• Farasat Anees criticised Bollywood production company T-series.
• He claimed that T-series has stolen his song ‘Biba’.
• Farasat further added that they could have reached out to me before using my song.

Farasat Anees, a Pakistani artist, criticised Bollywood production company T-series on Instagram for stealing his song “Biba” for the soundtrack of a forthcoming film. The song “Biba” was initially composed for the Pakistani movie “Joyland,” which was nominated for an Oscar.

Farasat Anees, a singer from Pakistan, used Instagram to criticise Bollywood production company T-series for using his song “Biba” without permission for a forthcoming film’s soundtrack. The Pakistani Oscar-nominated movie “Joyland” initially featured the song “Biba.”

In an interview with the Indian publication The Print, Anees stated that the music company had not contacted him before utilising one of his songs: “A billion-dollar company like T-Series should be professional in its approach. They (the music directors) could have at least reached out to me or perhaps mailed me once before putting out the song. There was no communication from their end. Perhaps there could have been a counter-quote, and we could have made something together.”

Anees further claimed that hearing T-Series’ “Biba” gave him a strange feeling and that the company is notorious for stealing Pakistani songs: ‘“This is not the first time they have done something like this. They’ve earlier done this with Abrar’s song. If nothing else, this only motivates me that such a big label has copied my song and that makes me want to do better work further.”

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