People are blaming Anu Malik for lifting the tunes. But R. D. Burman was also famous for lifting the tunes from outside. I am highlighting some of his lifted tunes.
This review may upset some of RD’s fan but this True. Please refer to https://itwofs.com. You will know who is the biggest thief. Let us review some of RD’s tunes. Surprisingly RD tops the list.
1 Mehbooba Mehbooba [Film: Sholay(1975)]
Inspired from Demis Roussoss’s Say You Love Me.
Listen to Mehbooba| Say you love me
Demis’ original was released in 1974, while Sholay came out in 1975.
2 Tumse milke [Film: Parinda]
Inspired from Leo Sayer’s When I Need You.
Listen to Tumse Milke| When I need you
When I need you was recently popularized by Rod Stewart.
3 Chura liya hai [Film: Yaadon ki baraat]
Rehashed from the theme of the movie’If its Tuesday this must be Belgium’
Listen to Chura liya| If its Tuesday It was indeed part of the movie soundtrack of the same name.
4 Jeevan ke har modh pe [Film: Jhoota kahinka]
Looks like it is inspired from a Azerbaijani number’Gulsenim’. Stumbled upon this track by chance while searching for some Azerbaijani tracks via Napster!
5 Dekta hun koi ladki haseen [Film: Sanam teri kasam]
Inspired from a traditional Egyptian track, ’Mustafa mustafa’, made popular by Bob Azzam’s French version.
6 Milgaya hum ko sathi [Film: Hum Kissse sai kam nahin]
From ABBA’s Mama mia!
7 Kaisa tera pyar [Film: Love Story]
From ABBA’s’I have a dream’
8 Jeevan ke din chotte sahi [Film: Bade Dilwala]
From the theme of Love Story, by Francis Lai!
Listen to Jeevan ke din| Francis Lai’s theme from Love Story
9 Aao twist karein [Film: Bhoot bangla]
From the track’Come lets twist again’ by Chubby Checker!
10 Tera mujhse hai pehle ka naata koi [Film: Aaa Gale Lag Ja]
From the track’The Yellow Rose of Texas’ by Elvis Presley!
Listen to Tera mujse| The Yellow rose . Yup copied!
11 Phir wohi raat hain [Film: Ghar]
The opening 3 lines same as the Carpenters’ song’Sing a song’
Listen to phir wohi| sing a song Surely inspired.
12 Kahin karti hogi [Film: Phir kab milogi]
Inspired by The Lonely Bull by Herb Albert and Tijuana Brass. Listen to Kahin karti hogi.
13 Tum ho meri dil ki dhadka [Film: Manzil]
Inspired by Procol Harem’s’A whiter shade of pale’ Listen to Tum ho meri| A whiter shade of pale
14 Sapna mera toot gaya [Film: Khel khel mein]
Inspired by Ennio Morricone’s piece’The story of a soldier’ from the Sergio Leone cult western classic’The good, The Bad and The Ugly’.
Listen to Sapna mera| The story of a soldier
15 O mehki mehki thandi hawa [Film: Bombay to Goa]
Inspired by the Beach Boys number’Help me Rhonda’. Listen to O mehki mehki| Help me Rhonda Lifted!
16 Ek main aur ek tu [Film: Khel khel mein]
Inspired by the nursery rhyme’If you’re happy.’Listen to Ek main aur ek tu| If you are happy The version of the rhyme added here is sung by Elvis Presley!
17 Meri jaan [Film: Do chor] Inspired by Cliff Richard’s’Fall in love’ Listen to Meri jaan| Fall in love
18 Tum mere zindagi mein [Film: Bombay to Goa]
Inspired by the Theme from Limelight composed by Charlie Chaplin for the 1951 movie of the same name!
19 Koi ladka koi ladki [Film: Seeta aur geeta]
Inspired by’Did you ever’(1971) by Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra.
Listen to Koi ladka loi ladki| Did you ever
20 Jab andhera hota hai [Film: Raja Rani]
Inspired by’The age of aquarius’ by The Fifth Dimension. Listen to Jab andhera hota hai| Age of Aquarius
21 Mera kaha manoge [Film: Gurudev]
Inspired from Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound machine’s’Oye mi canto’(Released in 1989)(’Hear my voice’ in English). Ditto.
22 Zindagi milke bitaayenge [Film: Satte pe satta]
Inspired by’The Longest day’ from the movie of the same name, by Paul Anka.
Listen to Zindagi milke| The longest day Heavily inspired.
23 Main jhonka mast hawa ka [Film: Double Cross]
Inspired by Frank Sinatra’s’What now my love’(1966). Listen to Main jhonka mast hawa ka| What now my love Heavily inspired. Double Cross was released in the year 1973.
24 Maine tumko chaha pehli baar [Film: Double Cross]
Inspired by Jose Feliciano’s’Listen to the falling rain’(1972).
Listen to Maine tumko chaha| Listen to the falling rain
Inspired! Also listen to Anu Malik’s version of the same original
25 Kaahe apnon ko [Film: Raampur ka Laxman(1972)]
Mukhda inspired by the central motif in the second movement(’Romance’) Lieutenant Kijé(opus number 60) - a symphonic suite by Sergei Prokofiev.
Listen to Kaahe apnon ko| Lieutenant Kijé suite: Romance
The suite was composed in 1934. Raampur ka Laxman was released in 1972.
26 Teri hai zameen [Film: The Burning Train(1980)]
Inspired by the Christmas carol, ’The first noel’! Listen to Teri hai zameen| The first Noel Inspired! John Denver’s rendition of The First Noel added here!
27 Mausam pyar ka [Film: Sitamgar(1983)] Inspired by the Christmas carol, ’The first noel’! Listen to Mausam pyar ka| The first Noel
28 Aaja o mere raja [Film: Apna Desh(1972)]
Inspired by the song’Blue Light Yokohama’ by Japanese singer, Ayumi Ishida(also noted as Ishida Ayumi in some websites)! Listen to Aaja o mere raja| Blue Light Yokohama The original belongs to the 60s but One couldn’t not trace the exact year of release so far.
29 Maine dil diya [Film: Zameen Aasmaan(1982)]
Inspired by the song’Pulstar’ by Vangelis! Listen to Maine dil diya| Pulstar
Pulstar was from Vangelis’ album by name’Albedo’ released in 1976.
30 Tumne yeh theek socha hai [Film: Imaan(1974)]
A small phrase inspired by the Beatles track, ’Norwegian Wood’!
Listen to Tumne yeh theek socha| Norwegian Wood
31 O Maria [Film: Saagar(1985)]
The opening line of the song inspired by the song’Mamunia’ by Paul McCartney and the Wings! Listen to O Maria| Mamunia
’Mamunia’ by Paul McCartney and Wings was released in 1974.
32 Aa Dekhe Zara [Film: Rocky(1981)]
Partly inspired by the track, ’Eve of the war’ by Jeff Wayne. Listen to Aa Dekhe Zara| Eve of the war What Pancham seems to have used is just snapshots of the original in the prelude of the Rocky number. The actual tune for the words’aa dekhe zara’ remains Pancham’s original.
33 Aaya hoon mein tujko le jaaoonga [Film: Manoranjan(1974)]
Inspired by the track by Sergio Mendes, ’After Sunrise’. Listen to Aaya hoon mein tujko| After Sunrise
34 Kahin na jaa [Film: Bade Dilwala(1983)]
Inspired by the French singer Edith Piaf’s 1946 number, ’La vie en rose’.
Listen to Kahin na jaa| La vie en rose
35 O Jab Tak Hai Jaan [Film: Sholay(1975)]
Inspired from the prelude of’Jomeh’, by Iranian singer Googoosh!
Listen to O jab tak hai jaan| Googoosh is one of the most popular singers from Iran. Googoosh was born Faegheh Atashin in 1951, in Tehran, to Azerbaijani immigrant parents.
36 Aaj tu gair sahi [Film: Oonche Log(1985)]
Originally composed by Kemal Ahamad, for the 1983 Pakistani movie’Dehleez’ and sung by Mehdi Hassan.