Entertainment Report :
From time to time, popular actors Meher Afroz Shaon and Chanchal Chowdhury charm the audiences by rendering song. They have recently collaborated and lent their voices to a music cover, arranged by Partha Barua, titled Sorboto Mongol Radhe. Upon release, social media was awash with cheers and compliments for the duo as netizens fell in love with their take on the song and the actors’ on-screen chemistry. However, the music video stirred up a controversy before long with a Sherpur-based folk band Shorolpur claiming that Juboti Radhe is their original track and unless the video was taken down from all social media platforms, they would be forced to take legal action.
After a day of the cover’s release on October 21, it was removed by IPDC amid the copyright claims. The company stated, “It has come to our attention that one of our songs organised by the advertising company Creato and sponsored by IPDC Finance Ltd has copyright issues. As a responsible organisation, IPDC is committed to maintaining high morale, integrity and transparency in any institutional activities and involvement. The authorities and stakeholders will investigate the matter.”
This move divided the netizens with many arguing that the song is heavily inspired by Maimansingha Gitika and thus the band has no right to claim any copyright issues. Chanchal also went on record expressing his frustration.
In a press release, Shorolpur band clarified their position. They gave a detailed account of the song’s inception.
“We started writing the lyrics from 2006. Some of the words used in the song are admittedly prevalent in our folk music and folklore tales. However, there is no direct similarity with any other song. Our band member Tariqul Islam Tapan penned and composed the song, inspired by Kirtan music. We performed it in front of a live audience for the first time back in 2010 in two concerts and performed in front of TV audience in 2012 on Channel 9. We registered as a band in 2012 and made sure to copyright our 12 songs including Juboti Radhe in 2018,” the statement said.
From time to time, popular actors Meher Afroz Shaon and Chanchal Chowdhury charm the audiences by rendering song. They have recently collaborated and lent their voices to a music cover, arranged by Partha Barua, titled Sorboto Mongol Radhe. Upon release, social media was awash with cheers and compliments for the duo as netizens fell in love with their take on the song and the actors’ on-screen chemistry. However, the music video stirred up a controversy before long with a Sherpur-based folk band Shorolpur claiming that Juboti Radhe is their original track and unless the video was taken down from all social media platforms, they would be forced to take legal action.
After a day of the cover’s release on October 21, it was removed by IPDC amid the copyright claims. The company stated, “It has come to our attention that one of our songs organised by the advertising company Creato and sponsored by IPDC Finance Ltd has copyright issues. As a responsible organisation, IPDC is committed to maintaining high morale, integrity and transparency in any institutional activities and involvement. The authorities and stakeholders will investigate the matter.”
This move divided the netizens with many arguing that the song is heavily inspired by Maimansingha Gitika and thus the band has no right to claim any copyright issues. Chanchal also went on record expressing his frustration.
In a press release, Shorolpur band clarified their position. They gave a detailed account of the song’s inception.
“We started writing the lyrics from 2006. Some of the words used in the song are admittedly prevalent in our folk music and folklore tales. However, there is no direct similarity with any other song. Our band member Tariqul Islam Tapan penned and composed the song, inspired by Kirtan music. We performed it in front of a live audience for the first time back in 2010 in two concerts and performed in front of TV audience in 2012 on Channel 9. We registered as a band in 2012 and made sure to copyright our 12 songs including Juboti Radhe in 2018,” the statement said.
