KARACHI : Singer Sohail Shahzad has announced filing a case against Rahat Fateh Ali Khan for plagiarising his 2013 hit Naina in the 2016 Indian Punjabi film Tiger. Shahzad expressed that he had sued ‘Rahat’ and the Indian record label as well.
He told “I got to know that the song has been copied back in 2016 when people started commenting and sharing it with me on social media,” he said. “I’m a fan of Happy Raikoti, the lyricist of Rabba, the copied version. So I emailed the Indian record label, explaining the situation to them, but didn’t get a response.”
On whether it’s logical to file a case against Khan, as he is not the composer (Laddi Gill is), Shahzad said that because using the Indian record label meant they must have a representative in India to handle the legalities, it would make the process difficult. “We are giving Rahat Sahab the notice so his team can approach the record label because they will obviously contact him, and so that we can establish a link. I know for sure they would have known of this song before.”
Sohail is all set to fight for his song’s plagiarism and he expressed that “Art and music are not even considered a profession here so nobody cares for copyrights. We should know how to secure its legal rights and take it seriously as a profession. Back in the day, I’m sure they had paperwork to make sure songs don’t get stolen,” continued Shahzad.
He also Said “But, as far as I see, for the last 10-15 years, nobody has cared. With this campaign, my intention is to make musicians more aware of intellectual property theft. We need to take care of this. This is our bread and butter.” We hope that the matter get resolve and both the singers don’t develop a bad taste for each other. Let’s have a look at Shahzad’s song of the year 2013:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbEzisBVYzg
