Badshah On Genda Phool Credit Row: Ratan Kahar's Name Not In Records, But Will Help Him Financially
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oi-Swikriti Srivastava
By P T I
Rapper
Badshah
on
Tuesday
denied
allegations
that
he
used
folk
artiste
Ratan
Kahar's
lyrics
in
his
track
'Genda
Phool'
without
credits,
saying
he
could
not
find
the
lyricist's
name
anywhere
in
the
records.
The
music
video,
starring
Jacqueline
Fernandez,
is
among
the
top
trends
on
YouTube
but
a
section
of
social
media
users
has
pointed
out
how
the
song
does
not
mention
Kahar's
name.
Taking
to
Instagram,
Badshah
said
as
an
artiste,
he
would
never
rob
another
of
his
credit.
He
mentions
the
lyrics
as
'Bengali
folk'
as
Kahar's
name
was
nowhere
in
the
records.
"It
took
us
time
to
speak
to
you
because
we
were
trying
to
find
his
name
in
the
records.
But
then
a
lot
of
people
started
tagging
me.
There
is
a
documentary
on
him,
in
which
he
mentions
that
he
has
written
this
song.
To
me,
as
per
the
records,
it
is
a
Bengali
folk
song," the
singer
said.
Badshah
said
the
term
folk
imply
a
song
of
the
people.
"I
am
sure
he
is
a
great
artiste...
It
is
such
a
beautiful
composition
and
piece
of
music
and
I
just
wanted
to
sample
it
in
a
song
and
I
wanted
the
whole
world
to
listen
to
it."
"Whosoever
has
tweeted
me
and
all
those
who
made
this
documentary
and
his
well
wishers,
I
want
you
to
reach
out
to
Ratan
Kahar
and
tell
him
that
I
am
here
and
he
can
reach
out
to
me,
I
would
love
to
help
him.
I
have
heard
he
is
struggling
financially
and
I
want
all
my
friends
from
the
fraternity
to
support
folk
artistes."
The
rapper
said
he
would
love
to
help
the
artiste
in
'whatever
form
I
can,
on
humanitarian,
artistic
grounds'.
"But
as
of
now,
as
per
records,
it's
a
Bengali
folk
song.
It's
not
in
the
records
that
it's
written
by
Ratan
Kahar
ji.
I
have
no
qualms
in
helping
him.
if
there
was
no
lockdown,
I
would
have
come
and
met
you."
"People
are
saying
I
have
taken
his
credit
but
there's
nothing
like
that.
When
we
have
given
credit
to
everyone,
who
has
worked
on
the
video
and
audio
why
wouldn't
we
mention
his
name?
It
is
about
just
two
lines."
Kahar,
who
is
in
his
70s
and
hails
from
Birbhum
in
West
Bengal,
claimed
that
he
wrote
the
song
but
never
got
any
recognition
for
it.
His
song
has
been
recreated
in
the
past
as
well.
"The
lyrics
of
this
song
were
written
by
me
and
music
composition
was
also
mine.
But
I
never
got
any
recognition
for
the
song
and
it
pains
me
a
lot.
I
am
Ratan
Kahar,
who
never
got
recognised
for
the
song.
You
judge
what
kind
of
justice
is
that,"
Kahar
said.
The
folk
artiste
appealed
to
writers
and
literary
personalities
to
protest
against
the
plagiarism.
"There
are
so
many
writers
and
good
people
around
us
but
nobody
protested.
Those
singing
the
song
don't
understand
its
spirit
and
ruin
its
earthiness,"
he
added.