‘Aashiqui songs copied from Pakistani tracks’

Lalit Pandit, one-half of the popular composer duo Jatin-Lalit, has accused that Nadeem-Shravan of copying Pakistani songs for the iconic 1990 film Aashiqui.

Mahesh Bhatt’s romantic movie is renowned for its memorable soundtrack that played a key role in cementing Nadeem-Shravan’s reputation in the Bollywood industry.

Lalit Pandit, in an interview, shedding light on the origins of these songs claimed they were not completely original compositions.

“Honestly, Nadeem-Shravan’s music was not of our style. Most of the songs that they had done at that time were… So Nadeem would go to Dubai, from there he would buy a lot of Pakistani cassettes, get them here reproduce. The entire industry knows this,” Lalit Pandit said.

He added that songs of Aashiqui were actually Pakistani tracks, with words (retained). Many of the songs! The music of a composer should reflect their style. If you listen to ours, you’d instantly know it is Jatin-Lalit music, because everything was done by us.”

Aashiqui, featuring Rahul Roy and Annu Agarwal, turned both the actors into overnight sensations.