Kanika Kapoor News: Kanika Kapoor accused of stealing Pakistani song, irked singer Hadiqa Kiani threatens legal action – FilmyVoice

Pakistani musician Hadiqa Kiani, who initially sang the favored music ‘Boohey Barian’, was upset after Kapoor’s rendition was unveiled.

The irked singer took to Instagram to threaten authorized motion towards the manufacturing firm and the singer.

In her Story, she mentioned that ‘Boohey Barian’, launched in 2018, was initially written by her mom, Khawar Kiani, for her album ‘Roshni’. She mentioned that she held the rights to ‘Boohey Barian’ and all of the songs from her second platinum-selling album.

“Anybody claiming they personal my masters or rights is saying so illegally, and my staff is taking motion, she wrote.

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The 49-year-old Pakistani songwriter additional shared that she has the copyright paperwork that give her the entire rights and possession dated from earlier than her album ‘Roshni’ was launched. “No firm or entity was ever given these masters and no firm has any doc with my signature on it giving rights,” she added.

“I’ve stayed quiet for lengthy sufficient,” she concluded her Instagram Story.

‘Boohey Barian’ is Kiani’s first music within the Punjabi language. The word on the singer’s official YouTube channel says, “‘Boohey Barian’ stays as one of the vital iconic songs from the subcontinent, it has led to hundreds of renditions the world over and has cemented Kiani as a dwelling legend.”

See Kiani’s songs right here:



On Friday, Kiani expressed her annoyance on Instagram and claimed that her music was “stolen” with out asking, crediting, and offering her royalty.

The Pakistani actress-singer’s response got here in after Kapoor launched her music, which took her unexpectedly and left her unsettled.

“I might be flattered by the tribute in the event that they’d solely do it respectfully, as a substitute of simply attempting to revenue off another person’s hit music,” she identified in her IG Story.

Calling it ‘one other shameless rendition’, she accused Kapoor of lifting the music written by her mom and utilizing it as an “simple money-making scheme.”

Kiani additionally mentioned that this wasn’t the primary time, and plenty of Bollywood movies have ‘stolen’ her songs.

“My songs have been stolen a number of instances in Bollywood movies which have starred the likes of Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta and numerous instances by singers who each carry out on stage and people who produce music movies based mostly on the covers. A few of these cowl movies have obtained nearly 200 million views on YouTube. The latter offers me credit score by saying authentic music ‘Boohey Barian’ by Hadiqa Kiani”, she added.

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Producer Saregama Music’s official YouTube channel says, within the bio, that Kapoor’s rendition is from a Punjabi people music, composed by Gourov Dasgupta that includes Shruti Rane, and written by Kunwar Juneja.

“Kanika Kapoor’s rendition of ‘Buhe Bariyan’ is all about breaking limitations and uniting with one’s beloved. Its spectacular visuals discover a plethora of feelings in a single’s coronary heart because it takes us via a surreal musical romantic journey,” the bio learn.

However the particulars do not point out Kiani anyplace.


Take a look at Kapoor’s rendition right here:



Kiani, in her publish, mentioned that an moral approach that she would choose if she sings a canopy of a music is by shopping for rights of the music, asking for permission, or paying royalties to the artist.

“I’m alive and properly, if you wish to sing my songs, ask me first. I need to be ok with the covers as a result of it is flattering however there’s a proper and fallacious approach to do one thing and profiting off of another person’s hit music will not be the best way to go about it,” mentioned Kiani placing out her expectations from different artists who could want to use her music sooner or later.

Nevertheless, Kiani highlighted that she holds no grudge towards the Indian singer and burdened that she was simply upset over the repeated technique of music theft that continues to go on.