Rabbi rubbishes plagiarism allegations

Nov 01, 2012 - Sana Yaseen

Riding high with the popularity of Challa from Jab Tak Hai Jaan Rabbi Shergill says that these days he is most fascinated with Indian-Pakistani folk. In fact, the musician is planning to do an entire folk album.

“The folk music is timeless and I have always been interested in exploring various aspects of it,” says Rabbi who seems completely unfazed by the controversy surrounding his latest hit, Challa. The opening notes of guitar strumming in the song are allegedly similar to Eagle-Eye Cherry’s number, Save Tonight.
However, Rabbi insists that plagiarism allegations in this regard are pure bunkum. He adds, “I have heard Eagle Eye. You could just as well ascribe it to Goo Goo Dolls, Cure or any of the hundreds of acoustic rock bands. Just because two songs share acoustic guitar, bass and tempo such nonsensical insinuations are coming up.”
The singer, better known for his song Bulla Ki Jaana, claims to be in love with poetry. “Harbhajan Singh is my another favourite poet. I might sing him soon,” he adds.
The singer maintains low profile and hardly experiments with his looks. He seems comfortable in his skin. “I think, it’s also because of laziness,” laughs Rabbi.
After his latest album Rabbi ‘III’, which came after a gap of four years, he is busy with some more film songs, videos of his own songs, and many cities to rock out with performances.

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