Regardless of how ‘well timed’ the lawsuit was, Rabbi was completely justified on suing Onir for using his song, Ballo, as ‘Jalte hain’, in the film, Sorry Bhai, with music by Gaurav Dayal and Vivek Philip. The main melody was exactly same and so is the prominent hook that starts right from the words, ‘Jalte hain’ (which is prominent enough to name the song!) and all the way up to the most catchy part, ‘Dekhle…’ – it’s the same! I had mentioned this in my Milliblog music review of Sorry Bhai – way back on November 13th! If Rabbi chooses to sue Onir 2 days before the film’s release, so be it – the timing (opportunistic or otherwise) is beside the point. The point is Onir and Gaurav Dayal need to pay for plagiarism. And, I’m appalled to note the court’s verdict – “We are of the opinion that the main constituents of a song are the melody, and some similarity in the rhythm of the accompanying acoustic guitar cannot be sufficient to infer that the appellant has plagiarized the plaintiff, song. In any event the lyrics of the two songs are entirely different. Consequently we are of the prima facie opinion that the song ‘Jalte Hain’ is not a reproduction in material form of the plaintiff’s song“. Exceptionally unfair! The same court (albeit a different judge) used the ‘untrained ear‘ reasoning for the Ram Sampath Vs Roshans case – isn’t this case far more apparent to the same untrained ear? Justice denied!
And, what is this ‘Ayesha’ song being referred to in Onir’s write-up? Where did that pop out from? Any idea who’s song this is?
Check out ItwoFS – Milliblog’s parent site for relevant, edited, low quality audio clips (in real audio format) to compare both songs and arrive at your own conclusion!
