The trailer of the movie ‘Sadak 2’ was released on 12th August ’20, and it has already received over 9.8 million dislikes on YouTube. Before the trailer release, the movie had already become a center of controversy due to the on- going case of Sushant Singh Rajput, the nepotism debate, insider-outsider issue, and the strong reactions against Bollywood ‘mafias’. ‘Sadak 2’ is a sequel to the movie ‘Sadak’ which was released in the year 1991, and within 24 hours the trailer became the most disliked video on YouTube.
In the trailer, there is a song being a played in the background called as Ishq Kamaal. Now, Shezan Saleem, a music producer from Pakistan, took to his Twitter handle and stated that the song that plays in the trailer of ‘Sadak 2’, sounds like a 2011 song ‘Rabba Ho’ which was produced, mix-mastered by him and was composed by Zaid Khan.
Here is the YouTube link of the song Rabba Ho:
In a series of tweet, Shezan Saleem wrote, “I won’t stay quiet on this.. Sadak 2 Song Ishq Kamaal Copied from Our Pakistani song Rabba Ho from 2011 I produced the music of that song”. Along with the tweet, he also shared a video where he said that, “11 years ago I had produced music for one of my friend (Zaid Khan), who had wrote and composed the song Rabba Ho”. While showing the trailer of ‘Sadak 2’, he further said, “First, I thought they have only copied the melody of our song, but they have copied the music too”. Shezan further showed the date of the song which was released on his Youtube channel.
I won't stay quiet on this..
Sadak 2 Song Ishq Kamaal Copied from Our Pakistani song Rabba Ho from 2011 I produced the music of that song https://t.co/HfdNHqXcan— Shezan Saleem a.k.a JO-G (@ssaleemofficial) August 13, 2020
In the tweet, he further wrote, “@foxstarhindi What do we do about this. Copied from a song that I produced in Pakistan and launched in 2011. Let’s talk guys”.
Shezam Saleem also made a YouTube video regarding this issue.
On 8th July, Pooja Bhatt had announced on her Twitter handle that they gave an opportunity to a brand new talent who composed a brilliant song called Ishq Kamaal. Her tweet read as, “Even #Sadak2 gives birth to a brand new talent in the form of @Suniljeet72 A music teacher from Chandigarh who came to our office with no prior appointment,a dream,a harmonium & a brilliant song called ‘Ishq Kamaal’ that was absorbed into the film on first hearing by my father.”
Even #Sadak2 gives birth to a brand new talent in the form of @Suniljeet72 A music teacher from Chandigarh who came to our office with no prior appointment,a dream,a harmonium & a brilliant song called ‘Ishq Kamaal’ that was absorbed into the film on first hearing by my father.
— Pooja Bhatt (@PoojaB1972) July 8, 2020