Pritam says he is not a Copy Cat

hrishikesh
#1. February 28th, 2008, at 9:26 PM.

i cant understand whats so wrong if sum1 takes a foreign tune and composes a song on it…bsides if he had not used those tunes as a reference then we wud hav missed out on so many gr8 songs and why blame him alone the site link u hav provided u hav provided lists most of the luminaries of Indian music including the gr8 RD Burman and A.R.Rehman!! ..so just imagine how many gud songs we wud hav missed…bsdes i feel its wrong to blame any music composer if the tunes r lifted for songs in mahesh bhatt’s films cos its a known fact that they force the music composers to lift tunes and rework them to Indian tastes and judging by the fantastic music every bhatt film guarantees atleast I M not complaining!!!

Ali@bollynewz.com
#2. February 29th, 2008, at 2:01 AM.

i have accepted the fact that nothing he does is original :D…..i just enjoy his ‘remixes’

ned
#3. February 29th, 2008, at 1:37 PM.

I completely back Hrishikesh, the song Knocking on the heavens door was sung by ten different artists, its renditioned differently. and the copyrights are so very nascent in India, i guess, Pritam is a soft target, since he does not defend. And the parameters of huge money in the movies is involved, what if he’s pressurised, we only see the superficial front news, there are layers of truth behind it!

adila yemen
#4. March 8th, 2008, at 11:04 PM.

pritam is the best music lestener . Hi choses the best of other music composers and with some changes he make them next charttoppers so I like what he did too much .

The Anonymous Plagiarist
#5. March 20th, 2008, at 11:23 PM.

But then due credit should be given beforehand for cover version and also due permissions obtained if necessary. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door was undoubtedly sung by so many bands, but then no body claimed it to be their own and gleefully accepted any awards that some ignorant groups might have bestowed upon them for their ‘original scores.’

He should stop calling himself a music director and better me termed as a music arranger.

Music Lover
#6. March 21st, 2008, at 2:08 PM.

Ok..find it pretty strange to see so many ppl supporting Pritam or the larger picture “plagarism”…ok think about it..bollywood is longer just mumbai bangalore or patiala…its global…its being played on streets of San Deigo and clubs of London…and think abt an outsider listening to something like Gela Gela song (Akshay and kareena)..only to realise its a R Kelley song..and puts it off saying tis disgusting…come on guys..there has to be originality and something which has to unique..if we need to get a global audience for Indian Music…or ya as others told above..”we” wud have missed out on many songs if not for plagarism…ya we can keep listening and keep enjoying and let rest of world treat us as copy cats…

Pooja
#7. March 22nd, 2008, at 12:44 AM.

Check out the article and the proof of all of Pritams copied songs here

http://www.pinkvilla.com/?q=node/21341

Dost
#8. April 1st, 2008, at 5:06 AM.

There is no doubt that from last few years Pritam is giving best musics in Bollywood. I agree some of his tunes are similar with others, but see the bis office. After all his 90% musics are successful. Music is not a science where you have to deliver a unique product. Even every singer follow the same music mantra SAREGAMAPA, may be in different languages. I can 100% confirm that no single song in the world is unique at his own. If you use some special software you can find out some tune are similar with other song. This is because whatever musical instruments are used are more common , only thing is some sur is different. But that can never be unique. Music is for entertaintment. So don’t target Pritam or any other musicians if they are really entertaining you , your family , your frends etc. Instead we should all praise him for his fatastic efforts.

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gRiNcH
#9. May 4th, 2008, at 2:00 PM.

omfg, u guys r such fu**ing losers man, u have no ethics, no standards…u guys can’t and never will be authentic music lovers, ur just fakers who like to listen to the latet hit song, be it copied or original…i’ll bet u danced ur ass off and based ur life around kaanta laga when d remix came out…sad to see ppl like u also exist…

prashanth
#10. May 11th, 2008, at 10:44 AM.

if you lift one or two its fine.. or maybe the beat or part of the tune.. but copying the song entirely..and doing it everytime.. thats really bad..
copy cats like pritam should be prisoned for life for ever.. or be banned from the music industry.. he is a disgrace to the indian music industry.. he can mislead the world that indians dont have any originiality..

PringleZ
#11. May 14th, 2008, at 12:04 AM.

i just dont get it… u guys are losers… i refer to those of who seems to blame pritam for everything he’s done till now.. cant u get the point here?? he’s brought really well rendered music from around the world and we enjoyed it throughout the last year. without him we would have to have been listening to s**t from the industry (leave alone ar rahman, shanker mahadevan and the lot). this guys done the work beautifully. if you think that this guy is a criminal or that of a sort, stop listening to him, its ur ears rite, close it if you feel irritated… and if u think ur so perfect, go make some music then.. who is stopping u … and one day you yourself will also be flicking from somwhere…u bloody b@$ket of fL0w3rs,,,

DarkRival
#12. May 16th, 2008, at 4:07 AM.

If there’s nothing with copying music, movie ideas, and scenes then I’m sure bollywood won’t mind people pirating their movies and music. It might just be hypocrisy if they do.