This thing has been discussed here for several times. I remember seeing the Hindi movie on VHS, where in the credits, Anu Malik 'thanked' A.R. for 'the songs'.
Thanks, - On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 1:18 PM, Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > The Gentleman in Hindi was an authorized remake of the original in > Tamil. The movie was > produced by Geetha Arts/Allu Arjun, the production house behind the Hindi > version of Ghajini. > The remake rights, including the music, were acquired from KT Kunjumon, > producer of the Tamil > version. ARR was paid a fee for composing the score of the movie and does > not hold the > publishing rights to the music of Gentleman. Whether the Hindi makers were > ethical in not > crediting ARR is a matter for debate. > > > --- Jahanzeb Farooq <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <jahanzebtippu%40yahoo.com>> > wrote: > > > well i also wondered about this long ago. when i heard Roop suhana > > lagta hai first time, from it's style i knew it must be by ARR (and > > because AM can never compose something like this). as i investigated i > > found that it was originally composed by ARR and only re-arranged by > > AM for the hindi version. but then why it did not show ARR's name on > > credits?? because AM was a bigger name that time than ARR?? no clues. > > > > > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, > "nishantsgarg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > The Gentleman (Hindi) is a remake of the Tamil film Gentleman. The > > > music is orignally composed by A.R. Rahman for the tamil version but > > > the hindi version features the music director as Anu Malik. I was > > > unable to find credits given to A.,R. Rahman for the music in the > > > hindi version. All credits for the music of The Gentleman have been > > > given to Anu Malik but the truth is that he has only composed one > > > additional track What Is Love? and all other tracks have been > > > orignally composed by A.R. Rahman and just the music arrangement has > > > been done by anu Malik. > > > > > > Now someone please clear my dounbts - > > > > > > Gentleman (Tamil) released in 1993 and The Gentleman (Hindi) > > released > > > in 1994, so is The Gentleman (Hindi) an official remake and if yes > > > were the music rights also obtained? > > > > > > If the music rights were obtained, so why are the music credits only > > > given to Anu Malik and not A.R. Rahman on the VCD and CD? > > > > > > If the msuic has been copied or unofficially used by Anu Malik, have > > > there been any issues or contraversies on this matter in the past? > > > > > > I will be greatful if someone could please clear my doubts on the > > > whole matter. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
