Lalit Pandit Exposes Nadeem-shravan, Says Duo Plagiarised Pakistani Songs For Aashiqui's Album

Lalit Pandit is a popular music composer and one-half of the brother duo Jatin-Lalit. In a new interview, the composer stressed the importance of creating original music and made shocking revelations regarding the album of Aashiqui. Directed by Mahesh Bhatt, Aashiqui became popular for its songs that were chartbusters at the time. In a new interview, the composer exposed the album and shared that the music of the film was plagiarised. 

Lalit Pandit exposes Aashiqui composers

In an interview with Bollywood Hungama, Lalit Pandit spoke about Nadeem-Shravan, the music composer behind the album of Aashiqui. Lalit accused the duo of plagiarising music from Pakistani artists for the film. The soundtrack of the movie featuring Rahul Roy and Anu Aggarwal became its talking point. 

Recalling an incident, Lalit shared, “Honestly, Nadeem-Shravan’s music was not of our style. Most of the song that they had done at that time were…So Nadeem would go to Dubai, from there he would buy a lot of Pakistani cassettes, get them here reproduce. The entire industry knows this.” 

Lalit Pandit says Aashiqui songs are plagiarised from Pakistan 

In the same conversation, the composer revealed that the Aashiqui composers used to travel to Dubai where they would be exposed to Pakistani music. He shared, “Aashiqui songs are actually Pakistani tracks, with words (retained). Many of the songs! Music of a composer should reflect their style. If you listen to ours, you’d instantly know it is Jatin-Lalit music, because everything was done by us.” The film's songs such as, Dheere Dheere, Bas Ek Sanam Chaahiye, Nazar Ke Saamne and Jaane Jigar Jaaneman, gained immense popularity at the time of release.