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Haan haan yeh pyaar hai [Film: Dillagi]
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Unabashed copy from Frankie Valli's 'Cant take my eyes off you'!
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Listen to Haan haan yeh |
Cant take my eyes off you
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| Shameless instance of copying.
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Suniye to [Film: Yes boss]
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Lifted from Hisham Abbas' 'Ahla ma feki'!
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Listen to suniye to |
ahla
ma feki
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Bad case of copying. Most of Jatin
Lalit's copying are with no inputs from their side, making it a blatant
case of plagiarism!
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Sachi yeh kahani hai [Film: Kabhi haan kabhi
naa]
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Lifted from the song 'In Zaire' by Johnny Wakelin and The Kinshasa Band
released in 1976.
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Listen to
Sachi
yeh kahani | In
Zaire |
| Ditto! |
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Yeh wada raha [Film: Raju
Chacha]
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Lifted from the song 'Day by day' which was part of the musical stage
play Godspell, composed by Stephen Schwartz. |
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Listen to
Yeh
wada raha | Day
by day |
| What was the motivation to copy a song from a musical? I wonder!
Incidentally it seems that this musical became quite popular when it was
staged in Mumbai in the 70s! |
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Tum humko hum tumko sanam [Film:
Laqshya]
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Inspired from the number 'chim chim cheree' from the 1964 movie Mary
Poppins! |
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Tum
humko | Chim
chim cheree |
| Inspired
by the 1964 Walt Disney classic 'Chim chim cher-ee' from the movie Mary
Poppins, this was a pretty good version in Hindi. Incidentally,
'chim
chim cher-ee' won the Academy Award for best original song - music
composers Richard M. Sherman and Robert B.
Sherman. The song
was sung on-screen by Dick Van Dyke with Julie Andrews, Karen Dotrice and Matthew Garber.
Another Hindi version of the same original was in the movie Ghoonghat
directed by choreographer Chinni
Prakash. That song 'Chim chimney' was a more direct lift! |
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Aa Ha Ri Bali Haari [Film:
Nishaana]
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Ditto from Dr Alban's Its my life
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| Not worth
commenting! |
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Yahaan ke hum sikander [Film: Jo
jeeta wohi
sikander]
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From Pinball Wizard by The Who.
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Yahan
ke hum sikandar | Pinball
wizard
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| Moreso the 2nd para in the hindi number,
the place where it starts 'jo sab karte hain yaaron...'! Ditto!
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Jaana suno hum tumpe [Film: Khamoshi - The Musical]
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Lifted lock, stock and barrel from Paul Anka's 'Bring the wine'. |
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Listen to Jaana
suno | Bring
the wine |
| Note to note copy! |
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Suno Zara [Film: Bada Din]
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From Anne Murray's You needed me! |
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Listen to Suno Zara |
You
needed me |
| Yup, copied! |
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Chod Zid Karna [Film: Pyar kiya to darna
kya]
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From Stereo Nation's I've been waiting! |
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| Yup, copied! Ditto! |
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Koi mil gaya [Film: Kuch kuch hota
hai]
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From Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Take that look off your face'!
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Koi mil
gaya | Take
that look off your face
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| Partially, yes. There are definite oodles
of the Webber track in JL's hindi version!
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Hasata hai rulata hai [Film:
Soch]
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Very similar to the Tamil song 'Australia desam varai' by Deva in the
movie Citizen. Possibly, both lifted from the same source!
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Hasata
Hai | Australia
Desam
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| Inspired! Do let
me know if you know/ find the original!
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Dil doondta hai [Film:
Soch]
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Lifted from Columbian singer Shakira's Ojos asi!
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Dil doondta
hai | Ojos
asi
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| Lifted LSB!
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Koi nahin aisa [Film:
Dillagi]
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Lifted LSB from the 1968 hit by Tommy James and The Shondells, 'Mony
mony'!
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Koi nahin
aisa | Mony
mony
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| Sick!
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For trivia buffs: During the last half of the '60s, Tommy James & the Shondells were one of America's most successful pop acts, generating 14 Top 40 hits between 1966 and 1969. The group developed a heavier sound with the percussive 1968 hit
'Mony Mony' (created from the MONY - Mutual Of New York - Insurance Company building who's logo could be seen from Tommy's Manhattan
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Jahan Koi Pyar Ka [Film: Pyar Koi Khel Nahin (1999)]
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Inspired by the 1974 dance track, 'El Bimbo' by French composer Claude
Morgan.
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Pyar
Koi Khel Nahin | El
Bimbo
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| The original track has seen numerous
instrumental versions and remixes ever since it became a chartbuster in
1974. Now, to give due credit to Jatin Lalit, they do seem to have
played around with the original, enough to make it sound different.
Incidentally, Anu Malik had used the same tune as an interlude in a
track in the Akshay Kumar starrer, 'Zaalim' (the song was 'Ay yai ya,
sorry sorry').
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Pehli
pehli baar jab [Film: Jab Pyaar Kisi Se Hota Hai (1998)] |
| A blatant lift
from the 1978 disco smash hit, 'Born to be alive' by Patrick
Hernandez. |
| Listen to
Pehli pehli baar jab |
Born to be alive |
Trivia on Patrick Hernandez:
A former English teacher, Patrick Hernandez was born in France to a Spanish Father and an Australian-Italian. As Beatlemania struck in the mid sixties, he bought his first guitar when
traveling in London. It was from here that he started a number of groups which began touring France. He was offered a gig as lead singer for a group in 1970 which indirectly led him to him being offered his first recording contract by a producer named Claude Francois. He declined due to him signing up as lead singer for a new band, Paris Palace Hotel. While writing material for the group's proposed first album, he wrote his signature tune 'Born to be Alive'. They recorded two singles but an album was never released. By 1976, the group split and Patrick changed careers by trying his hand at cow rearing!! But in 1978, when another producer, Jean Vanloo called him to Brussels to record the vocals on a track, Patrick played, in between recording sessions, Born to be Alive and the producer thought it could be a hit.
They record the track, but Vanloo decides to disco it up by cranking it up to 133 beats per minute and highlighting the drums. While it sounds good, the track is still missing something! Another ex-Paris Palace Hotel band member Herve Tholance, suggested that the song could be improved if they add a funky guitar riff that the Spencer Davis Group used on a live performance of Gimme Some Lovin'. With all the elements in place, it seems the single will be a smash hit! Unfortunately it isn't that easy, as no French music label wanted to release it! Patrcik and Jan decided to push it on Italian radio, where it becomes a monster hit. Patrick received a gold single for it in 1979 which prompted CBS France to sign him up. They quickly set up a promotional tour which helped the single rocket to the top of the disco charts. The promo tour ended in Chile in 1981 and helped Hernandez and 'Born to be Alive' sell over 23 million singles, with gold and platinum status from over 50 countries. He remained at number one in France for four months from April 1979 and was the first Frenchman to be awarded a Certified Gold Disc for US sales over 1 million. In February 1980, he was awarded a special trophy inscribed: "To Patrick Hernandez for transcending his rock roots by making Born to be Alive a disco hit" by Billboard Magazine.
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Chak de [Film: Hum Tum (2004)] |
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catchy hook is lifted from a Middle Eastern track, 'Yalla ya shabab' by Ragheb Alama (Album: 'Saharouny
Leil', 2001). |
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Listen to
Chak
de |
Yalla Ya Shabab |
| Also refer to
other lifts of the same original - Indi-pop page: No. 6 and
Anand Raaj Anand Page: No. 9 |
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I'm the best/ Aur Kya [Film:
Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani (2000)] |
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This particular piece that appears in the
2nd stanza in 'I'm the best' and in the 2nd interlude in 'Aur
kya', interestingly, is a direct lift from a part of the main title
song of the 1968 MGM classic 'Chitty chitty bang bang'! |
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Listen to
I'm the best piece
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Aur Kya 2nd interlude
| Chitty chitty bang bang
piece |
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This seems more like a tribute to me, but
given the amount of direct lifts Jatin Lalit have to their
credit (?), words like tribute have no meaning, actually!
This is a rather inconsequential (why do I use that word?
Because, this piece which appears well at the end of a inner
stanza does not in any way affect the main flow of the song.
In other words, I do not believe that this particular piece
could be the moot point for creating this song!) piece of
inspiration could be Jatin Lalit's tribute to one of their
favorite soundtracks! Hey...that sounds like a very decent
way to describe plagiarism! |
Trivia: 'Chitty
chitty bang bang', the movie had music by Richard M. Sherman
and Robert B. Sherman. Based on Ian Fleming's (yeah, the man
behind James Bond!) original story, this children's musical
classic is about a nutty single dad inventor, his two kids,
and their amazing flying car. This was also produced by Bond
film producer Albert Broccoli!
Another Trivia: The movie 'Phir bhi dil hai hindustani'
is in itself a poor remake of another poor trash, 'Switching
Channels' (1988) starring Kathleen Turner and Burt Reynolds. |
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Yaara yaara [Film:
Hum Tum (2004)/ Chanda chamke [Film:
Fanaa (2006)] |
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Seems to be inspired from the middle eastern
band Miami Group's 2000 track 'al-Samra Wil Beyda' |
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Listen to
Yaara yaara |
Chanda chamke |
al-Samra Wil Beyda |
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Yup...the tune seems to be inspired even
though there's enough additional stuff by Jatin Lalit to make a
difference in both versions! |
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Ladki kyon [Film:
Hum Tum (2004)] |
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Blatant lift from Lebanese singer Andy Madadian's 'Roya'. |
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Listen to
Ladki kyon |
Roya |
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We have by now established
the fact that Jatin Lalit are incorrigible. Here's more dope
to that - 2 lifts in one film from a single Middle Eastern
album! Their 2004 score for Hum Tum not only has Miami
Group's 'Al-samra wil beyda' in the form of the track, 'Yaara
yaara' (that was not used in the movie and the tune was
re-recycled in Fanaa as 'Chanda chamke') but also 2 lifts
from Lebanese composer Ragheb Alameh's repertoire. One (Chak
de) has already been documented. The other is, 'Ladki kyon'
which borrows more-than-generously from the Ragheb-composed,
'Roya' that was sung by Iranian/ Armenian singer Andy
Madadian. I do understand that Prasoon Joshi's lyrics are
the main highlight of this track, but whatever little tune
there is in this playful banter of a song rightly belongs to
Ragheb! Now, Andy's 2000 album 'And my heart...' contains
Roya. It also has 'Yalla', the original of 'Chak de', with
composing credit to Ragheb, while Andy has sung it. So, in
all probabilities, Jatin Lalit helped themselves with a 'dho
lo, dhono muft', from this album. Ragheb's 'Yalla' did
feature in his 2001 album, 'Saharouny Leil' too, as I had
mentioned in the 'Chak de' listing |
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Aankhon mein tumhari [Film: Haasil (2003)] |
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Inspired by
Alan Parsons Project's
'Psychobabble' from their 1982 album, 'Eye
in the sky'. |
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Listen to
Aankhon mein
tumhari |
Psychobabble |
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To give credit where its due, Jatin
Lalit 'use' just the first two lines of the original - albeit blatantly
- and work their way from there, in their inimitable style. The Hindi
tune is very, very Jatin Lalit'ish - the sudden outburst in 'Baahon mein
na tume ho' is something that one instantly associates with their
musical style. Pretty interesting lift, this! Psychobabble was the first
song to be recorded in the commercially super successful 'Eye in the
sky' album and was composed almost a year before any other song was
recorded in this album. |
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