Makers of ‘Baadshaho’ forced to drop ‘Keh Doon Tumhe’ for this reason

Looks like the makers of ‘Baadshaho’ are in trouble. The film features a song that is a remix of ‘Keh Doon’ Tumhe’ originally from the 1975 film ‘Deewar’. Now, the owner of Trimurti Films, Rajiv Rai has filed a copyright infringement case against T-series and the verdict is ruled in his favour.

Speaking to Mid-Day, Rajiv said, “When you make a song, you sometimes give the remix rights to the music company. But, in this case, we had not given the rights to Polydor. So when T-Series took the remix rights from Universal, the company told them categorically that if Trimurti Films sues them, they will have to fight it out. It’s not just a fight for me, but for all producers in Bollywood.”

He even accused makers of movies ‘Machine’ and ‘Azhar’ for copying tracks like ‘Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast’ and ‘Oye Oye’ without his permission. Said Rai, “Not many producers bother confronting a music company. Earlier, many of my songs like ‘Oye Oye’ (‘Tridev’, 1989) and ‘Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast Mast’ (‘Mohra’, 1994) were recreated. The concerned people said that I have given them permission. But the truth is, nobody ever sought my permission, nor did I ever make a penny out of it.” (Also Read: Here’s why Ileana D’Cruz got teary eyed on the last day of ‘Baadshaho’ shoot)

Bhushan Kumar, chairman of T-series confirmed that the song is no longer a part of the movie. He said, “We’ve always bought recreation rights from the respective music companies. This is the first time that the rights were fractured. We have dropped the song from the movie and pulled it down from all networks.”

Directed by Milan Luthria and starring Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi, Ileana D’cruz, Esha Gupta and Vidyut Jammwal, ‘Baadshaho’ is all set for release on September 1, 2017.

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