Over
the
weekend,
rumours
surfaced
in
Bollywood
over
a
plagiarism
accusation
thrown
at
music
director
Pritam
over
his
eloquent
creation
'Pyaar
Ki
Pungi'
from
the
Saif
Ali
Khan
starrer
Agent
Vinod.
The
beginning
beats
of
'Pyaar
Ki
Pungi'
have
'supposedly'
been
taken
from
a
song
titled
'Soosan
Khanoom'
by
an
Iranian
band
called
Barobax.
However,
despite
the
accusation
thrown
at
Pritam
has
come
out
to
clarify
that
the
furor
surrounding
this
whole
process
is
quite
ill
founded.
Sandeep
Shirodkar
says,
"The
similarity
between
'Pyaar
ki
Pungi'
and
'Soosan
Khanoom'
is
the
Persian
groove.
But
that
basically
means
that
both
songs
fit
a
certain
genre.”
Sandeep
added,
“Musically
and
lyrically,
they
are
poles
apart.
Consider
the
Indian
songs
from
the
60's.
Each
one
of
them
had
a
consistent
dhol
and
tabla
pattern.
So
does
that
mean
that
every
new
song
that
has
a
dhol
or
tabla
playing
in
the
background
is
now
a
copy
of
some
number
that
was
produced
decades
ago?
More
importantly,
all
the
loops
used
in
the
songs
have
been
officially
purchased
from
established
software
developers."
Sandeep's
words
undoubtedly
throw
much
needed
light
on
the
whole
situation.
Pritam
has
created
some
great
chartbuster
in
the
recent
past
and
there's
no
doubt
that
'Pyaar
Ki
Pungi'
is
another
in
the
making.
In
a
world
like
B-town
where
every
small
bit
of
controversy
gets
blown
out
of
proportion,
lets
hope
that
this
time,
all
the
unnecessary
drama
is
avoided.