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Singer Abrarul Haq gets credit for his song in Karan Johar’s upcoming film

Mumbai: Karan Johar’s production venture’s upcoming film Jugjugg Jeeyo is all set to release on 24 June 2022. Ahead of its release, the film fell prey to controversy when Pakistani Singer Abrarul Haq claimed that a song of him is used in the film, without seeking copyrights.

But now finally, the Pakistani singer has been given credits for his iconic song Nach Punjaban used in Karan Johar’s latest project JugJugg Jeeyo.

Taking to Instagram Story, the makers of the film had shared the poster of the track The Punjaabban Song which featured Haq’s name alongside Tanishk Bagchi.

For the unversed, this happened after the movie trailer with the background score was out and singer alleged the makers for using his music without permission. Here is what the singer tweeted on May 22, “I have not sold my song ‘Nach Punjaban’ to any Indian movie and reserve the rights to go to court to claim damages. Producers like Karan Johar should not use copy songs.”

However, the makers later released a statement to refute the singer’s claims.
“We have legally acquired the rights to adapt the song Nach Punjaban from the album Nach Punjaban released on iTunes on 1st January 2002 and is also available on Lollywood Classics’ YouTube channel, owned and operated by Moviebox Records Label, for the film JugJugg Jeeyo produced by Dharma Productions.”

Helmed by Raj Mehta, the film stars Varun Dhawan, Kiara Advani, Neetu Kapoor and Anil Kapoor in pivotal roles.

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