Editing Filmi (section)

==Accusations of plagiarism==
Because popular music directors score a great many films over the course of a year, accusations of plagiarizing abound. For example, one production number in ''[[Dil (1990 film)|Dil]]'' (1990) is based on [[Carl Perkins]]' ''[[Blue Suede Shoes]]'', sung with [[Hindi]] lyrics. Of late the Indian film industry has been gaining visibility outside India, and the legal risks of plagiarism have been gaining importance. Some producers have actually paid for the musical rights to popular Western songs, as in ''[[Kal Ho Naa Ho]]''{{'s}} (2003) song, "[[Oh, Pretty Woman]]". Plagiarism has also existed within India, with several music directors in Bombay cinema lifting tunes from other "regional" industries.

There have also been accusations of plagiarism against foreigner musicians borrowing from Hindi filmi songs. For example, "[[Don't Phunk with My Heart]]" by [[The Black Eyed Peas]] was largely based on two 1970s filmi songs: "Ye Mera Dil Yaar Ka Diwana" from ''[[Don (1978 film)|Don]]'' (1978)  and "Ae Naujawan Hai Sab Kuchh Yahan" from ''[[Apradh]]'' (1972).<ref name=Apradh>{{YouTube|id=fWsSXjIDL3Q|title=ae naujawan hai sub kuchh yahan - Apradh 1972}}</ref> Both songs were originally composed by [[Kalyanji Anandji]] and sung by [[Asha Bhosle]].<ref name=Denselow>{{cite news|author=Robin Denselow|title=Kalyanji Anandji, The Bollywood Brothers|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=2 May 2008|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/may/02/worldmusic1|access-date=1 March 2009|location=London|archive-date=10 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110173323/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/may/02/worldmusic1|url-status=live}}</ref> Another example is "[[Addictive (song)|Addictive]]" sung by [[Truth Hurts (singer)|Truth Hurts]], which is lifted from [[Lata Mangeshkar]]'s "Thoda Resham Lagta Hai" from ''Jyoti'' (1981). This led to the copyright holders of the original song filing a lawsuit against [[DJ Quik]] and [[Dr. Dre]], the producers of "Addictive".<ref name="VH1"/> Filmi music composed by [[A. R. Rahman]] (who would later win two [[Academy Award]]s for the [[Slumdog Millionaire (soundtrack)|''Slumdog Millionaire'' soundtrack]]) has frequently been sampled by musicians elsewhere in the world, including the [[Singapore]]an artist [[Kelly Poon]], the [[Music of Uzbekistan|Uzbek artist]] Iroda Dilroz, the French rap group [[La Caution]], the American artist [[Ciara]], and the [[Germany|German]] band [[Löwenherz]],<ref>{{YouTube|id=afpx7qJB_ag|title=Löwenherz - Bis in die Ewigkeit}}</ref> among others.