if you listen to other south indian music in films they do not sound ar rehman kind at all
You must have heard "yeh dil deewana hai dil to deewana hai" by lata mangeshkar its copied from an old kannada song
You all must have heard a song from srk "aisi deewangi deki nayi kabhi" from deewana, again copied from kannada song of 70s
Than naino main badra chaye from mera saya again kannada old song copied
Than bindiya chamkegi choodi kankegi again kannada song
Cheeni kum hai again kannada song again of 80s
OK i copied this info from a site
Even tamil songs are copied into hindi - google it to know which all hindi songs are copied from tamil, kannada, telugu and malyalam etc
Obivously no credits were ever given in 50-80s even if songs were copied blindly from south india or english movies etc. OP nayyar, RD burman, C Ramchandra all copied blatantly and became super hit. Majority super hit songs in hindi movies from 50s to 80s was copy from south india or english. Its just that people did not have internt so do not know original songs.
I would say from 50-80s many songs palagarised from south india movies and hollywood and we consider them as great songs composed by the music director. The poor original music director never got any credit or profit nothing and copying them OP nayaar, RD Burman, C Ramchandra all became great musicians. I also did not know all this till internet came and i googled and found article and youtube on copied songs. You will be shocked how many songs are copied by hindi music directors from 40s or 50s only. I think the original creators must get recognition in future atleast for all those copied songs. People are making crores singing songs and claiming its theirs by copying others. How would you feel if your hand work is claimed by others as theirs and they mint money out of it for decades saying royalty or performing abroad on stage your songs. These original music directors must have died in penury or living in penury if they are alive(south india).
When i was a kid i thought wow how great are old music directors and these new ones do not know how to give music. But now i realize that i started researching from a few years, the current ones are more scared to copy as we keep an eye on them as internet its tough to hide a copy song. But till 2000s open copying took place in hindi movies. And no one knew at all because no internet penetration.
Edited by myviewprem - 5 years ago
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