Hindi veteran late singer Lata Mangeshkar had sung more than 30 thousand songs in her career, her cuckoo-like voice had spread its charm all over India. Today people are liking the evergreen songs of the late. But one song of the singer could not reach the people properly and has proved to be a flop.
But the song of the late singer, which had proved to be a flop in the country, was copied by a singer in America without permission, after which there was a lot of uproar. Not only this, a case of Rs 4000 crore was filed against this American singer and composer. The song we are talking about was recorded in the year 1981. This song was featured in the film ‘Jyoti’, whose title was ‘Thoda Resham Lagta Hai’.
When was the song ‘Thoda Resham Lagta Hai’ sung?
Let us tell you that in the year 1981, Lata Mangeshkar had lent her voice to this song, while the music of this song was composed by Bappi Lahiri. This song of Lata ji was filmed on Aruna Irani. This song was liked a lot not only in the country but also abroad. Let us tell you that American rapper and producer DJ Quik liked the tune of this song so much that he used it in his song without permission.
Saregama filed a case of Rs 4000 crore against DJ Quik
Let us tell you that DJ Quik had prepared a song named ‘Addictive’ for singer Truth Hurts. In this song, Lata Mangeshkar had copied the music and beats of ‘Thoda Resham Lagta Hai’ without permission. Not only this, it had made its place in the top 10 of the Billboard charts. When Indian music company Saregama got information about this, they filed a case against American music companies. Not only this, he had filed a copyright case against the American producer for 500 million dollars i.e. about Rs 4000 crore. Later, another song was composed inspired by the foreign style, whose title was ‘Kaliyon Ka Chaman’. This song was composed by composer Harry Anand.