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Copied songs of Bollywood - music piracy?

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There are hundreds of songs in Bollywood which are directly copied, adopted or inspired from other songs. Some of these songs saw huge success in the Bollywood film industry. What I don't understand is, where we have certain music directors who have been engaged in making their own music and mark, how can another bunch think of coping the tunes of some other songs and present as their own work? Well, below are few very famous Hindi film songs which got the popularity among Indian people, but actually were adopted or copied from works by other musicians and music directors. Original song TAK BISAKAH from the album Alexandria (2005) by Peterpan ZIGEUNERJUNGE released as a single in 1967 by Alexandra (Doris Treitz Nefedov) YA GHALI (Arabic song) from the album Qissati (2002) by Guitara AH REUM DA OON SA RAM from the Korean series Nae ireumeun Kim Sam-soon (2005) by Seo Yoo Suk RETURN TO THE ALAMO (an instrumental track) from the album Tasty (1977) by The Shadows (Orches...

Crossroads at Phoenix MarketCity, Bangalore (concert photography)

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Crossroads, a classic-rock band from Bangalore, India played at a city hot-spot on Friday, December 27, 2013. The band covered songs from Metallica to Dire Straits. The evening was fun as we got to sit at the "Trader Vic's" and witnessed the entire concert sipping beverages. Below are few moments of the show. Vicky Mahanta of Crossroads at Phoenix MarketCity Tushar, Vicky and Pradipto of Crossroads Santanu Bhuyan and Tushar of Crossroads Crossroads at Phoenix MarketCity Prashant Singh and Santanu Bhuyan of Crossroads Crossroads at Phoenix MarketCity Prashant Singh of Crossroads at Phoenix MarketCity Santanu Bhuyan and Vicky Mahanta of Crossroads Vicky Mahanta of Crossroads at Phoenix MarketCity Juby Thomas and Pradipto of Crossroads

Aawaz wins Best Music Video Award at the Mumbai Shorts International Film Festival, 2013

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Aawaz - speak up against sexual violence was made with an aim to sensitize people of various social evils such as sexual violence, child abuse and marital rape. The music video of the bilingual song won the Best International Music Video Award at the 'Mumbai Shorts International Film Festival 2013' held on 14 December 2013. Read more at ReviewNE and The Sentinel . Watch the video Here . | Download Aawaz Here Eastern Chronicle, December 30, 2013 Dainik Agradoot, January 1, 2014 Adinor Sombad, January 2, 2014 Gana Adhikar, January 2, 2014 Janasadharan, January 3, 2014 Asomiya Pratidin, January 2, 2014 Dainik Assam, January 1, 2014 Sankarjyoti, January 2, 2014 The Sentinel, December 30, 2013 Ganajiwan, January 3, 2014