Singer and philanthropist Abrarul Haque announced on Saturday that his lawyers in the UK had issued a legal notice to the Moviebox Records label for “misuse” of his song.Nach Punjaban‘ (Dancing Punjabi Woman) in filmmaker Karan Johar’s Bollywood film”live the world,
Last month, Haque took to Twitter to accuse Johar and the filmmaker’s company Dharma Productions of stealing his song and said they never sold the rights to him.Nach Punjaban,
In response to Haq’s tweet, record label Movie Box said on Twitter that the song was officially licensed for inclusion in the film and that Johar and his production company had the legal right to use the song in an upcoming film. was. He called the 53-year-old singer’s tweet “outrageous” and “completely unacceptable”.
Later, the singer clarified that her song was not “licensed” to anyone and urged those making such claims to reach a settlement. Haque had warned of legal action in the tweet.
Record label T-Series also issued a statement on Twitter, saying that they “legally acquired the rights to adapt the song”.Nach Punjaban‘ That was … available on Lollywood Classics’ YouTube channel, owned by Movie Box.”
Earlier this month, Haque shared a video of himself saying: “A lot of fans are asking me ‘why didn’t you go to court against Karan Johar and T-Series for stealing your song. Nach Punjaban, The answer is yes, I am going to court, don’t worry. Just saying that the credit is given because the song is well written and will make his film a hit. I never gave you a song, I never gave anyone the right to sing my song. It’s mine so I’ll bring it back and I’m coming to court, see you there.”
The name of the song of the movie is ‘punjabban song‘ and uses the exact same tune as Haq’s original but with different lyrics. It was released on 28 May and was shared by Johar as the first song from the upcoming film, featuring Varun Dhawan, Anil Kapoor, Kiara Advani and Neetu Singh in the popular chorus and hooks of Haq’s song from his 2002 album. danced on.Nach Punjaban,