"Bollywood music directors, singers and lyricist have no rights over their content.
trusted body which has become problematic as singers, music composers and lyricist never get the royalty they deserve.
The singer says Ilayaraja and AR Rahman may have a royalty system down south, which then makes them owners of their content, something which Bollywood composers can't claim.
"Bollywood music directors, singers and lyricist have no rights over their content. It is sad that just the music companies own everything. There are several associations which collect royalties on behalf of singers and music directors but I doubt it reaches them.
"I sing lots of Kishore Kumar, RD Burman songs. The organiser has to give royalty to such associations but does the money go to their families? It directly goes to the companies and that is a problem," claims Abhijeet.
The way to end this, Sona feels, is by the industry coming forward and taking efforts to make things "balanced." "What needs to be set right are the fundamentals. Revenue and respect have to go hand in hand and this particular incident is an opportunity for the whole industry to come together and make things more balanced and fair to creators." Salim Merchant, of music composer duo Salim-Sulaiman, hopes that the issue between the duo is sorted out soon. But he feels happy when singers perform on his songs as it helps the music reach a wider audience.
"Music is a very powerful force to me, it's about people, it connects humans from all different walks of life, it connects countries and traditions, we are happy when singers sing our songs. Both Raja sir and SPB are very respected and loved. I hope they settle it," Salim says.
The composer also says the case is different in Mumbai as "a lot of composers are performers as well and that problem may never occur in Bollywood."
"With others singing our songs it only helps our music reach more people. Like for instance 'Chak De India' was made for the film and composed by us. Now the entire country sings it," Salim adds.
SPB, as he is fondly called, made his singing debut in 1966 for the Telugu film
"Sri Sri Sri Maryada Ramanna" has ruled for over five decades by singing over 40,000 songs in several languages including Tamil, Hindi, Kannada and Telugu.
In 2011, he was also honoured with the Padma Bhushan besides winning multiple national awards.
(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)
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