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February.07.2010 @ Serbian singer Jelena Karleusa is at it again! After lifting Himesh's Aashiq banaya aapne and A R Rahman's Maiya Maiya, here she goes, lifting Salim Sulaiman's Rab ne bana di jodi track, 'Dance pe chance' for her new song titled, 'Insomnia'. Unabashed lift...did she seek permission from Yash Raj Films or Salim Sulaiman? Has she credited them in the CD? No information yet on these questions. Thanks to info by Milliblog reader Crichessil! @ Just when you thought Lalit Pandit (one of the Jatin-Lalit duo) was getting ready to breathe easy again after now-forgotten Pakistani singer Fakhr-e-Alam's plagiarism allegations, here he is, in big trouble again. For another lift, in the same film - Dulha Mil Gaya. The song is 'Tu Jo Jaan Le' sung brilliantly by Sonu Nigam. It is lifted off Malaysian singer Jay Jay's 80s song, 'Cukuplah Sekali'. Lalit Pandit, however, seems to have racked his brains to add something of his own to the lift and off he goes, adding the racy, 'Tu jo jaan le' portion that you wouldn't find in the original. But, for the rest of the song's mukhda, it is ditto...all the melodic twists and highs are maintained as-is. Now, if only Jay Jay and Fakhr-e-Alam joined hands and sued Lalit Pandit together...sigh! Thanks to Irfan Patel for the info on this lift. Listen to Tu jo jaan le: Cukuplah Sekali: January.31.2010 @ Newbie Tamil composer has had a stupendous debut in Subramaniapuram - the song, 'Kangal Irandaal' really went places and was judged the best song of year 2008 by many magazines/ blogs. I had ranked it at No. 2 of my top 10 Tamil songs for 2008 in Milliblog too. James followed it up with a decent enough score in the Tamil Pasanga and had 2 audio releases in 2009, out of which, one - Naanayam, (the film) came out in 2010, recently. For a composer who was praised to the skies in his debut and who is merely 4 soundtracks old, this lift comes as a shocker. The song in question is Naanayam's title song (version 1, in the CD) - it is nothing but a mildly improvised version of the 80s progressive rock band, Yes' hit song, 'Owner of a lonely heart' (from the album, 90125, released in 1984). This is especially disconcerting not just for the inspiration, but for the level of similarity - it is blatant and James doesn't really make any serious attempts to camouflage the lift. The prelude guitars and the prominent hook - 'Na na na na naanayam' vs 'Owner of a lonely heart' - are the most telling portions of the lift. Thanks to Vinay who unearthed this connection and amazing lift. Listen to Naanayam title song: Owner of a lonely heart: Note: Does the above flash audio player work smoothly - in terms of buffering/ playing? Do let me know your feedback at milliblog@gmail.com. If the response is predominantly positive, I'll try and convert all existing real audio files into the same. January.03.2010 @ After all that Pritam-talk, lets get back to Anu Malik for a change. Mandar wrote to me with the possible source of Anu Malik's drop dead gorgeous track, Ek din fursat mein' from Tanuja Chandra's Zindagi Rocks - could it be Mono's Life in Mono? Twitter to the rescue - I put it out as a question and got the response from Ravindran aka @Musicalmice! The original is Secret Garden's track 'Adagio' from their debut album, 'Songs from a Secret Garden' (1996). The Hindi version is a carbon copy, with minimal embellishments that a lyric-based song demands, but Sunidhi has done a phenomenal job here with her vocals. Anu Malik, of course, does not credit Secret Garden anywhere. Thanks for Mandar's mail that prompted this search and Ravindran's tweet that exposed the original. Update: Apologies for not crediting Ravi_kesh2002 for this find - his thread was posted way back on Sept.22, 2009 and there was quite a bit of conversation around it too. Including a possible similarity between the Zindaggi Rocks track and Anu Malik's international project, Eyes...the song, 'When I look at you'. Though that song seems similar, I don't think it has anything directly to do with Secret Garden's Adagio. Listen to Ek din fursat mein | Adagio The above would also tell you that it is a good idea to follow me on twitter ;) Permanent posts! @ I've been trying to trace the originals of the following songs - any info that you think would help, please do mail me. - Chalte Chalte - Chalte Chalte [Bappi Lahiri] - Supposed to be lifted off a German folk song. - Anari - Woh chand khila [Shankar Jaikishen] - A very popular western classical piece, has also been used as a background piece by A R Rahman in the movie 'May Madham'. @ Also refer to this page, which says, "He (Raj Kapoor) never hesitated to adapt tunes (such as 'Is libe dis, I love you' and 'Dost dost na raha', both in 'Sangam') which had appealed to him". So what are the sources of these tracks? If you know, lemme know! @ This is more of a personal search than about a lift...it could be a possible lift too, btw! The song from the Maniratnam production, 'Five Star'...titled 'Rayile rayile' has a generous sprinkling of some world music stuff. For some reason Azerbaijani music pops in my mind, though its only a wild guess. Could anybody recognize the style/ country of this music? It can be heard in the one of the sites below! Raaga | Smashhits | Musicindiaonline (5th song) Please do mail me in case you have these tracks or know more about these! Enter your search terms Web itwofs Submit search form Hindi Anu Malik Anand Milind Anand Raaj Anand Bappi Lahiri Jatin Lalit Kalyanji Anandji Laxmikant Pyarelal Nadeem Shravan OP Nayyar Pritam Chakravarty Rajesh Roshan RD Burman Salil Chaudhry SD Burman Sandeep Chowta Sanjeev Darshan Shankar Jaikishen Hindi - others Tamil A R Rahman Deva Ilayaraja Karthikraja Yuvan S. Raja Tamil - others Assorted Coincidences Indipop Advt. jingle lifts Telugu Trivia

Disclaimer and help on audio files: The site demonstrates similarities in music, usually compared between an Indian composition with that of a composition from another part of the world or within India. The final interpretation on what constitutes a similarity is entirely my assumption. The similarity thus deduced is not based on a purely scientific basis like note-to-note comparison nor am I musically knowledgeable enough to do that. The attempt here is to merely showcase similarities that are obvious to a normal person with no/ limited musical sense, in other words, the lowest common denominator basis for understanding similarities. This is also the reason why I use the terms 'lift', 'copied' or 'plagiarized' and not 'infringed' since this site is not ideally conceived as a legal proof for music plagiarism. The Audio files included here are for demonstration purposes only and are merely edited clippings, mostly lasting not more than 30 seconds. The quality in which they are edited is also ensured to be minimal so that they may not replace actual, full fledged digital versions. The clips are not meant to infringe any copyright whatsoever. Please download and install the free Real Player to listen to these song files.

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