"My songs in Jannat are not completely original" - Pritam
 By Subhash K. Jha, Bollywood Hungama News Network Pritam never denies his sources of inspiration. Whether it is the successful songs in Awaraapan or Race, he accepts the inspirational charges with grace. But the charge that the chartbuster 'Yeh Ishq Haaye Jannat Dikhaye' in Imtiaz Ali's Jab We Met is ripped off from Indonesian singer Anggun's French number 'Etre une femme' has the habitually-calm composer frothing in indignance. "I've never denied the sources for my songs. So why should I deny it now? But the fact is, I had never heard Anggun's song when I composed the song in Jab We Met. I don't know the song myself. My friend who's a keyboard player had the groove programmed. I liked the groove and I composed my tune on it. I composed the song in front of so many people. I can guarantee the melody isn't anyone's but my own. I must admit the groove is similar to the one in my song. But that's it. And too to is totally unintentional. Not a note in the rest of my song sounds like Anggun's tune. And if anyone can prove I've copied her song I'm ready to stop composing songs forever. Catching his breath Pritam admits, "In fact, let me tell you my songs in Mukesh Bhatt's forthcoming film, Jannat, which I had claimed were completely original are no longer so. Some parts of the soundtrack now have borrowed sounds. But 'Yeh Ishq Haye' in Jab We Met is an absolute original." |
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I remember correctly In Ek Hasina Ek Khiladi almost every track had 3 copied tracks (Dr. Zeus, Beyonce and many others) , again done by the great Pritam !
Very soon he realised that copying English / UK World Music is a bad idea, so he decided to copy no-so-famous Arabs, South East Asian and other artists’ original works (ofcourse without giving them any credit) !
Right from his debut till today he has never done any original work, and if any then they sucked !
Pritam you are the new age Anu Malik. I think Anu Malik was better atleast he used to use the term “I got inspired”
Bhatts should act less selfish and stop signing Pritam just because listeners buy anything which is soothing to ears and it doesn’t matter to them if the tune is original or not !
it is not the original composition of pritam nd it hasn been written by kamran....its word to word copied by the pakistani band 82 rockers....changed the music a bit nd here is it...the so called original song as said by pritam....
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