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Top Pakistani Qawal clan sends legal notice to Bollywood composers

Top Pakistani Qawal clan sends legal notice to Bollywood composers

KARACHI: India’s Bollywood composers have copied the famous PakistaniQawwali, “Tajdar e Harram, in the upcoming John Abraham’s movie, “SatyamevaJayate”.

On August 8, the head of the Sabri clan Shumail Maqbool Sabri, managed tosend a legal notice to Indian T-series demanding compensation for stealingtheir property.

He added on how the music belongs to his mother but it’s the men who rovedinto Qawwali business therefore he has all the copyrights.

“In the past, whenever my father’s songs were used, we were never given anyroyalties. It was also very disappointing to watch the video of theBollywood remake which was originally supposed to be a holy track,” Shumailtold a local English daily.