim cheree |
| Inspired by the 1964 Walt
Disney classic 'Chim chim cher-ee' from the movie Mary Poppins, this was
a pretty good version in Hindi. Incidentally, 'chim chim cher-ee' won
the Academy Award for best original song - music composers Richard M.
Sherman and Robert B. Sherman.
The song was sung
on-screen by Dick Van Dyke with Julie Andrews, Karen Dotrice and Matthew
Garber. Another Hindi version of the same original was in the movie
Ghoonghat directed by choreographer Chinni Prakash. That song 'Chim
chimney' was a more direct lift! |
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6 |
| Aa
Ha Ri Bali Haari [Film: Nishaana]
<TC>
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| Ditto from Dr Alban's Its
my life |
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| Not worth commenting! |
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Yahaan ke hum sikander [Film: Jo jeeta wohi sikander]
<TC>
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| From Pinball Wizard by
The Who. |
| Listen to
Yahan ke hum
sikandar |
Pinball
wizard |
| Moreso the 2nd para in
the hindi number, the place where it starts 'jo sab karte hain yaaron...'!
Ditto! |
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Jaana suno hum tumpe [Film: Khamoshi - The Musical]
<TC> |
| Lifted lock, stock and
barrel from Paul Anka's 'Bring the wine'. |
| Listen to
Jaana
suno |
Bring
the wine |
| Note to note copy! |
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9 |
| Suno
Zara [Film: Bada Din]
<TC> |
| From Anne Murray's You
needed me! |
| Listen to
Suno Zara
| You
needed me |
| Yup, copied! |
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10 |
| Chod
Zid Karna [Film: Pyar kiya to darna kya]
<TC> |
| From Stereo Nation's I've
been waiting! |
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| Yup, copied! Ditto! |
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11 |
| Koi
mil gaya [Film: Kuch kuch hota hai]
<TC>
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| From Andrew Lloyd
Webber's 'Take that look off your face'! |
| Listen to
Koi mil gaya
| Take
that look off your face |
| Partially, yes. There are
definite oodles of the Webber track in JL's hindi version! |
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Hasata hai rulata hai [Film: Soch]
<TC>
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| Very similar to the Tamil
song 'Australia desam varai' by Deva in the movie Citizen. Possibly,
both lifted from the same source! |
| Listen to
Hasata Hai
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Australia Desam |
| Inspired! Do
let me know if you know/ find the
original! |
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15 |
| Dil
doondta hai [Film: Soch]
<TC>
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| Lifted from Columbian
singer Shakira's Ojos asi! |
| Listen to
Dil
doondta hai |
Ojos asi
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| Lifted LSB! |
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16 |
| Koi
nahin aisa [Film: Dillagi]
<TC>
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| Lifted LSB from the 1968
hit by Tommy James and The Shondells, 'Mony mony'! |
| Listen to
Koi
nahin aisa |
Mony
mony |
| Sick! |
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For trivia buffs:
During the last half of the '60s, Tommy James & the Shondells were one
of America's most successful pop acts, generating 14 Top 40 hits between
1966 and 1969. The group developed a heavier sound with the percussive
1968 hit 'Mony Mony' (created from the MONY - Mutual Of New York -
Insurance Company building who's logo could be seen from Tommy's
Manhattan apartment |
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Jahan Koi Pyar Ka [Film: Pyar Koi Khel Nahin (1999)] |
| Inspired by the 1974
dance track, 'El Bimbo' by French composer Claude Morgan. |
| Listen to
Pyar
Koi Khel Nahin |
El Bimbo |
| The original track has
seen numerous instrumental versions and remixes ever since it became a
chartbuster in 1974. Now, to give due credit to Jatin Lalit, they do
seem to have played around with the original, enough to make it sound
different. Incidentally, Anu Malik had used the same tune as an
interlude in a track in the Akshay Kumar starrer, 'Zaalim' (the song was
'Ay yai ya, sorry sorry'). |
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Pehli pehli baar jab [Film: Jab Pyaar Kisi Se Hota Hai (1998)] |
| A blatant lift from the
1978 disco smash hit, 'Born to be alive' by Patrick Hernandez. |
| Listen to
Pehli
pehli baar jab |
Born to be alive |
Trivia on Patrick Hernandez:
A former English teacher, Patrick Hernandez was born in France to a
Spanish Father and an Australian-Italian. As Beatlemania struck in the
mid sixties, he bought his first guitar when traveling in London. It was
from here that he started a number of groups which began touring France.
He was offered a gig as lead singer for a group in 1970 which indirectly
led him to him being offered his first recording contract by a producer
named Claude Francois. He declined due to him signing up as lead singer
for a new band, Paris Palace Hotel. While writing material for the
group's proposed first album, he wrote his signature tune 'Born to be
Alive'. They recorded two singles but an album was never released. By
1976, the group split and Patrick changed careers by trying his hand at
cow rearing!! But in 1978, when another producer, Jean Vanloo called him
to Brussels to record the vocals on a track, Patrick played, in between
recording sessions, Born to be Alive and the producer thought it could
be a hit.
They record the track, but Vanloo decides to disco it up by cranking it
up to 133 beats per minute and highlighting the drums. While it sounds
good, the track is still missing something! Another ex-Paris Palace
Hotel band member Herve Tholance, suggested that the song could be
improved if they add a funky guitar riff that the Spencer Davis Group
used on a live performance of Gimme Some Lovin'. With all the elements
in place, it seems the single will be a smash hit! Unfortunately it
isn't that easy, as no French music label wanted to release it! Patrcik
and Jan decided to push it on Italian radio, where it becomes a monster
hit. Patrick received a gold single for it in 1979 which prompted CBS
France to sign him up. They quickly set up a promotional tour which
helped the single rocket to the top of the disco charts. The promo tour
ended in Chile in 1981 and helped Hernandez and 'Born to be Alive' sell
over 23 million singles, with gold and platinum status from over 50
countries. He remained at number one in France for four months from
April 1979 and was the first Frenchman to be awarded a Certified Gold
Disc for US sales over 1 million. In February 1980, he was awarded a
special trophy inscribed: "To Patrick Hernandez for transcending his
rock roots by making Born to be Alive a disco hit" by Billboard
Magazine. |
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| Chak
de [Film: Hum Tum (2004)] |
| The prominent, catchy
hook is lifted from a Middle Eastern track, 'Yalla ya shabab' by Ragheb
Alama (Album: 'Saharouny Leil', 2001). |
| Listen to
Chak de |
Yalla
Ya Shabab |
| Also refer to other
lifts of the same original - Indi-pop page: No. 6 and Anand Raaj Anand
Page: No. 9 |
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20 |
| I'm
the best/ Aur Kya [Film: Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani (2000)] |
| This particular piece
that appears in the 2nd stanza in 'I'm the best' and in the 2nd
interlude in 'Aur kya', interestingly, is a direct lift from a part of
the main title song of the 1968 MGM classic 'Chitty chitty bang bang'! |
| Listen to
I'm the
best piece |
Aur Kya 2nd
interlude |
Chitty chitty
bang bang piece |
| This seems more like a
tribute to me, but given the amount of direct lifts Jatin Lalit have to
their credit (?), words like tribute have no meaning, actually! This is
a rather inconsequential (why do I use that word? Because, this piece
which appears well at the end of a inner stanza does not in any way
affect the main flow of the song. In other words, I do not believe that
this particular piece could be the moot point for creating this song!)
piece of inspiration could be Jatin Lalit's tribute to one of their
favorite soundtracks! Hey...that sounds like a very decent way to
describe plagiarism! |
Trivia: 'Chitty chitty bang
bang', the movie had music by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman.
Based on Ian Fleming's (yeah, the man behind James Bond!) original
story, this children's musical classic is about a nutty single dad
inventor, his two kids, and their amazing flying car. This was also
produced by Bond film producer Albert Broccoli!
Another Trivia: The movie 'Phir bhi dil hai hindustani' is in itself
a poor remake of another poor trash, 'Switching Channels' (1988)
starring Kathleen Turner and Burt Reynolds. |
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21 |
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Yaara yaara [Film: Hum Tum (2004)/ Chanda chamke [Film: Fanaa (2006)] |
| Seems to be inspired from
the middle eastern band Miami Group's 2000 track 'al-Samra Wil Beyda' |
| Listen to
Yaara
yaara |
Chanda
chamke |
al-Samra
Wil Beyda |
| Yup...the tune seems to
be inspired even though there's enough additional stuff by Jatin Lalit
to make a difference in both versions! |
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22 |
| Ladki
kyon [Film: Hum Tum (2004)] |
| Blatant lift from
Lebanese singer Andy Madadian's 'Roya'. |
| Listen to
Ladki kyon
| Roya |
| We have by now established the
fact that Jatin Lalit are incorrigible. Here's more dope to that - 2
lifts in one film from a single Middle Eastern album! Their 2004 score
for Hum Tum not only has Miami Group's 'Al-samra wil beyda' in the form
of the track, 'Yaara yaara' (that was not used in the movie and the tune
was re-recycled in Fanaa as 'Chanda chamke') but also 2 lifts from
Lebanese composer Ragheb Alameh's repertoire. One (Chak de) has already
been documented. The other is, 'Ladki kyon' which borrows
more-than-generously from the Ragheb-composed, 'Roya' that was sung by
Iranian/ Armenian singer Andy Madadian. I do understand that Prasoon
Joshi's lyrics are the main highlight of this track, but whatever little
tune there is in this playful banter of a song rightly belongs to Ragheb!
Now, Andy's 2000 album 'And my heart...' contains Roya. It also has 'Yalla',
the original of 'Chak de', with composing credit to Ragheb, while Andy
has sung it. So, in all probabilities, Jatin Lalit helped themselves
with a 'dho lo, dhono muft', from this album. Ragheb's 'Yalla' did
feature in his 2001 album, 'Saharouny Leil' too, as I had mentioned in
the 'Chak de' listing |
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