There is no dearth of plagiarism in the entertainment business. Be it famous songs, dialogues or storylines from films, it has happened several times in the past that original content produced by artists are copied by others and made into their own. We are sure it must be highly agitating for those who put their hard work, sweat and tears into something, only to see others reap the benefits through dishonesty. Its something that has always happened, continues to happen and will always happen! But while the copycats seem to think they can get away with it, social media users are all eyes and ears and are quick to notice each time.
Rangeen ka sangeen chaapa @AliZafarsays https://t.co/enEXlwsJWj pic.twitter.com/x6V4lnXrvr
— Mahwash Ajaz ?? (@mahwashajaz_) September 9, 2020
I remember shooting this sequence for the video of the song “Rangeen” with one of our most humble and talented super model/ actor @zainaconda in 2004 directed by @theotherahsan. The song was later copied for a Bolly flick with title “Dil Lagi mein jo beet jaaye”. https://t.co/W9f3FVI7b0
— Ali Zafar (@AliZafarsays) September 9, 2020
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?????? RANGEEN by @AliZafarsays ???Thaaaaanxxx @mahwashajaz_ for sharing this and making my day supremely shiny happy??
??vid directed by @TadpoleFilms & @DreamTeamFilms ?? pic.twitter.com/AWoQSmfYyx— Zainab Qayoom~ZQ (@zainaconda) September 9, 2020
In 2019, Alia Bhatt’s dance number Prada was released. Sung by The Doorbeen, its tune was called out for being eerily similar to late Pakistani singer Junaid Jamshed’s Goray Rung Ka Zamana. Now, world renowned musician Ali Zafar’s hit single Rangeen has been picked up by Bollywood and the internet cannot help but be furious about it! Dubai-based journalist Mahwash Ajaz and an avid Twitter user was the first to point it out. “Rangeen ka sangeen chaapa,” she wrote. Zafar instantly replied with, I remember shooting this sequence for the video of the song “Rangeen” with one of our most humble and talented super model/actor @zainaconda in 2004 directed by @theotherahsan. The song was later copied for a Bolly flick with the title ‘Dil Lagi mein jo beet jaaye’.” Zainab Qayoom, commonly referred to as supermodel ZQ, thanked Ajaz for sharing the post and “making my day super happy.”
Idk if you know it or not but your evergreen song Channo was copied in a Bolly film Fight Club. Chhorre ki baatein song is a blatant rip-off of Channo. https://t.co/ZDpFN8ejoG
— Daniyal Azian ?? (@proudtobeaAZfan) September 9, 2020
— Ali Zafar (@AliZafarsays) September 9, 2020
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Soon after, the micro-blogging site was filled with posts about another one of Zafar’s songs which was copied by Bollywood. Any guesses? Channo! One Twitter user Daniyal Azian wrote, “Idk if you know it or not but your evergreen song Channo was copied in a Bolly film Fight Club. Chhorre ki baatein song is a blatant rip-off of Channo.” He also added the link to the song crooned by Amit Kumar. Responding to it, Zafar commented with, “Hmmm…”. Well, he knows it better than us that it is an outright theft and a copyright violation. And while such mimics may only lead to the original artist being flattered, there’s no denying that plagiarism of such intensity is a crime and should not happen!