After mid-day’s report on Friday (Creators fast and loose about picking up third-party beats, August 29) regarding plagiarism charges against Raanjhan, a song from Kriti Sanon and Kajol’s Do Patti (2024), music composer duo Sachet-Parampara issued a strong denial. They clarified that the song is their original composition and has not been taken from international music producer KMKZ’s creation from two years ago. In fact, they have now announced that they will take legal action against the plagiarism claims.

Parampara Thakur told mid-day that the claims made by KMKZ were a way to garner “unnecessary popularity”. “Whoever is claiming to have produced the music for Raanjhan is making false allegations, aimed only at gaining unnecessary popularity. We have shared the original music files and piano scores with YouTube, Spotify, and other streaming platforms, which proves that our work is original. The F sharp scale chord progression is generic and can be used in multiple major-scale songs. Chords like F sharp, E flat minor, and D flat can be put together by any composer if they’re making a song on the F sharp major scale,” explained Parampara. She added that KMKZ’s request to strike down the song had been rejected after “major platforms reviewed our original file.”

(L-R) Shaheer Sheikh and Kriti Sanon in ‘Do Patti’