“The Qawwali Bhar do Jholi is an EMI product which was not only released by EMI Pakistan but also recorded and produced under our banner. “They have not done justice to the heritage of our elders and I have hired a lawyer to sort out this matter,” he said.ĮMI Pakistan, on the other hand, are all set to send separate legal notices to Salman Khan Films and Kabir Khan Films, Media Concepts (the company responsible for airing the film’s music in Pakistan) and also to 8xM and Jalwa music channels, which are subsidiaries of Media Concepts. The version used in the film has been reworked by well-known composer Pritam Chakarborty and the film is being produced by Salman Khan Films and Kabir Khan Films.Īmjad is not only unhappy by the work ethics of the Indian producers but is also disappointed at the quality of the Bollywood version of the qawwali. This is an asset of my father Ghulam Farid Sabri and my uncle Maqbool Sabri.” “This is not an ordinary Kalaam it’s the property of my family and will continue to be so for the coming seven generations. “Revamping the qawwali without my permission or consent is simply unethical and inappropriate,” Amjad Sabri told Roznama Express. Pakistan’s biggest record label EMI Pakistan and Amjad Sabri qawwal, heir to the famous Sabri brothers, have called for legal action against the producers of the film and the qawwali in separate instances. But a legal battle by the qawaali’s original producers that has followed its release makes the quality of the soundtrack a rather trivial matter. However, it received mixed reviews, with many finding it bland owing to the incompatibility of Adnan’s sweet vocal texture for something as raw as a qawaali. He proudly stated that the recreation of this classic brought an iconic revival to this masterpiece which would have otherwise blurred from our mind.The qawwali was revamped with the voice of Adnan Sami Khan for the Salman Khan-starrer and went viral soon after its release. Moreover, he shared that one of the daughters of the Sabri Brothers contacted him on Social Media after hearing his version of the qawwali and said that his father would have been proud if he had heard it.
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He has composed the rest himself.”įurther he compared the Bahr de Jholi with other all-time favorite classics including ‘Lal Meri Patt’ and ‘Dama Dam Mast Kalandar’ saying that when Kabir Khan launched ‘Bhar Do Jholi Meri’, his opening statement was that this is a qawwali that has been re-adapted and recreated from an iconic qawwali in the past. He added, “Pritam would always say that the portion ‘Bhar Do Jholi Meri Ya Mohammad’ has been the only portion taken from the original qawwali. Read More: Amjad Sabri to Sue Bajrangi Bhaijaan Song ‘Bhar Do Jholi Meri’ Jauntily replying on the issue, he said that he wasn’t aware of any such controversies or legal notices being sent anywhere.He added that the composer of the song, Pritam has nowhere ever said that he had composed the particular song. It talks about the popularity of qawwali and accepts the practice of their reworking by various artists as long as ‘original copyrights get the rightful remunerations for their creations’:Ī three-day deadline has been given to the Bajrangi filmmakers to fulfill legal formalities.Īs a response to Amjad Sabri’s outcry against the recreation of the popular qawwali, ‘Bhar do Jholi Meri’, Adnan Sami has made a defending statement in his recent interview with Bollywood Hungama. The notice dated July 9th 2015 is addressed to Kabir Khan, Salman Khan, Adnan Sami Khan, T-Series and Media Concepts (T-Series’ representative in Pakistan). ‘Bhar Do Jholi’ is a qawwali, sung by the late great Sabri Brothers, Haji Ghulam Fareed Sabri and Haji Maqbool Sabri. UPDATE: EMI Pakistan has issued a legal notice that bans Bajrangi Bhaijaan from using the song ‘Bhar Do Jholi Meri’ without the fulfillment of legal formalities.