Sep

16

Kaho na copy hai - 3

September 16, 2008 posted by indiatime | 2 Comments

Punjabi singer Kulwinder Kally, a non-resident Indian, has accused Himesh Reshammiya, Bollywood’s famous music maestro, of unprofessional and unethical lifting of a song, originally sung and made famous by Kally. The song in question, “Sohniye Nee” was sung by Kulwinder Kally in 2002 for his album named “Sham Wali Gadi’. A major part of the song has recently made it into the Himesh Reshammiya hit of the same name that also has the same tune for the new movie ‘Karzzz’.

Speaking to the media this morning, singer Kulwinder Kally reiterated that he has served a legal notice to Sameer, the lyricist and Himesh, the singer of the new version. Himesh Reshammiya joined the conversation a few minutes later, speaking remotely via telephone, and defended himself, contending that the rights for the 2002 song were with the T-series and that Kally should take it up with the T-series and with producer Bhushan Kumar. Himmesh added the he was merely the singer who sang the new version and the actor who sang it on screen. Kally retorted back by bringing up Reshammiya’s often impassioned support of new singers on the Saregamapa show and Reshammiya’s usual rant about being passionate about bringing food on the table for the new singers. “What about food on my table”, Kally seemed to suggest, putting Reshammiya on the defensive. By then, however, Reshammiya had disconnected the phone.

Here are the two versions, first the 2002 original by Kally and then the 2008 version by lyricist Sameer/singer Reshammiya. You decide.

Apr

18

Kaho na copy hai - 2

April 18, 2008 posted by indiatime | 2 Comments

Symphony No. 40 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):


Part of Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 is said to have copied by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) into his 5th Symphony. But Salil Choudhary, a famous Bollywood composer made an Indian copy of the Symphony No. 40, indianizing it just enough to create a Bollywood classic for Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s 1961 film Chhaya, starring Sunil Dutt and Asha Parekh.

Apr

13

Kaho na copy hai - 1

April 13, 2008 posted by indiatime | Leave a Comment

From voices by Vangelis (Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou)


Voices came out in 1995, 5 years before the official release of Kaho Na Pyar Hai, the Bollywood blockbuster that stole the Vangelis masterpiece in this humming hit of year 2000:

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