Poor Pritam exposed on TV...

http://www.santabanta.com/cinema.asp?pid=15430

Poor Pritam exposed on TV...

By Subhash K Jha Poor Pritam Chakraborty. The home medium just doesn't seem to like him, or his music. A few weeks ago on Meri Awaaz Ko Mil Gayee Roshni on Star Plus Pritam was mercilessly satirized when the film's aspiring singer-heroine went to meet a music director with hair falling into his face. A sure caricature of Pritam! And now on Star's music contest Voice Of India, Pritam is exposed like never before. When a contestant Arindam Chakraborty sang Bheegi bheegi… Hamari adhuri kahani from Gangster Pritam was praised for his composition by one of the judges. To this, the contestant who was from Kolkata volunteered that the tune was originally composed by Gautam Chattopadhyay. Judge Alka Yagnik stopped the contestant to say the contestant should restrict himself to singing his song and not comment on other matters. But Aadesh intervened and supported the boy. "Why should people who openly copy songs not be exposed on television? It's so wrong to lift someone else's tune and pass it off as your own specially since the artiste Gautam Chattopadhyay who composed the original song is no more. At least let's respect the dead," says Aadesh angrily.

oh 😕 😕 😕 but aadesh acts as if he's a saint 😡

Unnecessary discussion. Pritam already credited the band "mohiner ghoraguli" (Gautam-da was the founder) for that song.

i came back as i found this article where he states tht he never claimed his songs are original 😳

What are you doing popping up right in front of the camera in Metro?
It was a publicity strategy I'm real ly not into acting. I didn't have to speak a single line of dialogue..my screen time in Metro is just about 12 minutes. There are six songs in the film spread over two hours.

So, it looks as if my band and I are there throughout the film. Anurag Basu wanted the band to push the story narration ahead. Only he could have made me do something like that. Otherwise, I would have thought a thousand times before showing my mug on screen.

In any case, this isn't the first time that a composer has popped up on screen... but yes, it's the first time that a composer links the different stories together..

Will the three-member band last?
Actually four. Soham Chakraborty is also a part of it. Initially, it was just for the film. But in the makeup van we'd have discussions on Pink Floyd and all sorts of rock music..which took me back to my college days when I played for a band in Kolkata.

So, I intend to continue with the band, we'll be recording an album independently .

Have I ever said that all my songs are original? Whenever I've been inspired by a song, I make sure to acknowledge its copyrightDespite chartbusters, aren't you being criticised constantly?
Obviously that means I've arrived. I don't mind being under the scanner. There was a time when Annu Mallik, Jatin Lalit and Nadeem Shravan were at the butts of criticism. That's a part of the profession. I love it, I love criticism.

What about the charges of plagiarism?
Have I ever said that all my songs are original? Whenever I've been inspired by a song, I make sure to acknowledge its copyright. I don't do anything illegal, I don't massacre a song..

It takes as much effort to recreate a song as it takes to compose an original. My job is done when people dance to the songs I create. If the issues of copyright are sorted out, blind plagiarism will be eliminated from the music business.

By the way, have other filmmakers approached you to make on-screen appearances?
Have you lost it? I'm horribly camera conscious. I'll send you a VCD of a short film I acted in. If anyone sees that, no one will dare to even think of casting me in a film. Himesh Reshammiya is a different ball game. He has attitude, he looks cool in the promos of his film (Aap ka Suroor), I'm sure he'll be a good actor

Nakal ke Liye Bhi Akal ki Zarorat hoti Hai - Preetam Rocks !!

I agree that Pritam's music is rocking!!! 😊

I HATE THIS AADESH HEZ A *****. HEZ PROLY JEALOUS OF PRITAMS MUSIC OF COURSE HE WOULD BE CUZ HEZ NOT GETTING ANY OFFERS LATELY WUTA ****** HE SHOULD GO SHOOT HIMSELF OR JUMP OFFA CLIFF I HATE THAT *****

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Does he really acknowledge the copy rights? I doubt it he did it when he COPIED Waqar's: "Mera naam hai mohabbat" and came up with "IN DINO dil mera" from Life in Metro.