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		Home > Articles > CineGoer.com Copy Cat Crown (Part 1) CineGoer.com Copy Cat Crown (Part 1) APK | June 05, 2006 Part 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 Calling all music enthusiasts. How many times have you music lovers listened to our very own Telugu songs by our favorite music composers and felt that you've heard it before? May be resembling an English or Hindi tune that you know of? Many times. Well, this section is for you all, and for the others, as ignorance is not really bliss, and our cinegoers have a right to know who's aping who. Especially if the former 'who' are our favorite music makers in 'mana' Tollywood. Now for the credit of all composers everywhere, one cannot be expected to churn out tune after original tune, movie after successful movie. Let's give them a well-deserved break. These are but a few basic notes, and all the music that is conceived is from them. There is nothing wrong if you find similarities between one song and another. Songs based on a particular Raaga right from the ethereal and timeless Lahiri Lahiri Lo in Maya Bazar to the latest Manasa Vacha from Godavari are all based on Raagas to cite two well-known examples. That doesn't come under musical plagiarism. So where exactly does one draw the line? Blatant lifting off tunes from another contemporary is not cool. In fact, it's the most uncool thing to do, especially without the knowledge of the original tune's composer. And copywriting laws in India are not much to write home about. It's only after the Sahara One episode involving Karishma Kapoor's serial 'Karishma' which an US-based novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford claimed is her script that international copywriting laws have become more rigid-but still not rigid enough. as a saving grace, Karan Johar bought the remake rights of the song 'Pretty Woman' by Roy Orbison before using it in his movie 'Kal Ho Na Ho'. But right here in our Tollywood, music directors are lucky and producers are luckier-no one's asking them to pay or suing them for copying a tune. It's still disheartening to find out that your favorite composer's highly successful song (for which he has taken due credit) is actually a copy of an even more successful English or Hindi number. CineGoer.com digs and reveals such famous hits for the benefit of true-blue Telugu movie buffs and music lovers. Today we pick Mani Sharma and Koti-such talented composers who have given huge successes and established records, literally. This is not to undermine their talent-it's all in good humor... and a wake-up call. And of course, there is the coveted Copy Cat Crown to be given to the composer who shows better flair at copying. May the best man win. Mani Sharma: The composer with the cap put his topi on Ricky Martin recently when he lifted the Latino star's 'Jaleo' to use it in his latest offering-Pokiri... which song? The super hit composition 'Devuda,' sung by Naveen. A while ago in NTR Jr.'s hit flick 'Aadi,' Mani Sharma enthralled the audience with his beautiful copy of Tarkan's 'Kiss Kiss' song from the album 'Simarik'. You've probably figured that we are talking about 'Chiki Chiki Bam Bam'. May be Tarkan stopped kissing after he heard about this successful borrower. Incidentally, the song was also copied by music composer Dina in Tarun-starrer 'Adrustam' (Hollywoodu Handsome Hero). Also, the song Lokam (sung by Kalpana) from 'Bobby' is a direct lift of the track Love Don't Cost a Thing by another popular Latino star Jennifer Lopez. Even before that Mani Sharma borrowed from Dada Kondke's Marathi song 'Dhagala Lagli Kala' (which was recently remixed) and used it, giving Mahesh Babu's introduction 'Dum Dum Dum Nataraju Adali' in Murari. Koti: Meanwhile 'Sangeeta Brahma' Saluri Rajeshwar Rao's music composer son, Saluri Koteshwara Rao, more popularly known as Koti, also borrows liberally from his international colleagues quite often (we're guessing the lenders don't know they are lending) and is therefore a strong contender for the CineGoer.com Copy Cat Crown. When the buxom Spanish lass Shakira belted out 'Whenever, Wherever' she topped the charts everywhere. Surely our Koti must have taken a liking to this song (or Shakira)... and Voila-we have 'I'm Very Sorry' song from 'Nuvve Nuvve'. No change. And for Venkatesh-Katrina Kaif Starrer 'Malliswari,' most of the songs are famous English hit songs, the most popular of them being 'Janmajanmala' which is a copy of 'Rhythm Divine' by Enrique Iglesias. In another Venktesh starrer 'Nuvvu Naaku Nachhav,' the biggest hit in the movie 'Okkasari Cheppaleva' has been composed by Robert Miles... Koti took the bows. In a recent interview, Bollywood director Mohit Suri was asked, "It seems that your movie Zeher has been inspired from a Hollywood movie, is it true?" And the young Turk answered-"No, it's not inspired. I have shamelessly lifted the entire script." Well, that's not a good thing to do, young lad, but at least your honesty levels tip the scales. Will our composers stand up to their tune-lifting flaws then?