Bollywood repeats history by plagiarising Pakistani song in its latest movie

Netizens criticised Bollywood for plagiarising Pakistani music while simultaneously promoting animosity toward Pakistani artists.

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23 Aug 2025

Bollywood’s newest release, Param Sundari, featuring Sidharth Malhotra and Janhvi Kapoor, has gained significant popularity on social mediabut not without controversy. Netizens in Pakistan have alleged that an item song in the movie closely mirrors the title track of the hit Pakistani drama Mannat Murad.

The song, picturized on Janhvi Kapoor in a red sari and Sidharth Malhotra in a black traditional outfit, is sung by Vishal Dadlani, Parvati Meenakashi, and Sachin–Jigar, with lyrics by Amitabh Bhattacharya.

However, many social media users have pointed out that the composition bears striking similarities to Laal Suit, the opening track of Mannat Murad, which starred Iqra Aziz and Talha Chahour.

In Mannat Murad, Laal Suit was a key highlight of the drama’s wedding celebrations, and fans have accused Bollywood of copying the melody and tune for the item number Dander.

Social media reactions have been swift, with users criticising Bollywood for plagiarising Pakistani music while simultaneously promoting animosity toward Pakistani artists.

so meanwhile he was doing all those anti pakistani tweets, he was actually dancing on pakistani beats 😭 https://t.co/Aqe0pVpv1g
— 💭 (@izzadott) August 22, 2025

Our drama OSTs getting stolen by a country whose industry is 10x our size is so cute https://t.co/PbdzxXuY7G
— Mahwash Ajaz 🇵🇰 (@mahwashajaz_) August 22, 2025

indians won’t play cricket with pakistan & ban everything related to us but their news runs on our name 24/7. copying our songs wasn’t enough, now they’re after our ptv songs too and how they still manage to make the worst knock-offs ever. justice for laal suit from mannat murad https://t.co/XbkWdlQgAS
— desiburgerbacha (@shortiekiddo28) August 22, 2025

all those anti-pakistan movies sidharth does only to end up dancing on songs copied from pakistan😭😭😭 https://t.co/4HgcbPxadr
— komal (@komalnaama) August 22, 2025

Your nationalism rhetoric should match the energy when it comes to a song copied from them. This song is very similar to a Pakistani Drama.
— H’ur (@Hur1) August 22, 2025