Singer Gippy Grewal defined the messy controversy surrounding his track Nach Punjaban, which featured within the movie JugJugg Jeeyo. The singer revealed that he did not even know that his vocals had been used for the movie, and discovered solely months later. He additionally revealed the fixed confusion across the track and the copyright points that Dharma Productions ultimately confronted.
Gippy stated that he was requested to sing Nach Punjaban, so he recorded it and despatched it throughout. “Nobody called me for three months. So I assumed that nobody liked my vocals and they didn’t use it. After seeing the poster for the film, he asked music composer Tanishk Bagchi if his vocals had been used, and Tanishk said ‘No, it was Dharma’s call’.” Gippy said that he accepted it and wished them luck. “The next day, the trailer came out and I didn’t watch it because I thought that my song hadn’t featured in it, so I wasn’t interested. My brother called then and said, ‘You sang well, you didn’t tell me?’”
Feeling relatively confused, Gippy watched the trailer and realized that the track was nearly the essence of the video. He added that because it will need to have taken a lot effort to chop the track and deal with the vocals, he puzzled how nobody advised him about it. He messaged Tanishk requesting them to not use his vocals, as he did not really feel like singing the track. “They had clearly used it, they usually referred to as me and tried to elucidate. Their whole promotion was primarily based on the track, no one stated who sang it. I do not know what competitors they’d.” Nach Punjaaban was used closely within the promotions for the movie as properly.
He felt much more nettled later, after singer Abrar Ul Haq, who sang the unique observe, tweeted that he had not bought his observe to Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions. His tweet had learn , “I have not sold my song “ Nach Punjaban” to any Indian film and reserve the rights to go to court docket to assert damages. Producers like @karanjohar mustn’t use copy songs. This is my sixth track being copied which won’t be allowed in any respect. @DharmaMotion pictures @karanjohar.”
Gippy continued, “I was stuck. I realised this is Abrar’s song, and they’ve taken his rights—and I’ve grown up listening to him, and I respect him a lot. And I had not signed any agreement, and I got a nice call from Azeemji in Dharma Productions so I signed, and I explained that it’s not about the money, and to please not do this. I don’t understand these things…”
Juggjugg Jeeyo, starring Varun Dhawan, Kiara Advani, Anil Kapoor and Neetu Kapoor launched in June and emerged as a good field workplace success.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
