Consider this-- an Indian music director blatantly copied Pakistan's patriotic song "Dil Dil Pakistan" and turned it into an eerily similar version "Dil Dil Hindustan" and thought he would get away with it.
Long before the World Wide Web existed, content "creators" across the globe had the liberty to simply "lift" the viral stuff floating around in space without the fear of being called out by their fans and followers across social media.
Needless to say, our Hindi film industry aka Bollywood has had a long and illustrious history of plagiarism.
From Laxmikant-Pyarelal to Rajesh Roshan, to O. P. Nayyar to Nadeem-Shravan, to Bappi Lahiri to *catches breath* R.D. Burman, our music legends have taken some serious inspirations when it came to producing "original" music.
With the help of Twitter user-- Taimoor Zaman (@taimoorze), we have compiled a list of Hindi songs that were directly lifted or "inspired" from Pakistani music.
Copied/Inspired:
1) "Hawa Hawa" -- Mubarakan / Gourov-Roshin (2017)
Original:
"Hawa Hawa" -- Hassan Jahangir (1987)
Copied/Inspired:
2) "Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai" -- Khalnayak (1993) / Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Original:
"Raat Dey Bara Wajje" -- Do Badan(1974) Noor Jehan / M. Ashraf
Copied/Inspired:
3) "Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast Mast" -- Mohra (1994) / Viju Shah
Original:
"Mast Mast" -- Bari Nizami / Qawwali performed by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
Copied/Inspired:
4) "Aahun Aahun" -- Love Aaj Kal(2009) / Pritam
Original:
"Kadi te has bol ve" -- Shaukat Ali / (1984)
Copied/Inspired:
5) "Achha Sila Diya Tune Mere Pyar Ka" -- Bewafa Sanam (1995) / Nikhil, Vinay, Milind Sagar
Original:
"Koi Nawaan Lara La Ke" -- Vichhora (1970) / Ghulam Ahmed Chishti, Noor Jehan
Copied/Inspired:
6) "Mera Piya Ghar Aaya" -- Yaraana (1995) / Anu Malik
Original:
"Mera Piya Ghar Aaya" -- Baba Bulleh Shah (18th century) / Qawwali performed by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
Copied/Inspired:
7) "Yeh Jo Halka Halka Suroor Hai" -- Souten Ki Beti (1989) / Vedpal
Original:
"Ye Jo Halka Halka" -- Anwar Farrukhabadi / Ghazal performed by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
Copied/Inspired:
8) Mujhe Ek Pal Chain Na -- Judaai (1997) / Nadeem-Sharavan
Original:
"Sanu Ek Pal Chain Na Aave" -- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Copied/Inspired:
9) "Kitna Pyara Tujhe Rab Ne Banaya" -- Raja Hindustani (1996) / Nadeem - Shravan
Original:
"Kinna Sohna Tenu Rab Ne Banaya" -- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Copied/Inspired:
10. "Munni Badnaam Hui" -- Dabangg (2011) / Lalit Pandit
Original:
"Larka Badnaam Hua Haseena Tere Liye" -- Mr Charlie (1992)
Copied/Inspired:
11. "Dil Dil Hindustan" -- Yaadon Ke Mausam (1990)
Original:
"Dil Dil Pakistan" -- Vital Signs / Junaid Jamshed (1989)
