LAHORE, May 02 (Online): In the most unexpected twist to this peculiar saga, Kanika Kapoor has responded to Hadiqa Kiani claiming that her song \u201cBoohey Barian\u201d was stolen, with regards to a rendition perfomed by the Indian artist, posted on Saregama Music\u2019s YouTube channel.<\/p>\n
Hadiqa Kiani recently took to her stories to address the \u201cthieving\u201d of her song. Kanika Kapoor\u2019s rendition of Boohey Barian, titled Buhe Baariyan, became the focal point of Hadiqa\u2019s anger. Posted on Saregama Music\u2019s YouTube channel, the song has credited Gourov Dasgupta and Shruti Rane as composers, with lyrics being credited to Kunwar Juneja. Hadiqa Kiani was not been mentioned anywhere.<\/p>\n
Now, it\u2019s no secret that in 1998, Hadiqa Kiani released her second album, Roshni, that featured Boohey Barian as the sixth single on the album, and it is still considered to be one of the most well-known Pakistani songs.<\/p>\n
As a result, with the involvement of Hadiqa Kiani, director Nabeel Qureshi, and Indian digital platform Diet Sabya, the conversation catapulted into Hadiqa Kiani clarifying that the rights to the song have not been sold, and Kanika Kapoor\u2019s version can, therefore, be considered the theft of the song in question.<\/p>\n
In an interview with Times of India, Kanika Kapoor has issued a statement, claiming that while she and everyone she knows are huge fans of music from Pakistan, Afghanistan, North of India and Punjab, \u201cit is just sad that there is so much hatred on a topic, which we don\u2019t even know what is right and what is wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n
She goes on to state the following:
\n\u201cI mean, for me, we made an original song Juneja ji has written the song, Shruti has composed this song with Gourov Dasgupta, and have used a line of an old Punjabi folk song that being heard. So actually it is not a cover version, it\u2019s a new song completely. If anyone listens to this and it\u2019s just a little hook line, we used from an old Punjabi folk song, which I have seen more than 60 versions of on YouTube.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kanika Kapoor then claims to not know where the song comes from or originated, and doubles down on the fact that Saregama is a \u201crespectable\u201d label.<\/p>\n
\u201cNone of us have any intention of stealing anybody\u2019s work or not crediting anybody. And if they feel that way, then it makes us very sad and we feel very sorry. But to be honest, we also find out because none of us know the truth behind copyright.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kanika then goes on in the interview to state the following:
\n\u201cAnd not just this song, many, many folks that we all love, have the same plan, there\u2019s nothing that we know of it. So if someone is claiming right over them, it\u2019s not something I can do anything about. But I had no intentions of upsetting anybody. I have a lot of love and respect for all fellows\u2019 singers in Pakistan, and I will continue to follow and love their music. Also, I think, people should not bring religion and country and craft in middle of a song. They should not create so much hatred, you know, maybe sometimes you can deal with things with more love than hatred and that\u2019s what the world needs today.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LAHORE, May 02 (Online): In the most unexpected twist to this peculiar saga, Kanika Kapoor has responded to Hadiqa Kiani claiming that her song \u201cBoohey Barian\u201d was stolen, with regards to a rendition perfomed by the Indian artist, posted on Saregama Music\u2019s YouTube channel. Hadiqa […]<\/p>\n
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