Jug Jugg Jeeyo: After Pakistani singer accuses of plagiarism, T-Series say they have legal rights to song
Earlier, Pakistani politician and singer Abrar Ul Haq had accused makers of stealing his song without any legal rights.
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Mumbai, May 24: Makers of Jugjugg Jeeyo unveiled the trailer of the film just a day back. In this short span of time, controversy erupted when a writer claimed that makers had plagiarised his story, and a Pakistani singer said that his song was also copied. Now, T-series has responded to the claims that the latter has made.
T-Series released a statement that they had the legal rights to remake the song. The statement read, “We have legally acquired the rights to adapt the song #NachPunjaban released on iTunes on 1st January, 2002 & available on Lollywood Classics’ YouTube channel, owned by @1Moviebox , for #JugJuggJeeyo produced by @DharmaMovies.”
“All due credits shall be included across all platforms when song releases. As represented by Moviebox Records Label the said song copyrights exclusively vest with moviebox only with all valid documents,” the statement further read.
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Earlier, Pakistani politician & singer Abrar Ul Haq had accused makers of stealing his song without any legal rights. In his tweet, he had written, “I have not sold my song “ Nach Punjaban” to any Indian movie and reserve the rights to go to court to claim damages. Producers like @karanjohar should not use copy songs. This is my 6th song being copied which will not be allowed at all. @DharmaMovies @karanjohar.”
Jugjugg Jeeyo will release on 24th June. The film stars Anil Kapoor, Neetu Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Kiara Advani, and Maniesh Paul. It will also mark the big screen debut of Prajakta Koli.