BAADSHAHO TO DROP 'KEH DOON TUMHE' SONG AFTER COURT ORDER

You've been listening to the song on loop. It's all over the radio. It's become the go-to song for all the music channels. Unfortunately, you won't get to hear it in the film! The makers of the Ajay Devgan and Emraan Hashmi starrer Baadshaho will not be able to use the remixed version of Keh Doon Tumhe from Deewar (1975), according to an order by the Bombay High Court.

In a judgment passed by the division bench of the Mumbai High Court, Rajiv Rai won the case against Bhushan Kumar's music company Super Cassettes Industries. The verdict stated that the makers of Baadshaho cannot use the song, which was originally a part of Deewar (1975).

Rajiv Rai, whose Trimurti Films owns the rights to the song, won the case against producer Bhushan Kumar’s music company T Series. The case went to court after Kumar appealed against a decision by Justice KR Shriram restraining the film’s release if the song was used.

Sharing his thoughts on the remix rights of the song Rajiv said, "When you make a song, you sometimes give the remix rights to the music company. But, in this case, we had not given the rights to Polydor. So when T-Series took the remix rights from Universal, the company told them categorically that if Trimurti Films sues them, they will have to fight it out. It's not just a fight for me, but for all producers in Bollywood."

“Not many producers bother confronting a music company. Earlier, many of my songs like Oye Oye from Tridev and Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast Mast from Mohra were recreated. The concerned people said that I have given them permission. But, truth is, nobody ever sought my permission, nor did I ever make a penny out of it,” he further added.

On the other hand, Bhushan Kumar (MD and chairman, T-Series) said, "We've always bought recreation rights from the respective music companies. This is the first time that the rights were fractured. We have dropped the song from the movie and pulled it down from all networks."

The remixed track Socha Hai featured Emraan Hashmi and Esha Gupta. Besides Emraan and Esha, the film also stars Ajay Devgn, Vidyut Jamwal, Sanjay Mishra and Ileana D’Cruz in lead roles and is all set to hit the theatres on 1st September.