Aamir Khan has denied cheating a music group in Peepli Live song confusion.
Clearing confusion in this regard, Aamir Khan has denied the reports that he cheated a musical group that wrote and composed the song on price rise in Peepli Live, which is creating waves across the country.
After the concerned group that wrote and composed the song alleged that producer of Peepli Live, the film in which the song has been used, did not pay them their dues, Aamir has said that the Rs. 1100 he had paid to the musical group is just the signing amount.
Aamir said that when his production house decided to use the song in the film, he had approached the residence of Badwahi, the village where the song was first heard, with a proposal to buy the song. But that proposal did not materialize because the villagers told his team that the song actually belonged to musical group. It was then that Aamir’s company identified the group and got this song from it.
Aamir added that the process of legally buying the song from the musical group is on with the necessary paper work being finalized in this regard.
The issue is said to have come to light after members of the group that has written and composed the song, apart from singing it, had alleged that Aamir had cheated with them by paying only Rs. 1100 as a lump-sum payment for their work.
The musical group alleged that Aamir had promised them due recognition after the song gets recorded, something which has not happened even as the date of release of the film comes close.
Meanwhile, whereas the song may not have benefited the group, it has surely benefited Aamir and the main opposition party of India, Bhartiya Janta Party. Reports suggest that in times when the country is badly hit by inflation, Bhartiya Janta Party is thinking of buying this song from Aamir and use it against the government.
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