Hadiqa Kiana is reported to have told the media that her song ‘Boohey Barian’ is an original & content of her own which Kanika Kapoor (singer from India) has plagiarised conveniently.
Kanika opened up about it stating that she dint copy any ‘’folk’’ song. Hadiqa Kiana said, “Another day and another shameless rendition of the song my mother wrote. No one asked for my permission, no one has given me royalties, they just take the song that my mother wrote and I recorded, and use it as an easy money making scheme.”
Kanika on the other hand said “We have not copy-pasted any old folk song. We used two lines as inspiration. It is very unfair to the writer Kunwar Juneja and Shruti Rane who composed this new song. Also, it is unfair to me if anybody says that I am trying to steal someone’s work.”
“It makes me sad that they think we stole their song, or are not giving them the right credit. But I think, instead of going negative, we have to come together and help each other to grow. I have nothing against anyone who is saying anything negative or nasty. I have received a lot of nasty messages. It is sad to see people jump to conclusions without really knowing something,” Kapoor said
Hadiqa Kiana says that her work has been stolen before too but Kanika Kapoor pushed her off the edge. That’s when she decided to open about it & told the media that ‘’ I own all rights to ‘Boohey Barian’ and all songs on my album Roshni. My mother wrote the poetry.”
“I have never sold rights to this song or any song on my Roshni album (1998). Many companies have illegally claimed my songs since in the 90s it was an easy thing to do but we are taking appropriate action to get justice not just for my songs but for the thousands of songs by Pakistani artists stolen during this time,” Kiani told Diet Sabya in a screenshot shared by the page on their Instagram stories that have since then expired.
