In a major boost to music director Ram Sampath, the Bombay high court has upheld the fact that the music of Krazzy 4 is a copy.
Sampath had filed a case against the film's producer, Rakesh Roshan, and music director, Rajesh Roshan, stating that he was not given due credit for Krazzy 4's music. His name was not mentioned on Krazzy 4's audio CDs, and that's the reason he sought legal action and filed a case of copyright infringement.
He is now seeking damages of Rs 2 crores against the Roshans.
The court has instructed the Roshans to delete two songs if they want to release the film on April 11. This means that Hrithik Roshan's [Images] and Shah Rukh Khan's [Images] item numbers will have to be removed from the film.
"To my untrained ear, the music (in two works) appeared to be similar," Justice Karnik, who listened to both Sampath's work for a Sony Ericsson cellphone advertisement, and the two songs composed by Rajesh Roshan for the film, said.
Unfortunately, sources inform that Roshans have already dispatched the film for the overseas release, as well as territories outside Mumbai.
Inspite of repeated calls, the Roshans refused to take phone calls from rediff.com