Abrar ul Haq will proceed to take legal action against Karan Johar// Abrar Ul Haq to sue Karan Johar & T-Series for ‘The Punjaabban Song’?

Abrar ul Haq will proceed to take legal action against Karan Johar// Abrar Ul Haq to sue Karan Johar & T-Series for ‘The Punjaabban Song?

Singer Abrarul Haq, who these days referred to as out Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions and T-Series for lifting his 2002 hit Nach Punjaban for the precious’s upcoming movie Jugjugg Jeeyo, is now adamant on taking criminal action in opposition to the filmmaker for using his music.

It appears the time has handed when Bollywood ought to break out with stealing tracks with the aid of sincerely “crediting” folks who made the originals in a YouTube video. Haq turned into silenced after calling out the Indian giants and is not making plans to settle for an insignificant mention. Judging from his trendy video message, he does now not find any consolation inside the fact that one of these renowned filmmaker and document label has rehashed and used his chartbusting wide variety both.

On Saturday, the singer took to Twitter and shared a clip of himself pronouncing, "A lot of fans were asking me 'Why have not you went to court docket against Karan Johar and T-Series for stealing your song Nach Punjaban?’ The solution is, sure, I'm going to the court docket don't worry. Merely announcing that the credit score has been given due to the fact the tune is properly written and might make their movie a success. I in no way gave you the track, I by no means gave everyone the rights to my music. It belongs to me so I'll get it again and I'm coming to the court docket, see you there!”

 Stop stealing our songs

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.@karanjohar @TSeries @DharmaMovies #StopStealingOurSongs pic.twitter.com/6EMJ6rZRlD

— Abrar Ul Haq (@AbrarUlHaqPK) June 4, 2022

 Haq took to social media on Saturday and said, “A lot of enthusiasts were asking me why you haven’t gone to the court against Karan Johar and T-Series for stealing your track Nach Punjaban. The answer is yes. I’m going to the court, don’t worry. Merely announcing that the credit has been given because the tune is well-written and would make their movie a success. I by no means gave you the song; I in no way gave each person the rights to my tune. It belongs to me, so I’ll get it lower back and I’m coming to the courtroom, see you there.”

On May 28, Johar released the track video for the a great deal-debated-upon music titled The Punjaabban Song, which saw the JugJugg Jeeyo cast comprising of Varun Dhawan, Anil Kapoor, Kiara Advani and Neetu Singh, dancing to the famous chorus and hook of Haq's 2002 album Nach Punjaban’s title song of the equal call. The video description mentions the singers and lyricist in the back of the music. It features Haq's name after Tanishk Bagchi. And that isn't always enough for Haq.

In his today's tweet, Haq has tagged the record label T-Series and Moviebox who have no longer yet answered on Twitter. Both had previously stated they “legally aquired” Nach Punjaban after Haq levelled a plagiarism allegation in opposition to them. On May 22, the Billo singer had tweeted, "I even have now not offered my tune Nach Punjaban to any Indian film and reserve the rights to visit court docket to say damages. Producers like Karan Johar should not use copied] songs. This is my sixth song being copied [and it] will now not be allowed."

While written and accomplished by way of Abrar, it's miles pertinent to say here that Nach Punjaban is sourced to Moviebox Birmingham Limited on Spotify. Following Abrar’s tweet, the United Kingdom record label’s Twitter deal with issued a declaration of its very own, making Abrar's case weaker. The label stated that Nach Punjaban have been officially licensed to be protected inside the movie and that Johar and his production agency have the felony rights to use the it for their upcoming movie. They additionally referred to as the fifty three-12 months-antique singer's tweet "defamatory" and "absolutely unacceptable".

Abrar, albeit, tweeted once more, claiming his track has now not been certified to any entity. “Nach Punjaban has no longer been licensed to anybody. If a person is claiming it, then produce the settlement. I might be taking criminal action,” he shared, adamant. With an altered bridge and fairly the equal refrain, The Punjaabban Song uses the identical music and guitar hook as Haq’s Nach Punjaban, similarly to some variant in lyrics. JugJugg Jeeyo is directed by means of Raj Mehta and is a joint production between Johar's Dharma Productions and Viacom18 Studios. The film is about to release in Indian cinemas on June 24 this year.

The Express Tribune had reached out to Abrar thru text and contact, but, the singer did now not respond to any request for a remark. Johar and the solid have not commented on the claims made with the aid of Haq both.

Pakistani singer Abrar-ul-Haq has ultimately been given credit for his iconic music Nach Punjaban used in Karan Johar’s present day venture JugJugg Jeeyo. Taking to Instagram Story, the properly-acclaimed Indian director shared the track’s new edition of The Punjaabban Song’s poster which featured Haq’a name alongside Tanishk Begehi.

Both of them had been credited for the song and lyrics of the track that's slated to best on YouTube on Saturday. This comes after Haq publically called out the filmmakers for the usage of his famed tune without taking his permission or proper to it.

“I have now not sold my track Nach Punjaban to any Indian movie and reserve the rights to go to court to assert damages,” the Billo hitmaker wrote on social media earlier than adding, “Producers like Karan Johar should now not use copied songs. This is my sixth tune being copied, a good way to not be allowed at all.”

However, T-Series later launched an announcement to refute the singer’s claims.

“We have legally acquired the rights to adapt the track Nach Punjaban from the album Nach Punjaban released on iTunes on 1st January 2002 and is likewise available on Lollywood Classics’ YouTube channel, owned and operated through Movie box Records Label, for the film JugJugg Jeeyo produced through Dharma Productions.” Moreover, Varan Dhawan, who is starring in the imminent film alongside Kiara Advani, also weighed in at the controversy over the dance wide variety.

“T-series has placed out a respectable statement approximately this they legally certified the rights. I think if you have international corporations like YouTube and Spotify… When they're playing music they have got very strict legal guidelines approximately copyrights. It’s no funny story. All the techniques were accompanied,” he said as in keeping with IANS reviews.