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Lahron pe lahar [Film: Chhabili] |
| Composer: Snehal Bhatkar
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| Inspired from the song
The man who plays the mandolino by Dean Martin. |
| Listen to
Lehron
pe lehar |
The man who plays the mandolino |
| Ditto. Anu Malik has used
the same tune for his Baazigar hit 'Yeh kaali kaali aankhen'! Check out
the Anu Malik section, No.25. |
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2 |
| Tum
Ladke Ho [Film: Maine pyar kiya]
<TC>
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| Composer: Raam Laxman
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| Inspired from Baltimore's
song 'Tarzan Boy'. |
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| Ditto!
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3 |
| Tu...
[Film: Dulhan bano mein teri]
<TC>
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| Composer: Raam Laxman
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| Inspired from Maddona's
song Frozen! |
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| Ditto! |
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4 |
| Aate
Jaate [Film: Maine pyaar kiya]
<TC>
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| Composer: Raam Laxman |
| From Stevie Wonder's I
just called to say I love you! |
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| Ditto. |
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5 |
| Mere
Rang Mein [Film: Maine pyaar kiya]
<TC>
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| Composer: Raam Laxman |
| From Europe's Final
Countdown! |
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| Yup! |
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6 |
| Le
Pappiyan Jhappiyan [Film: Haqeeqat (1995)]
<TC>
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| Composer: Dilip Sen
sameer Sen |
| Inspired by The Champs
number, 'Tequila' (1957) |
| Listen to
Le pappiyan |
Tequila
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| Ditto. Also, check out
the earlier adaptation of tequila, by Kishoreda (listing number: 40, in
this page) |
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7 |
| Jab
tak ye raat hai baaki [Film: Bees Saal Pehle] |
| Composer: Hemant Kumar
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| Inspired from Tony
Christie's Yellow River. |
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| Looking for the Hindi
track! |
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8 |
| Kyun
hai deewanu tu akela [Film: Bees Saal Pehle] |
| Composer: Hemant Kumar |
| Inspired from Mary
Hopkin's Those were the days. |
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| Looking for the Hindi
track! |
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9 |
| Oh
oh oh oh Baby [Film: Police] |
| Composer: Hemant Kumar |
| Inspired from the oldie
number Oh oh oh bernadine. |
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| Looking for the Hindi
track! |
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10 |
| Gore
gore [Samadhi]
<TC>
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| Composer: C Ramachandra
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| Lifted from the number by
Edmundo Ros, 'Chico chico'. |
| Listen to
Gore gore
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Chico chico |
| Blatant! |
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11 |
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Jhoom jhoom ke jaam choomke [Film: Coffee House] |
| Composer: Roshan |
| Inspired from Malaguenia.
Looking for details. |
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| Looking for the Hindi
track! |
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12 |
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Saaqiya thodi thodi [Film: Nishan]
<TC> |
| Composer: Usha Khanna |
| Inspired from the oldie
track Sibone! |
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| I'm yet to hear the hindi
version! |
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13 |
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Hawwa aziza [Film: Main Hun Allaudin]
<TC> |
| Composer: Usha Khanna |
| Inspired from the oldie
number 'Hawa Nagila' |
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| The original is a
brilliant song, I'm yet to hear the Hindi version, to confirm! |
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14 |
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Aapki adaaon pe phida dil [Film: Nishan] |
| Composer: Usha Khanna |
| Inspired from Henry
Mancini's The Baby Elephant Walk |
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| Looking for the Hindi
track! |
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15 |
| Oye
Oye [Film: Tridev (1989)] |
| Composer: Viju Shah/
Kalyanji Anandji |
| Inspired from Gloria
Estefan's 'Rhythm is gonna get you' (1987)
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| Listen to
Oye oye |
Rhythm is gonna get you |
| The humming is lifted!
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16 |
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Zindagi mein pyar karna seekh lo [Film: Phool Aur Patthar]
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| Composer: Ravi |
| From the Brazilian Love
song, also called as Andorinha Preta. |
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| Looking for an audio
clipping of this number. Check out Sandeep Chowta's rip-off of the same
original - Sandeep Chowta page, 4th listing. |
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17 |
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Maine kahan tha aana Sunday ko [Film: Ustaadon ka ustaad]
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| Composer: Ravi |
| From Bing Crosby's Never
on a sunday! |
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| Looking for an audio
clipping of this number. |
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18 |
| Tu
mile dil khile [Film: Criminal] |
| Composer: MM Kreem
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| Prelude lifted from
Enigma's 'Eyes of Truth' and 'Carlyl's song'
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| The tune of the song, a
very good one at that, remains original!
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19 |
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Keemti keemti hai zindagi [Film: Criminal (1993)]
<TC>
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| Composer: MM Kreem
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| Ditto copied from Snow's
'Lonely lonely Monday morning' (1993). |
| Listen to
Kimti
kimti |
Lonely lonely |
| Ditto! |
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20 |
| Gupt
gupt [Film: Gupt]
<TC>
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| Composer: Viju Shah
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| Multiple sources of
inspiration! The opening is from Mike Oldfield's 'Tubular Bells' (1973).
The main tune is from Deep Forest's first song of the same name released
in 1992! |
| Listen to
Gupt Gupt
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Tubular bells |
Deep
Forest |
| Inspired! Very much! |
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21 |
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Duniya Haseenon ka mela [Film: Gupt] |
| Composer: Viju Shah
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| The opening music in
flute has been lifted from Kitaro's 'Matsuri'! |
| Listen to
Duniya
Haseenon Ka |
Matsuri
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| Kitaro's Matsuri was part
of his 1990 album, 'Kojiki'! |
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22 |
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Bistirno Paarore (and/or Ganga) [Non-film]
<TC>
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| Composer: Bhupen Hazarika
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| Inspired by the song 'Old
man river', which was part of a 1927 musical 'Showboat'. |
| Listen to
Bistrino paarore |
Old man
river |
Ganga
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| The musical was based on
Edna Ferber's book with the same name that was released in 1926. The
composers of the original version of Showboat (there have been many
versions subsequently!) were Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern. The
original 'Old man river' has been sung by people like Bing Crosby, Paul
Robeson, Al Johnson and Jules Bledsoe. However, without robbing any
credit from our own Bhupen Hazarika, I personally felt 'Bistirno paarore'
is the Indian interpretation of the older classic and is Indianized to a
large extent. Particularly, listen to the original from the point
00:54:00 onwards - there are clear indications of how the Indian version
was conceived! Also, note that the subsequent version Ganga was based on
the river while the original showboat version was about the river
Mississippi! Was Bistirno...based on some river too? Bramhaputra? Just a
guess - its possible! Also strikingly similar is the kind of quivery
voice on both the Indian and western version!! I'm sure the subsequent
western versions were licensed and authorized. But was the Indianized
version authorized by the original's license owners? That's what holds
the key between a plagiarized work and an inspired one! |
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23 |
| Dil
deke dekho [Dil deke dekho]
<TC>
|
| Composer: Usha Khanna
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| Lifted from the song
'Sugar in the morning' by The McGuire Sisters. |
| Listen to
Dil
deke dekho |
Sugar in
the morning |
| Absolute lift!
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24 |
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Kayee din se mujhe [Akhiyon ke jharokon se]
<TC>
|
| Composer: Ravindra Jain
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| Inspired by Mozart's 40th
Symphony, Movement 3 |
| Listen to
Kayee din
se mujhe |
Mozart's 40th Sym. Mt. 3 |
| Damn good improvisation
by Ravindra Jain. |
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25 |
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Rahen ne rahen hum [Mamta] |
| Composer: Roshan
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| The opening violin intro
is inspired by Ron Goodwin's 'Return to Paradise'. |
| Listen to
Rahen
ne rahen hum |
Return to Paradise |
| The violin intro is a
rather clumsy Indian version (IMO) for those who've heard the original
for ages! The rest of the actual tune is Roshan's original. |
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26 |
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27 |
| oo
babu o lala [Dilli ka thug]
<TC>
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| Composer: Ravi
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| Lifted from 'Rum and coca
cola' by The Andrew Sisters! |
| Listen to
Oo
babu o lala |
Rum and coca cola |
| Ditto! |
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28 |
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Title song [Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam]
<TC>
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| Composer: Nikhil Vinay
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| Lifted straight from 'Boohey
Barian' by Pakistani singer Hadiqa Kiyani! |
| Listen to
Hum tumhare hain sanam
|
Boohey Barian |
| Ditto and shocking! Check
Nadeem Shravan's lift of the same original - Hindi - NS page, listing
no. 20! |
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29 |
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30 |
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Purvaiya leke chalo [Do Jasoos]
<TC>
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| Composer: Ravindra Jain
(Movie released in 1975) |
| Inspired by Osibisa's
1971 number 'Woyaya' (We are going) |
| Listen to
Purvaiya leke chalo |
Woyaya
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| Good improvisation, but
pretty much the same tune! |
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31 |
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32 |
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33 |
| Woh
kaun thi [Album by Jojo]
<TC>
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| Composer: ? , Singer:
Jojo |
| Direct lift of Pakistani
Band, Vital Signs' 'Woh kaun thi'. |
| Listen to
Woh kaun thi
(Jojo) |
Woh
kaun thi (Vital Signs) |
| Ditto! I also happened to
come across an interview of Jojo in the
Nazara
website where, when asked what is the inspiration behind 'woh kaun
thi', he says "....inspiration... for woh kaun thi... well just an
expectation of somebody in your life... a mystery"!!!!? |
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34 |
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35 |
| Chod
aaye hum [Maachis (1996)] |
| Composer: Vishal
Bharadwaj |
| The famous whistling in
the Hindi song inspired by the song, 'il campo di pallone' from the
soundtrack of the Italian movie 'caro diario'! |
| Listen to
Chod
aaye hum |
il campo di pallone |
| The composer of Caro
diario was Nicola Piovani who was also the composer of the Oscar winning
'La vita e bella', better known as 'Life is beautiful'. Wonder if Vishal
and Gulzar saab saw the movie in some international film festival in
Mumbai and decided that this piece was too good to resist!!?
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36 |
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37 |
| Yeh
raaste hain pyaar ke [Yeh raaste hain pyaar ke (1963)]
<TC>
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| Composer: Ravi
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| Inspired by the song 'Andalucia'
by Ernesto Lecuona. |
| Listen to
Yeh raaste hain pyaar ke |
Andalucia |
| 'Andalucia' was
originally written in 1930 by Ernesto Lecuona as part of his 'Spanish
Suite'. It was later performed by itself by his band, the Lecuona Cuban
Boys. The song enjoyed some success, but it was ten years later, when
Jimmy Dorsey recorded it in 1941, as a vocal number (by the name,
'Breeze and I), with Bob Eberly singing Al Stillman's lyrics, that it
became a #1 hit in the U.S. It's a wistful song, in which the singer
laments that his love is known only to 'the breeze and I'. |
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38 |
| Haal
tujhe apni [Aasha (1957)]
<TC>
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| Composer: C Ramachandra
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| Inspired by the song 'Andalucia'
by Ernesto Lecuona. (refer last entry!) |
| Listen to
Haal
tujhe apni |
Andalucia |
| Refer notes in the
previous entry! |
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39 |
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Kammo...Mera dil le gayee [Ziddi (1997)]
<TC>
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| Composer: Dilip Sen
Sameer Sen |
| Lifted from Pakistani pop
singer Abrar Ul Haq's 'Billo de ghar' |
| Listen to
Kammo |
Billo
de ghar |
| Lifted, updated and
remixed. Abrar's album (of the same name) came out in 1996 and was a
smash hit! |
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40 |
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Babaloo [Jhumroo (1961)]
<TC>
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| Composer: Kishore Kumar
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| Inspired by The Champs'
1957 smash hit, 'Tequila' |
| Listen to
Babaloo
| Tequila
|
Also, check out the other
recent version of Tequila (this page, listing no. 06). Apart from the 2
songs mentioned above, another really famous S D Burman number sounds
like the opening line of Tequila. How about 'Mere sapnon ki rani kab'
from Aradhana (1969)? But yes, the similarity is strictly restricted to
the first line only!
Listen to
Mere sapnon ki rani kab |
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Trivia on Tequila: Dave Burgess of The Champs was working a session, one
afternoon in 1957. With some studio time remaining, Burgess asked the
other musicians to stay, to help him come up with a B-side for a record
he had previously recorded. One musician offered a Tex-Mex sax line,
another a snappy guitar riff, the drummer played a backbeat on the bell
of his cymbal and Burgess plucked the muted strings of his electric
guitar. The song was called "Tequila" and in ten minutes they had a
take. Everyone who heard the tune liked it and Challenge Records decided
to release it immediately. Demo copies were sent to major deejays across
the country in late December, 1957. "Tequila" was topping both the "pop"
and R&B charts by March 1958 and went on to sell a million copies and
win the 1958 Grammy for Best Rhythm and Blues Performance.
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41 |
| O
priya o priya [Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye (2000)]
<TC>
|
| Composer: Himesh
Reshammiyya |
| Lifted from Santana's
'Maria'! |
| Listen to
O priya o
priya |
Maria |
| Himesh Reshammiyya has so
far been a consistently 'dinchak-jhatak-matak' kind of music director -
a dream come true for someone like David Dhawan who has worked with him
in Dulhan Hum Le Jaayenge and now in Yeh Hai Jalwa. Surprisingly,
barring a few numbers, Himesh hasn't lifted much in his films so far.
Hence it came as a surprise when I heard 'O priya o priya' from the
Salman starrer 'Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye' (2000, the movie itself was a
lift of the Adam Sandler starrer, 'The Wedding Singer'). The song was a
direct lift from Santana's chartbusting 'Maria' (1999 - Featuring The
Product G&B, Produced by Wyclef Jean). Even more surprising is that many
online music reviews haven't mentioned this lift...in fact a Subash K
Jha review in Indya.com says this about this song "...O priya priya
with its sing-along chant has a key interlude taken from A R Rahman's
Mere paas hai tu in Taal. That apart, Reshammiya has been able to
squeeze a semblance of sympathetic melody into O priya"! (Indya.com
- KPNHJ) |
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42 |
| Tip
tip barsa paani [Mohra] |
| Composer: Viju Shah
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| The prominent
interlude/prelude inspired by Dr Alban's 'Roll down di rubber man'.
|
| Listen to
Tip tip
barsa paani |
Roll down
di rubber man |
| To be fair to Viju Shah,
he sure has worked considerably on this piece! |
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43 |
| Ai
ajnabee [Deewangi (2002)]
<TC>
|
| Composer: Ismail Darbar
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| Lifted from Portugese 'Fado'
singer, Dulce Pontes' song, 'Cancao do mar'! |
| Listen to
Ai
Ajnabee |
Cancao Do Mar |
Two interesting things to
note here....'Cancao do mar' was part of the soundtrack of 'Primal fear'
from whose plot Deewangi has been inspired. And second, 'cancao do mar'
has already been lifted as-is in Tamil, for the movie Kushi, with music
by Deva! This is probably Ismail Darbar's first blatant lift...I can
almost see Director Anees Bazmee and Producer Nitin Manmohan compelling
Ismail to lift this number...but you never know...!
Also listen to
the Tamil version
Oh Vennila
[Kushi] |
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44 |
| Aaj
ki ladki [Mujse Dosti Karoge (2002)] |
| Composer: Rahul Sharma
|
| An interlude sounds
exactly similar to a piece from Afro Celt Sound System's 'Lovers of
Light' (1999). |
| Listen to
Aaj ki ladki
| Lovers
of light |
| Its just a small piece so
no big deal, actually! It doesn't impact the main tune anyway!
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45 |
|
Andheri Raaton Mein [Shahenshah (1987)] |
| Composer: Amar Utpal |
| Inspired in part by the
song, 'Mother' by The Police (1983, Synchronicity). |
| Listen to
Andheri Raaton Mein |
Mother
|
| Even though Amar Utpal
have used a pretty familiar Bollywood'ish tune for the actual song,
Mother has its stamp all over the Hindi track! An interesting
inspiration! For a song that was voted as the
least favorite
of all Police numbers, its quite strange that Amar Utpal chose it to
base his Shahenshah number! |
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46 |
| Dil
Ko [Rehna Hai Terre Dil Mein (2001)]
<TC>
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| Composer: Harris Jeyaraj
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| Inspired by Secret
Garden's 'Song from a secret garden'. |
| Listen to
Dil Ko |
Song from a secret garden |
| 'Dil Ko' was supposedly
inspired by tracks like 'This is my song' (courtesy:
The
Music Magazine) and Mr Big's Wild World. But the secret garden track
is a more direct source of inspiration. The chord progressions are
exactly lifted, in my opinion, to form a cohesive Filmi tune!
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47 |
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ABCDEFGHI... [Hum Saath Saath Hain (1999)]
<TC>
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| Composer: Ram Laxman
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| Inspired by the Spanish
track, 'Por que te vas?' by singer Jeanette. |
| Listen to
ABCDEFGHI...
| Por
que te vas? |
| The 1974 Spanish movie 'Cria
Cuervos' had the song 'Por que te vas?' sung by singer Jeanette and
composed by Jose Luis Perales. Wonder how on earth did Ram Laxman think
of lifting this song!! |
|
Trivia note on Jeanette: Jeanette was actually an American singer
and started recording in the late 60's with the Spanish group Pic-Nic.
In the 70's she went solo and her biggest hit to date was 'Por que te
vas?', the song that featured in the 1974 film 'Cria cuervos'. The
original was composed by Jose Luis Perales.
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48 |
| Aye
aye ya ya [Pran Jaaye Par Shaan Na Jaaye (2003)]
<TC>
|
| Composer: Daboo Malik
|
| Lifted LSB from Los
Lobos' 'Cancion del mariachi' from the soundtrack of the 1995 hit,
'Desperado' |
| Listen to
Aye aye ya ya
|
Cancion del mariachi |
"When did you realise
that you had it in you to compose?
I don’t know when exactly, but its been a little while now. For me
composing songs started like a sudden eruption of a volcano. All of a
sudden my head was filled with tunes, which kept coming just like that.
So much so that I used to carry a walkman with me wherever I went, in
the bathroom, in the lift, so that I could record the tune immediately.
I didn’t quite understand what struck me. In six months’ time I was
ready with more than 400 melodies. And what spurred me further was the
acceptability by the industry. If I had one sitting with a filmmaker, I
would immediately get a reaction in the form of praise, or a film offer
came to me."
-- Daboo Malik, brother of Anu Malik, in a recent interview with
Screen Magazine.
Looks like these 'tunes' in Daboo's head have already visited Los Lobos'
head before landing up in his! |
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49 |
| Hum
Pyaar Tera Jo [Market (2003)]
<TC>
|
| Composer: Altaf Raja
|
| Direct rip-off of Nusrat
Fateh Ali Khan's 'Yeh Shaam Phir Nahi Aayegi' (1996, from the album 'Sangam'
which had lyrics by Javed Akhtar). |
| Listen to
Hum
pyaar tera jo |
Yeh
shaam phir nahi aayegi |
| Bah!
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50 |
|
Aankhen meri maikhana [Sawan Bhadon (1970)]
<TC>
|
| Composer: Sonic Omi
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| Partly inspired by the
prelude of the 1966 track by The Standells, "Black is black".
|
| Listen to
Aankhen meri maikhana |
Black
is black (Cover version by Los Bravos, 1966) |
| Strangely enough, the
uncle-nephew duo of Sonik Omi decided not the lift the main tune of the
original, and instead created their tune out of the prelude. However,
this prelude is a bit too common in terms of its progression.
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51 |
| Dil
Ke Badle [Zameer (2003)]
<TC> |
| Composer: Nikhil Vinay |
| DIRECT lift of the track
by the same wordings, from the Pakistani film, 'Ghar kab aao ge' (2000) |
| Listen to
Dil ke badle
(Ghar kab aao ge) |
Dil ke
badle (Zameer) |
| The original Pakistani
film, 'Ghar Kab Aao Ge' was released in 2000, with music by Amjad Bobby
and lyrics by Qateel Shifai. Wonder why Nikhil Vinay have been credited
with this 'so-called' Hindi version while everything, from lyrics, to
tune are lifted. Also wonder who actually got the credit for the lyrics
for the 'Zameer' version....if its anybody else other than Qateel Shifai,
I'm sure its a joke! |
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52 |
| Koyi
aayega [Asambhav (2004)] |
| Composer: Viju Shah |
| Partly inspired by the
60s Noor Jehan track, 'Mahi aave ga' that was remixed and resung by
Shazia Manzoor in 2000. |
| Listen to
Koyi
aayega |
Mahi aave
ga |
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53 |
|
Thandi hawa yeh chandni suhani [Jhumroo (1961)]
<TC> |
| Composer: Kishore Kumar |
| Lifted of Julius La
Rosa's 1955 classic, 'Domani'. |
| Listen to
Thandi
hawa |
Domani |
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54 |
| Yeh
rut yeh raat jawan [Sailaab (1954)]
<TC> |
| Composer: Mukul Roy |
| Inspired by Perez Prado's
'El Negro Zumbon', also used under the name 'El Bayon' in the 1951
Italian cult classic, 'Anna'. |
| Listen to
Yeh
rut yeh raat jawan |
El
Negro Zumbon |
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55 |
|
Shava shava [Kabhi Kushi Kabhi Gham (2001)]
<TC> |
| Composer: Aadesh
Shrivastava |
| The slower passages in
the middle of the song that goes, 'Delha tenu pehli pehli...' is a
direct lift from Shazia Manzoor's track 'Batiyan bujaye rakhdi'.. |
| Listen to
Shava
Shava (mid portion) |
Batiyaan Bujaye Rakhdi |
| Shazia's original track
was part of her 1999 album, 'Chan Makhna'. The original is a super
energetic track while Aadesh has used it for what Bollywood calls,
'Pathos' mood :-) |
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56 |
| Gela
Gela [Aitraaz (2004)] <TC> |
| Composer: Himesh
Reshammiya |
| Inspired by R Kelly's 'Thoia
Thoing' |
| Listen to
Gela Gela
| Thoia
Thoing |
| R Kelly's track was part
of his 2003 album, 'Chocolate Factory' |
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57 |
|
Nimbuda Nimbuda [Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999)] <TC> |
| Composer: Ismail Darbar |
| Inspired by Ghazni Khan
Manganiyar's Rajasthani Folk song, 'Nimbuda' |
Listen to
Nimbuda
[Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam] |
Nimbuda
[Original]
If you'd like to listen to the
full version of the folk song,
click here (check out 'Nimbuda
Nimbuda'!) |
Take a look at these 2
(out of many other sites) sites that talk of this song being a lift from
a Rajasthani Manganiyar folk song!
Diverse Strains |
Sunday Tribune
I completely agree with Shuba
Mudgal (who has penned the write-up in Diverse Strains) when she asks,
"If we can listen to a folk song in a blockbuster movie, why can we
not give an occasional patient hearing to the original?" Ismail
Darbar had a wonderful chance to handle this in the right way, but I
wonder why he messed it up and ended with a 'plagiarist' tag - that too
in his much-celebrated debut. All he had to do was to add a note of
credit to the original composer of the song, Rajasthani folk singer
Ghazni Khan Manganiyar, so that people can differentiate between the
original and the Bollywood version - when you listen to the two you'd
understand the kind of work that Ismail has put in, in his version and
made a simple, 'otherwise-restricted-to-a-few-discerning-listeners'
track into an ultra-catchy dance number! Its a pity that decided to pass
it as his original composition. |
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58 |
| Daud
Title Song [Daud (1999)] |
| Composer: A R Rahman |
| A piece towards the end
of the song sounds like 'If I were a rich man' from Fiddler on the Roof. |
| Listen to
Daud Title Song (Remo)
|
Daud Title Song (Usha)
| Rich
Girl
|
If I
were a rich man |
| The tune heard (for a
fleeting few seconds, in the beginning of the advt. when the girl opens
a Pepsi bottle) in the
Pepsi advt. is a track called
'Rich Girl' by Gwen Stefani. Gwen's 'Rich Girl' itself borrows heavily
from the track, 'If I were a rich man' from the famous play/ movie,
'Fiddler on the roof' (1951 Broadway version, 1971 Movie version) and I
believe this is credited too. Rahman's Daud title song (that has 2
versions - by Usha Uthup and Remo Fernandes) uses the main part of this
tune right towards the end of the song and sounds more like a tribute to
'Fiddler...'. Did Rahman use it as a tribute fully knowing that he's
using so-and-so? Only he could answer! |
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| Didi
Tera Devar [Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (1994)] <TC> |
| Composer: Ram Laxman |
| Inspired by Nusrat Fateh
Ali Khan's 'Saare Nabian' |
| Listen to
Didi Tera
Devar |
Saare
Nabian (Relevant edited portion
containing prelude and ending) |
| Partly inspired with
adequate improvisations from Ram Laxman. |
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|
Tridev Theme [Tridev (1989)] <TC> |
| Composer: Kalyanji
Anandji (Viju Shah) |
| Lifted from Pet Shop
Boys' 1984 track, 'One more chance' |
| Listen to
Tridev
theme |
One more chance |
| This theme that borrows
generously from Pet Shop Boys' 1984 track (also famously voted as one of
PSB's worst songs!). I still remember the kind of euphoria Tridev (and
other soundtracks like QSQT, Dil etc.) generated back in the end of 80s.
Almost every home had the sad looking audio tape played many times over
in family dos! I was completely zapped by Tridev's techno [ :-) ] theme
when I heard it first. Now I know who the credit should go to! |
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| 'Kaisi
paheli hai yeh' and 'Soona man ka' [Parineeta (2005)] <TC> |
| Composer: Shantanu Moitra |
| 'Kaisi...' lifted
straight off Louis Armstrong's 1951 track 'A Kiss To Build A Dream On'
while a line in 'Soona...' is lifted from Tagore's 'Phoole phoole'! |
Listen to
Kaisi
paheli hai yeh |
A kiss to
build a dream on
Listen to
Soona
man ka (edited) |
Phoole
phoole |
| 'A Kiss To Build A Dream
On' is from the soundtrack of the 1951 film 'The Strip', written and
composed by Bert Kalmar; Harry Ruby; Oscar Hammerstein II. For a
'considered-talented' newcomer this is disastrous and rather shameful. |
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| 'Dillagi'
and 'Marjawan' [Aashiq Banaya Aapne (2005)] <TC> |
| Composer: Himesh
Reshamiyya |
| Lifted off Ali Zafar's
Rangeen and Faakhir's Marjawan, respectively! |
Listen to
Dillagi |
Rangeen
Listen to
Marjawan (ABA)
| Marjawan
(Faakhir) |
| Ali Zafar's 'Rangeen'
from his 2003 album, 'Huqa Pani' while Faakhir's 'Marjawan' from his
2002 album, 'Aatish'. |
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| Pyar
ki kasam [Dil deke dekho (1959)] <TC> |
| Composer: Usha Khanna |
| Copied from Ivory Joe
Hunter's 1956 hit 'Since I met you baby'! |
| Listen to
Pyar ki kasam |
Since I
met you baby |
| Blatant lift! |
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| Urzu
urzu durkut [Yahaan (2005)] <TC> |
| Composer: Shantanu Moitra |
| Inspired by Altan's 'Dulaman' |
| Listen to
Urzu urzu
durkut |
Dulaman |
| Inspired. Dulaman was
part of Altan's 1993 album Island Angel. |
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|
Sajna [Waisa bhi hota hai (2003)] |
| Composer: Shibani Kashyap |
| The prelude (opening)
used directly from Thomas Dolby's 'I love you goodbye' from the 1992
album, 'Astronauts and Heretics' |
| Listen to
Sajna
|
I love you goodbye |
| Considering the fact the
main tune is completely different, is this a homage? |
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| Ola
Ola [Jaana - Lets fall in love (2006)] <TC> |
| Composer: Guru Sharma |
| Blatant lift from Modern
Talking's 2000 track, 'No Face No Name No Number' |
| Listen to
Ola ola
|
No face
no name no number |
| The film's soundtrack has
6 composers and this one is by Guru Sharma. Turns out that he didn't
actually compose it either. He merely added Hindi lyrics to it since it
is originally by Modern Talking...a track called 'No face, no name, no
number' (2000, album: Year of the dragon - not to be confused with
Traffic's 1967 track of the same name from the album 'Mr Fantasy'). |
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| Pal
pal [Lage Raho Munnabhai (2006)] <TC> |
| Composer: Shantanu Moitra |
| Inspired by Cliff
Richard's evergreen 'Theme for a dream' (1961) |
| Listen to
Pal pal
|
Theme for a dream |
Almost every review of
the soundtrack noticed the lift from Cliff Richard's 'Theme for a dream'
(1961). But what intrigues me is another popular 80s track, 'When you're
in love with a beautiful woman' by Dr Hook sounds very similar to Cliff
Richard's track and subsequently, to the one by Shantanu. Its worth
noting here that Dr Hok's track has already inspired 2 other direct
Hindi tracks - Bappi Lahiri's 'Mere jaisi haseena' (Armaan) and Anu
Malik's 'O mere neend churane waale' (Chamatkar)! So, what's the story
behind Dr Hook now?
Listen to
Mere
jaisi haseena |
O mere
neend churane waale |
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| Mele
chaliyan [Yahaan (2005)] <TC> |
| Composer: Shantanu Moitra |
| Lifted directly off a
traditional Punjabi wedding track with the same lyrics, made famous by
Musarrat Nazir. |
| Listen to
Mele
chaliyan (Yahaan) |
Mele Chaliyan (Musarrat Nazir) |
| There's absolutely no
mention of any such thing in the CD of Yahaan and worse, Gulzar is
credited for the lyrics. Check out Musarrat's version...doesn't seem to
be very different in terms of lyrics! |
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|
Kaun Aaya...meri Neeta [Dil deke dekho (1959)] <TC> |
| Composer: Usha Khanna |
| Direct
lift from Paul Anka's 'Diana' |
| Listen to
Kaun
aaya |
Diana |
| Direct
and blatant. Check the next listing for another lift of the same
original! |
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|
Bol bol bol [Baap Bete (1959)] <TC> |
| Composer: Madan Mohan |
| Lifted
off Paul Anka's 'Diana' |
| Listen to
Bol bol
bol |
Diana |
| The overall feel
is mildly tweaked, but basic tune is a rather direct lift. |
|
Trivia on Paul Anka's
Diana: Diana refers to Paul Anka's neighbor, Diana Ayoub on whom Paul
had a crush when he was 15. Paul recorded the song at the same age, in
1956. The music was based on a popular Latin rhythm called cha-lypso, a
modified cha-cha done to a calypso beat. Cha-lypso had been invented a
only a few months earlier. It has been reported that "Diana" has been
recorded over three hundred times in sixteen countries between 1957 and
1963. Worldwide Anka's version reportedly has sold more then nine
million copies. |
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|
Subah subah [Yash (1996)] <TC> |
| Composer: Tabun Sutradhar |
| Racy version of
a Bengali folk track, 'Boli o nonodi' |
| Listen to
Subah subah
|
Boli o nonodi |
|
I usually stay away from
intra-Indian lifts, but chose to add this since it was a fairly big hit
for a struggling composer, back in 1996! Sung by Jojo, this track made
quite a splash in 1996 through the ratings it notched up in Superhit
Muqabla. Tabun is still struggling, but this track, which gave him
recognition seems to be ripped straight of a Bengali folk track, 'Boli o
nonodi'. One of the best known versions
of the original folk happens to be by singer Sapna (Swapna) Chakraborty
that is supposed to have released in 1978. |
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|
Title Song [Life mein kabhi kabhi (2007)] <TC> |
| Composer: Lalit Pandit |
| Lifted from Amr
Diab's 2000 track 'Eni alem allah'. |
| Listen to
Life mein kabhi kabhi |
Eni
alem allah |
|
Already lifted by Sanjeev
Darshan for the 2003 film Aanch, in the song, 'Dil ke armaan'! Check out
Sanjeev Darshan page, listing no. 17. |
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|
Aarzoo hai [Kaisay Kahein (2007)] <TC> |
| Composers:
Imran Ali and Subhendu Mukherjee |
| Lifted from
Chandrabindoo's 'Aaj abar' from the 1999 album 'Twaker Jatna Nin'. |
| Listen to
Aarzoo
hai |
Aaj abar |
|
With so much attention on Pritam's lifting spree, here's a case where
the man is perhaps not connected at all and still is being blamed - just
because he has composed 2 other songs in the soundtrack. A report in
Calcutta Times on August 10th has the Bangla band
Chandrabindoo and their record label fuming. Reason: Their song, 'Aaj
abar' from the 1999 album 'Twaker Jatna Nin' is lifted pretty much
directly as 'Aarzoo hai', in the soundtrack of
Kaisay Kahein (2007). The funny thing is Pritam has composed just
two tracks (Kee kasoor and the title song) and has been specifically
credited just for those. The other tracks are credited to their
respective composers - quite unusually for a Hindi film soundtrack - a
great feat in itself. Despite that, our Chandrabindoo friends talk at
great length about how their former band member Pritam sought their
permission to use 'Aaj abar' and then forgot all about the crediting bit
and so on. I wonder what the actual truth is, since the much-maligned
Pritam is completely out of the picture even in the CD sleeve, as
regards this particular track! |
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|
Yamma yamma [Chinatown (1962)] <TC> |
| Composer:
Ravi |
| Lifted from the
Persian folk track, 'Mastom mastom'. |
| Listen to
Yamma
yamma | Mastom Mastom -
Pari
Zangeneh |
Mitra |
The song is a
blatant lift from a traditional Persian song called, 'Mastom mastom'
made popular by many singers. The versions included include are by Pari
Zangeneh and Mitra. The song even features a small piece that's lifted
from the Egyptian track, 'Ya mustafa' (which has been lifted since, by R
D Burman (No.5 in RDB page) and Nadeem Shravan (No.4 in NS page). Ravi's
mix'n'match skills at work, I suppose.
Watch Chinatown's Yamma Yamma
here! |
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|
Showbiz (2007) <TC> |
| Composer:
Lalit Pandit |
'Tu mujhse'
lifted from Nepali singer Sugam Pokhrel's 2003 track, 'Mero mann', from
the album, 'Highway'.
'Duniya ne' lifted off Amr Diab's 'Albi Ikhtarak' from his 2000 album, 'Tamally
Maak'.
'Mere falak' lifted from Amr Diab's 'We malo' from the album 'Kammel
Kalamak' (2005).
'Kaash ek din' inspired by Amr Diab's 'Ma3ak begad' from 'Kammel Kalamak'
again! |
Listen to
Tu mujhse
(Rap version) |
Tu mujhse
(normal version) |
Mero mann
Listen to
Duniya ne
| Albi
Ikhtarak (Rishtey -
Deewana
deewana)
Listen to
Mere falak
| We malo
Listen to
Kaash ek din
| Ma3ak
begad |
| Considering 'Mere ibadat' is a
small'ish bit song version of Kaash ek din, there are just 4 songs in
this soundtrack. All of them are lifted. And, with that Lalit Pandit
enters ItwoFS Hall of Shame, along with Sanjeev Darshan (for Mann) for
lifting every single song in a soundtrack.
A huge round of applause to Lalit Pandit.
Interestingly, the film's promos show Sugam Pokhrel's name as the
original composer of 'Tu mujhse' while the audio CD is blissfully
unaware of this connection. The other 3 tracks are lifted off Amr Diab,
and Albi Ikhtarak has already been adequately lifted by Sanjeev Darshan,
as 'Deewana deewana' in Rishtey |
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