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| Taaren hain baraati [Film: Virasat (1997)] <TC> |
| Inspired from Simon and Garfunkel's classic 'El condor pasa'. |
| Listen to Taaren hain | El condor pasa |
One of the most creative inspirations by Anu Malik, the hard work he has put in really shows! El condor pasa is an 18th century Peruvian folk melody. Around 1916, Peruvian composer Daniel Alomias Robles notated this popular traditional melody and used it as the basis for an instrumental suite. The 'If I could' words are by Paul Simon!
Also listen to
One of the traditional Peruvian version of El condor pasa (by Los Calchakis). And listen to another version of this original by Anu Malik, in Jaanam (Refer listing no. 39 in this page) | |
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| Mera piya ghar aaya [Film: Yaarana] <TC> |
| Ripped off from Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's 'Mera piya ghar'. |
| Plagiarism at its worst! | |
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| Loye loye [Film: Yaaraana] <TC> |
| Ditto from Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's song 'loye loye' |
| Again, plagiarism at its worst! | |
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| Tere Dar pe Sanam [Film: Phir teri kahani yaad aayi] |
| From Pakistani singer Mazhar Firdaus's song 'tere dar par sanam' |
| Looking for an audio clip of the original Pakistani song. | |
| 5 |
| Jawani Diwani [Film: Chamatkar] <TC> |
| Lifted straight off Boney M's 1979 number 'Bahama Mama' from their album 'Oceans of Fantasy'. |
| Listen to Jawani Diwani | Bahama Mama |
| 'Bahama Mama' is a catchy disco track about Bahama Mama who has six daughters whom she can't get married. It was released as the second single back-to-back with 'I'm Born Again' and also released in an extended version on the 12" single. | |
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| O Meri Neend Churane Wale [Film: Chamatkar] <TC> |
| From Dr Hook's 'When you're in love with a beautiful Woman' |
| Listen to O mere neend churane waale | When you are in love... |
| Lifted. Also listen to Bappi Lahiri's version of the same original - Bappi Lahiri page, 4th listing. | |
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| Dole Dil Dole [Film: Baazi] <TC> |
| Ditto from the Come September tune! |
| Pathetic! | |
| 8 |
| Jaane mujhe kya hua [Film: Baazi] <TC> |
| From Beethoven's Fur Elise! Again!!!! |
| Even more pathetic! | |
| 9 |
| Dheere dheera aap mere [Film: Baazi] <TC> |
| From Mehdi Hassan's ghazal Rafta rafta! |
| Listen to Dheere dheere | Rafta rafta |
| Hmmm...that's the third lift in this movie! | |
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10 |
| Aisa zakhm diya hai [Film: Akele hum akele tum] |
| The opening lifted from Deep purple's Sweet child in time |
| Listen to Aisa zakhm diya hai | Child in time |
| Ditto! Rest of the tune is original and is a very good tune, at that! The Deep Purple song came out in 1970 and was part of the album 'Deep Purple in Rock' | |
| 11 |
| Dil mera churaya kyon [Film: Akele hum akele tum] <TC> |
| From Wham's Last Christmas! |
| Listen to Dil mera | Last Christhmas |
| Bah, why did he have to copy such a popular number? | |
| 12 |
| Raja ko Rani se Pyar ho gaya [Film: Akele Hum Akele Tum] <TC> |
| From the Love theme - Godfather by Nino Rota! |
| Listen to Raja ko | Godfather theme |
Ditto! Good inspiration, though! Also listen to Sanjeev Darshan's version of the same original - Hindi-Others page, 26th item! An interesting trivia rejoinder: One of this site's visitors, CB, wrote in asking if I thought the Godfather love theme sounds similar to Dimitri Tiomkin's Academy Award winning score for 'High Noon' (the song was also called 'Do not forsake me...'). When I heard Dimitri's number, I felt it sure did have traces of Nino's score....or the other way round, since Nino's Godfather score came in 1972 while High Noon came in 1951!. Incidentally CB remembered such a similarity after listening to the Aashiq number! Try listening to the High Noon number and compare it with Akele hum akele tum's 'Raja ko rani se pyaar ho gaya'....the opening is very much there but with subtle differences and even the part which goes 'dil jigar dono ghayal...'! Surprising! Interestingly, both Dimitri Tiomkin and Nino Rota have won Academy awards for their respective works in High Noon and The Godfather. Its a different story that the Academy realized that some of the music for The Godfather was recycled from an Italian movie ('Fortunella') that Nino had scored some time back and declared it ineligible in its category and withdrew the nomination. However, two years later, Rota was nominated in the same category for his work on "The Godfather: Part II," and this time he won the Oscar (but had to be content by sharing it co-composer, Carmine Coppola, father of director Francis Ford Coppola - and grand dad of actor Nicholas Cage!!)
Listen to Do not forsake me (High Noon) | |
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| Tu waaqif nahi [Film: Khiladiyon ka khiladi] |
| From Fernando by Abba. |
| Listen to Tu waaqif nahi | Fernando |
| There are definite shades of Fernando in the Hindi version but good improvisation on Anu's part. | |
| 14 |
| In the night [Film: Khiladiyon ka khiladi] |
| From Laura Branighan's 'Self Control' |
| Yup, copied! | |
| 15 |
| Sun sun sun barsat ki dhun [Film: Sir] |
| Lifted from Jose Feliciano's 'Listen to the falling rain' (1972)! |
| Listen to Sun sun sun | Listen to the falling rain |
| Direct lift! Also listen to R D Burman's interpretation of the same original - R D Burman page, item 24. | |
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| 18 |
| Pehla Pehla pyar layi hoon [Film: Maalamaal] |
| From Beethoven's Fur Elise! |
| Yet to hear the Maalamaal song! | |
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19 |
| Tu woh tu hai [Film: Beqaabu] <TC> |
| Ditto from the theme of The Good, The Bad and the Ugly. |
| Ugh! | |
| 20 |
| Sandese Aate Hain [Film: Border] |
| Opening portion inspired from 'With A little help From my friends' by Beatles. |
| Found this mention in a Top 50 copied songs list in Mid Day magazine. It does sound similar, but since the rest of the song is completely different, we could set this aside as a coincidence! | |
| 21 |
| O Main Tera Tum Mere [Film: Ram Shastra] |
| Lifted off 'More than I can say' by The Crickets, made popular by Leo Sayer! |
| Listen to O main tera | More than I can say(Leo Sayer's version) |
| Trivia: 'More than I can say' was released first as part of the 1960 Crickets album, 'In style with Crickets'. The Crickets were formed in 1957 and have influenced nearly every major rock performer in the US. The Beatles too. Even the name 'The Beatles' is inspired by 'The Crickets'! | |
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22 |
| Neela Duppata [Film: Hamesha] |
| Beats copied from Michael Jackson's 'They Don't really care about us' |
| Yup, lifted! Tune is a bit original, though! | |
| 23 |
| Arre Baba [Film: Auzaar] <TC> |
| From Los del rio's Macarena! |
| Downright silly copying! | |
| 24 |
| Dil De De Dena [Film: Dhaal] <TC> |
| From Los del rio's Macarena! |
| :-)))) | |
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25 |
| Yeh kaali kaali aankhen [Film: Baazigar] <TC> |
| Inspired by Dean Martin's 'The man who plays the mandolino'! |
| Listen to Yeh kaali kaali | The man who plays the mandolino |
| Surely inspired! The Chabili number 'Lehron pe lehar' also is inspired from the same Dean Martin number! Check out the Hindi Others section - 1st entry! | |
| 26 |
| What is love? [Film: Gentleman] <TC> |
| From Haddaway's 'What is love'! |
| Really? | |
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| Hai mera dil [Film: Josh] <TC> |
| A combination of Gypsy Kings' number 'Djobi Djoba' and Brian Hyland's 'Sealed with a kiss'!! |
| Listen to Hai mera dil | Djobi djuba | Sealed with a kiss |
| The beginning of the tune of surely inspired by the Gypsy Kings' number! The inside portions are ripped from Brian Hyland's Sealed with a kiss! | |
| 29 |
| Is tarah aashiqui ka [Film: Imtihaan] <TC> |
| Inspired by the oldie classic 'Autumn Leaves'! |
| Listen to Is tarah aashiqui ka | Autumn leaves |
| I've heard Nat King Cole's version of Autumn Leaves, however I could only manage Andy Williams' version, which is equally good! Anu has of course worked pretty well on the hindi version of the tune! | |
| 30 |
| Ek shararat hone ko hai [Film: Duplicate] <TC> |
| Inspired by Laura Allen's 'Slip and Slide' |
| Listen to Ek shararat | Slip and slide |
| Anu bhai owes quite a lot to Laura for his hindi number! | |
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| 32 |
| I was made for loving you [Film: Jaanam Samjha Karo] <TC> |
| Inspired by KISS's 'I was made for loving you'! |
| Listen to I was made for loving you (JSK) | I was made for loving you (KISS) |
| The tune and words 'I was made for loving you' has been lifted directly. But the rest of the song has been done pretty well by Anu Malik. | |
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33 |
| Love hua [Film: Jaanam Samjha Karo] <TC> |
| Inspired by the 70s hit, 'Angelo' by Brotherhood of Man! |
| Listen to Love hua | Angelo |
| Inspired, but pretty good work by Anu Malik! | |
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| 35 |
| Kaise kahoon kaise ho tum [Film: Ishq] <TC> |
| Prelude lifted from 'Right beside you' by Sophie B Hawkins. |
| Listen to Kaise kahoon | Right beside you |
| The Ishq number is sort of based on the tune of the prelude and that prelude is lifted! | |
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| Aisa milan [Film: Hamesha (1996) ] <TC> |
| Lifted from the tune by Andrew Lloyd Webber, 'The Phantom of the Opera' from the musical of the same name! |
| Listen to Aisa milan | The phantom of the opera |
| Lifted straight! | |
| 37 |
| Hum to dil se [Film: Josh] <TC> |
| Lifted from Vangelis' 'Conquest of paradise'! |
| Listen to Hum to dil se | Conquest of paradise |
| Also lifted by Rajesh Roshan as an interlude in Koyla's 'Badan juda' (Rajesh Roshan page, No. 26) | |
| 38 |
| Teri Chahat Ke siva [Film: Jaanam (1993)] <TC> |
| Lifted from Simon and Garfunkel's 'El condor pasa'! |
| Listen to Teri chahat ke siva | If I could (El condor pasa) |
| Also refer to another lift of the same original by Anu Malik (First listing in this page!) | |
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| Hamesha Title Song - Hum aur tum [Film: Hamesha (1996)] <TC> |
| Lifted from Josef Ivanovici's 'Anniversary Waltz'. |
| Listen to Hamesha Title Song (Hum aur tum) | Anniversary Waltz (Instrumental) | Anniversary Waltz - With vocals by Al Jolson |
| Anu Malik has lifted enough for the Saif Ali Khan-Kajol starrer Hamesha (1996) - The rhythm of 'neela duppatta' lifted off Michael Jackson's 'They don't really care about us' and 'Aisa milan kal ho na ho' lifted off Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera! Now here's the third...the title song. Its a waltz scene in the movie and Anu Malik has appropriately lifted a classic waltz. The original is called 'Anniversary Song' (1845-1902) - also called 'Anniversary Waltz' or 'Blue Danube Waltz', composed by Romanian composer Josef Ivanovici, a contemporary of Austrian composer/conductor Johann Strauss Jr. It was the first and second part of Ivanovici's 'Waves of the Danube' waltz suite. In 1946, singer Al Jolson recorded a vocal version of this track and it was subsequently covered by a lot of people including Guy Lombardo, Dean Martin and so on. | |
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| Oh I love you daddy (title song) [Film: Akele hum akele tum] |
| Partly inspired by the Jim Reeves number 'But you love me daddy' |
| Listen to Akele hum akele tum (Oh I love you daddy) | But you love me daddy (Jim Reeves) |
| The Jim Reeves number was released in 1959, with words and music by Kathryn Twitty. | |
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| Tumko sirf tumko [Film: Kuch Khatti Kuch Meethi (2001)] <TC> |
| Inspired by the Beatles track, 'Norwegian Wood' |
| Listen to Tumo sirf tumko | Norwegian Wood |
| The Beatles track was part of their 1965 album Rubber Soul. Also check out RDB's use of the same track in the RDB Page, entry no. 30. Talking about Anu Malik's version, a more knowledgeable person like George Thomas (he of the georgethomas blog fame!) says, "...different metre (like 'love story'/'jeevan ke din')...the distinctive chord change (if in the key of D, it would be the shift to C and through a passing G back to D) is a dead giveaway...". | |
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| Bichoo bichoo [Film: Chamatkar (1992)] <TC> |
| Lifted from the 60s hit 'I will follow him' by Little Peggy March. |
| Listen to Bichoo bichoo | I will follow him (Little Peggy March) |
'I will follow him' is originally by Petula Clark, who first sang it in French under the name 'Chariot' in the early 50s/ 60s. She later did an English version with the title, 'I will follow him' in 1962. So where does Little Peggy March come into the picture? RCA producers Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore ("Hugo and Luigi"), best known today for their work with Sam Cooke, found Clark's song and got March to record the number in a new version with simpler lyrics, now known as "I Will Follow Him". Clark's original recording was a slow, moody, soulful piece, with the singer seeking the depths of the song's meaning, all without the doo wop-style "did-ip, da did-ip, da did-ip" chorus. It sounded like the work of a woman. March's recording, by contrast, picked up the tempo, added a doo wop-style male chorus and a pulsing arrangement, with prominent drums and chorus, and her breathy, breathless reading of the lyrics. It sounded like the work of a passionate girl, and it defined a certain girl-group sound. March is still known by this song, despite many other successive albums!
Listen to Chariot (Petula Clark) |
| Trivia note on Little Peggy March: Little Peggy March, at 15, only ever had one big hit during her decade with RCA Records, but that song, "I Will Follow Him," spent three weeks at the number one spot on the charts and even topped the R&B charts for a week as well. It pretty well helped define the early girl-group sound. Her subsequent hits, "I Wish I Were a Princess" (which was featured prominently in John Waters' period romp Hairspray) and "Hello Heartache, Goodbye Love," scored much lower in the Top 40. RCA continued to record March for ten years, right into the early '70s, but she never scored an American hit of any consequence after early 1964. By contrast, in Europe, she was a popular recording artist for many years and scored several major hits, especially in Germany, where she moved in 1969. Margaret Battavio, aka Little Peggy March, had dreamt of a singing career for most of her young life, and had been winning talent contests as a young girl. She was signed to RCA in 1962 at age 14, and made her debut that year with a cover of the song "Little Me," taken from a Sid Caesar Broadway hit, which vanished without a trace. Her second single was to ensure her place in the pop music reference books, however! | |
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| Tere dar par sanam [Film: Phir teri kahani yaad aayi (1993)] |
| Prelude lifted from the theme track of the 1971 movie 'Summer of 42', composed by Michel Legrand. |
| Listen to Tere Dar Par Sanam | Theme from Summer of 42 |
| No comments!!! | |
| 44 |
| Kaho na kaho [Film: Murder (2004)] |
| This song is not composed by Anu Malik, even though he's been credited as the composer. Its a different thing that, that happens to be the case with most other songs listed above :-))). Anyway, check the original of this song in 'Trivia' page - No. 12! |
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| Jaane Jaana [Film: Murder (2004)] |
| The original is actually a Bengali pop song by the popular Bangaldeshi band, 'Miles', called 'Firiye Dao'. |
| Listen to Jaane Jaana | Firiye Dao |
| The original was part of Miles' 1993 album, 'Prottasha'. Needless to say, the Hindi version is a note-to-note copy of the original - even the orchestration is lifted blatantly. |
| Trivia Note on Miles: Miles initially became popular for replaying English songs. Their popularity continued after the release of their own Bangla songs. Hamen and Shafen (the main musicians), are sons of Feroza Begum, the Nazrul geeti singer. Miles started their music career by releasing the first self titled album in 1982, where all the numbers were in English. The second album called "A step further" was also in English. They released their first Bangla album in 1991, called "Protusruty". The second Bangla Album was released in 1993, called "Prottasha". This was a hit and still remains the only best selling pop album in Bangladesh. The third Bangla album called "Prottoy" came out in in 1996. | |
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| Bheegey Hont Tere [Film: Murder (2004)] |
| Blatant lift from the Pakistani track 'Menu tere naal', by Najam Sheraz. |
| Listen to Bheegey hont tere | Menu tere naal [Listen to the full song here] |
| The original was part of Najam Sheraz's 2000 album called 'Pyar Karanu Dil Karda'. In fact, Najam was so peeved when he saw the Indian lifted version on the TVs recently and decided to get back at them by adding his song to the song's footage from Murder and aired it as a new music video for his track in Pakistani channels! | |
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| Jab Bhi...Koi [Film: Hera Pheri (2000)] |
| Inspired by Mark Morrison's 1996 track 'Return of the mack' |
| Listen to Jab bhi...koi | Return of the mack |
| Partly inspired. But it sure looks like Anu has worked extra hard to add his own stamp to the song. |
| About Mark Morrison: Morrison, who was born in Germany but grew up in Highfields (Leicester), split with Warner in 2000 because of his controversial off stage antics. He was jailed for sending a look-alike to complete a community service order while he was on tour. His 1996 dance floor anthem Return Of The Mack, has sold three million copies worldwide. | |
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| Chale Jaise Hawaayein [Film: Main Hoon Na (2004)] |
| Inspired by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's 'Yeh jo halka halka suroor hai' |
| Listen to Chale jaise hawaayein | Yeh jo halka halka |
| Though Anu Malik has considerably worked on his version, the opening is a sure-shot giveaway! | |
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| Mohobbat Zindagi Hai [Film: Nazar (2005)] |
| Blatant lift from Mehdi Hassan's classic ghazal with the same lyrics. |
| Listen to Mohobbat Zindagi Hai - Nazar | Mehdi Hassan |
| Mahesh Bhatt and his Pakistani influences/ lifts are already very famous. The strange thing is, while he keeps lifting tracks from Pakistan for his films made under the Vishesh Films banner, he also goes across to Islamabad trying to promote his movies. Won't our neighbors feel annoyed looking at this man, who, in one hand lifts their tracks with no credit to the original composer and on the other, talks of cross-border friendship and exchange of movies? What kind of flawed logic is this? If this doesn't expose this man's hypocrisy and money-mindedness, what else will? | |
| 50 |
| Woh lamhe and Agar tum mil jao [Film: Zeher (2005)] |
| Even though the audio company credits Anu Malik for 're-creating' the songs in this movie (Roop Kumar Rathod credited as the 'composer'), I refuse to buy this crap from the Bhatt camp. Going by Anu Malik's dubious past, this could be a ploy to get away with plagiarism. |
Listen to Agar tum mil jao (Zeher)| Agar tum mil jao (Tasavvur Khanum)
Listen to Woh lamhey (Zeher) | Woh lamhey (Jal) |
| The composing credits in Zeher seems maha-murky. While Roop Kumar Rathod has been credited for 'composing' the tracks, others including Anu Malik have been credited for 're-creating' some tracks. So we've Anu Malik re-creating 'Agar tum mil jao' while it is originally a Pakistani ghazal by Tasavvur Khanum and Mithun and Naresh Sharma re-creating 'Woh lamhey' while it is originally a Pakistani pop track of the same name by the band Jal. Interestingly one of Jal's ex-lead singers Atif Aslam has rendered the Hindi version. The band Jal broke off in a spectacular fashion recently and last heard there's a litigation going on for the use of the band's name Jal by both the members! Zeher has an interesting problem - there's no single composer you can pin the blame on...is this Mr Bhatt's novel ploy to avoid the issues he had in the lifted tracks in Murder? But he sure could be sued by the makers of the 2003 Denzel Washinton starrer 'Out of time' since Zeher is a scene-by-scene lift of that movie! Finally, does Roop Kumar Rathod know of these lifts? What does he has to say since he's the official 'composer'? | |
| 51 |
| Yeh khushi ki mehfil/ Churalo dil [Film: Hum to mohobbat karega (2000)] |
| Both inspired by French singer Edith Piaf's 'La vie en rose'. |
| Listen to Yeh Khushi ki mehfil | | La vie en rose |
| You might recall Pancham's fabulous interpretation of the same original in Bade Dilwala (Kahin na jaa - RDB Page, No. 34). Anu Malik's version too has some improvisations that would force me put it under inspirations and not call it a lift! | |
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| 53 |
| Deewana dil [Film: Inteha (2003)] |
| Lifted off Maurice Jarre's Theme from Lawrence of Arabia! Again! |
| Listen to Deewana dil | Theme from Lawrence of Arabia |
| So Macarena is perhaps not the only song that Mr Malik chose to lift twice! | |
| 54 |
| Chakle chakle [Film: Deewane Huye Paagal (2005)] <TC> |
| Lifted from Kevin Lyttle's 2003 chartbuster 'Turn me on' |
| Listen to Chakle chakle | Turn me on |
| Shame on you, Anu dude! | |
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