{"id":32822,"date":"2023-12-08T04:18:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T04:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/omer-nadeem-accuses-indian-singer-sonu-nigam-of-plagiarism-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2023-12-08T04:18:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T04:18:06","slug":"omer-nadeem-accuses-indian-singer-sonu-nigam-of-plagiarism-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/omer-nadeem-accuses-indian-singer-sonu-nigam-of-plagiarism-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Omer Nadeem accuses Indian singer Sonu Nigam of plagiarism | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<p>In a recent development that has shocked some in the music industry, renowned Indian singer Sonu Nigam is facing accusations of plagiarism in his latest rendition of the song <em>Sun Zara<\/em>, released in collaboration with DJ Sheizwood and Kamaal R Khan (popularly known as KRK) for T-Series on December 2. Pakistani singer Omer Nadeem has alleged similarities between Nigam&#8217;s version and the former&#8217;s 2009 song, <em>Aey Khuda<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite accumulating over two million views within four days of its release, the credits for <em>Sun Zara<\/em> make no mention of Nadeem or his record label, intensifying the accusations of plagiarism. The <em>Monotonic <\/em>singer took to Instagram to voice his disappointment despite being a fan of Nigam.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve reached a point in my life where I couldn\u2019t care less about these things. But hey, if you\u2019re going to do it, at least toss a little credit to the original track,\u201d Nadeem penned in the caption of a video post that contrasts the two songs. Alleging appropriation, the celebrity also stressed the disparity in quality between the two versions.<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aR1GeHBsa_U\">\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"Sun Zara (Song): Sonu Nigam, DJ Sheizwood | KRK | Nitish Chandra\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aR1GeHBsa_U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>He added, \u201cIf you\u2019re gonna pull this off, could\u2019ve at least done it with some finesse. Huge fan of Sonu Nigam, but let\u2019s be real, this is light years away from the real deal.\u201d Expressing solidarity, actor Armeena Khan tagged Nigam under Nadeem\u2019s post and asked, \u201cWhy are you stealing music?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The controversy sheds light on the broader issue of Bollywood allegedly plagiarizing the work of Pakistani artists, with little to no consequences. The veracity of Nadeem\u2019s claims remains to be affirmed with no rebuttal from Nigam or KRK as of yet. Aside from the ethics of accreditation, plagiarised versions often outperform the originals, given the massive audience Bollywood productions command.<\/p>\n<p>As the debate continues, the music industry faces renewed scrutiny over its practices and the importance of acknowledging and crediting original creators in a landscape where cross-border influences are prevalent.<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3kJ4rJCL5U0\">\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"Aye Khuda Omer Nadeem\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3kJ4rJCL5U0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Have something to add to the story? 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Pakistani singer Omer Nadeem has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/Untitled-design-(41)1701935037-0\/Untitled-design-(41)1701935037-0.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}