KARACHI – Pakistan’s popular singer Farhan Saeed has alleged Bollywood composer Salim Merchant of stealing his song Roiyaan on Saturday.
Turning to Twitter, Saeed revealed that after hearing the song by Merchant, he observed an unmissable resemblance to his own track ‘Roiyaan’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3LF0HRRHQY
“Someone just sent me @salim_merchant song HAREYA, which is a total copy of my song ROIYAAN,” he alleged.
He went on to condemn asserting that act of plagiarism that is rampant across the border: “I wonder they have the audacity to call themselves artists when they steal someone’s work. Karna hi hai to pooch ke kuro aur ager poochna nahin hai to at least acha to kuro! [If you want to take something, seek permission and if not at least do it right].”
https://twitter.com/farhan_saeed/status/1172796844021374977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenews.com.pk%2Flatest%2F526473-farhan-saeed-alleges-bollywood-composer-salim-merchant-of-stealing-his-song
Responding to Farhan’s accusation, Merchant replied to Saeed’s tweet saying: “Farhan I just heard your song. It’s a mere coincidence that the chorus of Haareya is like your song. To be honest I’ve never heard it before. It happens many a time when notes have a natural progression from each other. @Sulaiman & I have a track record of never plagiarising.”
https://twitter.com/salim_merchant/status/1172798515090608128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenews.com.pk%2Flatest%2F526473-farhan-saeed-alleges-bollywood-composer-salim-merchant-of-stealing-his-song
The 35-year-old singer replied back and said “If you say so! Another coincidence is we have the same lyricist! Anyway good luck!”
https://twitter.com/farhan_saeed/status/1172801189567750144
It does not end here. The Indian singer has advised Farhan Saeed to check with the songwriter. He said he would have made changes to the composition of “Haareya” if he heard the Pakistani song earlier.
https://twitter.com/salim_merchant/status/1172803160521338882
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