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I had written a few days ago about a case filed by writer/singer/composer Rabbi Shergill against the makers of Sorry Bhai for blatantly lifting the tune of his song Ballo. The verdict is out. The makers are being let off free, but not without a justification :
We are of the view that the main constituent of the song is the melody and some similarity in the rhythm of the accompanying acoustic guitar can’t be sufficient to infer that the music director has plagiarized Shergill’s song. In any case, even the lyrics are completely different.
Were you even listening to the tune ? (Samples of both songs can be found here).
Oh, and lyrics are completely different ? Were you a member of the CPM before this ?
Sorry Bhai would have been an all round laudable effort if not for the allegation by Rabbi Shergill that one song is copied beyond doubt from a track Ballo in his recent album Avengi Ja Nahin.
Here are the snippets of the songs :
The question of whether it has been copied does not arise as the music director Gaurav Dayal had approached Rabbi long ago to use the song, but then went ahead without following any legal procedures. I am not sure if the producer and director are to be blamed or an upcoming music director who finally lands a movie after years of efforts but has to compromise with the producer/director. Debatable. This problem might be even more important to tackle sooon with the Indian film industry increasingly going global. Independent/low budget/parallel/off-beat/sensible/good cinema might be finally coming of age in India in the last couple of years; it would be heartening if the efforts were not subject to claims of plagiarization (which sadly includes even Bheja Fry).
Either way, Sorry Bhai is a great effort in movie making and certainly not to be missed. Although the basic theme might be frowned upon (I am guessing from the fate of of a certain website that had to face this. NOTE : the previous two links are NOT SAFE FOR WORK or NSFW although it is debatable why I am mentioning this after the links), the movie holds fort throughout with some great acting, comedy, riveting drama and of course, the chemistry between Boman Irani and Shabana Azmi.
Song clips courtesy : itwofs.com
Re-posting this with a quick update : The official video of Bilqis (Jinhe Naaz Hai) is out : Link
We couldn’t have expected a better video, which implies so subtly yet so strongly. You might have to read some news articles about Bilqis Rasool, Satyendra Dubey, Manjunath and Navleen Kumar to appreciate the song. On the review front, after Bilqis, I am currently at Pagrhi Sambhal Jatta, the song is an urging to the warrior clan by presenting their glorious history. To understand it better, be prepared to google every name that comes up in the song [:)].
P.S. : Incidentally, the word Unees actually occurs nineteen times.
Nothing spoils the fun of listening to a good album than another album coming along that is even better.
Rabbi Shergill is out with Avengi Ja Nahin.
With an unparalleled mastery over his music and his pen. He doesn’t write songs, he writes ballads.
How many songs that you heard made you “think” ? If not, you probably haven’t heard of Rabbi. In his latest album, he does that again with Bilqis (Link – Just listen to the audio there, lyrics are here). If not anything else, this song will make us accept that fact that we belong to the country where Bilqis Yakub Rasool was brutally gang-raped and her daughter killed before her eyes, where Manjunath and Satyendra Dubey lost lives for the truth, where Navleen Kumar was stabbed 19 times for voicing her opposition (simply loved the line Maza nav ahe Navleen Kumar ). This song is a masterpiece. You can buy this album only for this song. And every Indian probably deserves to hear this.
Rabbi takes us back to that era when songs used to be written to convey stories, thoughts, ideas and philosophies.
I still cannot find myself going beyond Bilqis. Other song reviews later.
