Masakali 2.0 Row: Javed Akhtar And Sameer Plan On Going To Court Against The Remix Trend
Backlash for Masakali 2.0, has started a new debate in the music industry. Even the creators of the original like AR Rahman, lyricist Prasoon expressed their disappointment
The
backlash
for
Masakali's
remix,
titled,
Masakali
2.0,
has
started
a
new
debate
in
the
music
industry.
The
song
was
hated
by
many,
even
the
creators
of
the
original
like
AR
Rahman,
lyricist
Prasoon
Joshi
and
singer
Mohit
Chauhan
expressed
their
disappointment.
Now
lyricist
Sameer
Anjaan
and
Javed
Akhtar
believe
the
best
way
to
fight
these
recreations
is
to
go
to
the
court.
Sameer
Anjaan
told
PTI,
he
is
miffed
with
the
trend
of
recreations
as
the
original
creators
are
never
duly
credited.
Sameer
is
well
known
for
his
songs
in
films
like
Kuch
Kuch
Hota
Hai,
Raja
Hindustani,
Kabhi
Khushi
Kabhie
Gham
and
more.
He
said
that
he
spoke
to
veteran
screenwriter-lyricist
Javed
Akhtar,
who
is
the
chairman
of
Indian
Performing
Right
Society
(IPRS),
regarding
the
issue.
"What's
happening
is
not
right.
We
are
totally
against
it
and
also
planning
to
take
this
to
court
to
fight
this.
Because
we
give
rights
to
them
(music
labels)
for
a
particular
film
only
but
they're
recreating,
utilising
the
songs
in
different
films
and
projects.
I
spoke
to
Javed
Akhtar,
as
he
is
the
chairman
of
IPRS,
and
we
all
are
planning
to
go
to
court.
That's
the
only
solution
otherwise
they
won't
stop," Sameer
added.
Talking
about
his
own
experience,
he
said,
"They
credited
Shabbir
Ahmed,
who
has
written
only
two
lines
of
the
song
in
the
beginning.
Rest
all
is
my
original
work.
In
future,
how
will
the
coming
generation
come
to
know
who's
the
original
writer?
The
credits
are
done
in
a
way,
they'll
think
it's
penned
by
someone
else,"
Dilbar
Dilbar
originally
written
by
Sameer,
was
recreated
by
Bhushan
Kumar's
T-Series
for
the
John
Abraham-starrer
Batla
House
in
2019.
"Most
of
the
writers
who
are
part
of
the
recreations
openly
take
credit
for
the
new
work,
on
stage
and
even
in
award
functions.
How
can
they
do
this?" he
added.
Sameer
also
revealed
that
the
music
label
don't
buy
the
rights
from
the
original
creators
nor
consult
them
for
any
songs
before
rehashing
it.
He
called
it
"absolutely
unethical"
and
added,
"we
have
to
fight
this."