Yes, we've borrowed Rowdy Rathore music from the original: Sajid-Wajid

Yes, we've borrowed Rowdy Rathore music from the original: Sajid-Wajid
Friday, May 04, 2012 18:14 IST
By Subhash K Jha, Santa Banta News Network
/> In what could easily be considered an unprecedented move to anticipatory exoneration Wajid, one-half of the chart-busting Sajid-Wajid duo has come forward to declare that a part of the music in their Rowdy Rathore score is borrowed from the original score in the Telugu film Vikramarkudu.

"There is a signature tune in Vikramarkudu which we couldn't avoid. It was an integral part of the theme in the Telugu film.

Our producer Sanjay Leela Bhansali who is very music-minded, our director Prabhu Deva and my brother Sajid decided that we needed to incorporate that refrain in the Hindi remake, so we did, " states Wajid unapologetically, and adds tongue-in-cheek that there is nothing underhand about the appropriation.

"We've taken the rights of the original music and then we've used it.We've also changed the original tune completely. But we still want to draw attention to the borrowed bits before others jump in gleefully and accuse us of plagiarism."

Wajid volunteers that the borrowed riffs are fully paid for. "The right to use the original music has been officially bought.We didn't have to do that because we changed the original tune completely.But we didn't want to rob anyone of their rightful dues."

There's an added reason why Sajid-Wajid decided to take the derivative root for Rowdy Rathore. "The Vikramarkudu score is by M M Kreem. We're big fans of Kreem Saab.

And we agreed to borrow his tune only because it's an honour to associate with him. Otherwise we maintain we'll never borrow let alone copy anyone's music. If anyone catches us doing so we are willing to apologize publicly."
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