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Indian song 'Mood Happy' rips off Nabeel Qureshi directed music video 'Ki Jana'

Indian song 'Mood Happy' rips off Nabeel Qureshi directed music video 'Ki Jana'

The original MV stars Sonya Hussyn and Mohsin Abbas Haider as star-crossed lovers and was produced for singer Shani Arshad.
07 Sep, 2021

Plagiarism comes in many forms; there's the subtle kind and then there's the kind that the music video for Indian Punjabi song 'Mood Happy' pulled off — incredibly obvious to anyone who's watching. The music video is an unapologetic copy of the music video for 'Ki Jana' sung by Shani Arshad and directed by Nabeel Qureshi.

The director posted about the plagiarism on his Instagram Story.

The song 'Mood Happy' is sung by Indian singer Brham and premiered on YouTube on September 4. While the lyrics speak of lifelong love, the music video shows a man and woman in love against the wishes of the woman's father. Although the father later consents to the match, the man to whom the woman had been promised to by her family feels bitter resentment.

Qureshi's video for Shani Arshad's song 'Ki Jana' also shows a man and woman in love against the wishes of the woman's family. The song was released in 2020 and stars actors Sonya Hussyn and Mohsin Abbas Haider.

The music video for 'Ki Jana' starts with Hussyn and Haider in a car, driving along a beautiful mountainous route in Balochistan. 'Mood Happy' shows a similar mountainous landscape in the video as well. While we could have brushed the matching choice in landscape aside as a coincidence, the scene of the woman sliding her hand onto her lover's while he's driving the car is exactly the same in both videos.

'Mood Happy' (right) and 'Ki Jana' (left)
'Mood Happy' (right) and 'Ki Jana' (left)

This scene in 'Mood Happy' is followed by another in which the man and woman come close for a kiss that doesn't happen at the end. Cue the exact same scene between Hussyn and Haider.

'Mood Happy' (right) and 'Ki Jana' (left)
'Mood Happy' (right) and 'Ki Jana' (left)

Soon, the woman's lover in 'Mood Happy' is shot by a gunman hired by the woman's father and the other man to whom she was promised. The father looks on at the scene of the incident from afar, protected by the sun by an umbrella being held by someone else. This storyline follows the one for 'Ki Jana' in its entirety. The actors playing the role of the father in each video are wearing almost identical clothes, looking towards the camera in the same direction, with almost the same scowl on their faces.

'Mood Happy' (right) and 'Ki Jana' (left)
'Mood Happy' (right) and 'Ki Jana' (left)

In 'Ki Jana' Hussyn decides to avenge the death of her lover. She dramatically pulls out a gun from the car and begins to fire at the assailants. The woman in 'Mood Happy' does exactly the same. In fact the cinematography is exactly alike.

'Mood Happy' (right) and 'Ki Jana' (left)
'Mood Happy' (right) and 'Ki Jana' (left)

While Hussyn kills everyone involved in her lover's death, she is unable to kill her father. The video ends with the him shooting Hussyn, a scene plagiarised to the dot by the music video for 'Mood Happy'.

'Mood Happy' (right) and 'Ki Jana' (left)
'Mood Happy' (right) and 'Ki Jana' (left)

Although the songs sung by Shani Arshad and Brham are completely different in both lyrics and music composition, the music video for 'Mood Happy' heavily plagiarises 'Ki Jana' in both storyline and cinematography.

We don't know if Qureshi or anyone else has reported the video or taken legal action yet but it certainly seems like they have more than enough evidence to back up their accusations if they do.

Comments

Ehsan Sep 07, 2021 06:45pm
Shameless
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ENGR Hamid Shafiq Sep 07, 2021 07:00pm
Sonya Hussain firing by pistol from left hand is amazing in the video
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ENGR Hamid Shafiq Sep 07, 2021 07:07pm
No comparison of Pakistani video with Indian video
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NYS Sep 07, 2021 07:26pm
And vehicle are not the same however ,car steering match up
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Wajahat Sep 07, 2021 08:21pm
If you would have researched that the Nabeel Q version was inspired by Irrfan Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui's short film called Bypass from early 2000s. Check YouTube...
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Sam Jay Sep 07, 2021 08:32pm
Wow just wow…
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Ali da Malanga Sep 07, 2021 09:11pm
What can you expect from a chappa industry that couldn't even come up with a proper name for itself?
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Ali da Malanga Sep 07, 2021 09:12pm
This is not the first and will not be the last. What can you expect from an industry that couldn't even come up with a name of its own?
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Vijay Sep 07, 2021 10:19pm
Similar Cultures !
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Shezi Sep 07, 2021 10:38pm
They copied whole Hollywood and Paks are crying for a song. Let it pass.
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Shabnam Sep 07, 2021 11:47pm
The indian producer is new in cheating, give him some time to learn from his elders!
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Skeptic 2 Sep 07, 2021 11:49pm
Shameful plagiarism by the Indian director. But Pakistani singer should hold his head high knowing that the plagiarism is the best form of flattery.
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Cye Sep 08, 2021 12:16am
Indians are doing plagiarism for ages. Shameless Bollywood.
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Blah Sep 08, 2021 12:26am
Amazing culture!
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Changez Khan Sep 08, 2021 01:56am
The Indians are expert in copying the others so this is no surprise. If they had any decency they should have asked for permission to copy.
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Akil Akhtar Sep 08, 2021 03:53am
There are dozens of songs in Bollywood stolen from Pakistan.....
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Awais Chaudhary Sep 08, 2021 04:42am
@Wajahat being inspired by something and shamelessly ripping off are vastly two different things unrelated.
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Raju Charles Sep 08, 2021 06:42am
Bold and Beautiful
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کاشی Sep 08, 2021 06:46am
Pakistani video is far better than Indian one. They could not even copy well.
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T-man Sep 08, 2021 06:48am
Modi's India is known for theft and trickery. No one is surprised here.
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Anonymouseee Sep 08, 2021 08:07am
Indians are known as copy cats and cheaters throughout the world.
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Peter Sep 08, 2021 08:26am
Cheats and lies as we are seeing right now on Indian media TVs. They even cant change cloth colors because original Pakistani was so good.
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Sharjeel Syed Sep 08, 2021 08:39am
Indian cinema is all about cheating
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Jahan Ara Sep 08, 2021 10:10am
Magical india has magical cheaters .
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Wajid Khan Sep 08, 2021 10:25am
Not the first time though, but utterly disgusting
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Sane Mind1st Sep 08, 2021 11:13am
Nabeel Q's song version was copied from Irfan Khan and Nawazuddin film named Bypass way back in 2000s. Seems actors inspire each other and than call others the cheaters.
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Misbah Sep 08, 2021 11:15am
@Anonymouseee What about Iron brother copying talent?
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ARY Sep 08, 2021 11:22am
Main Shahid Afridi huin bhool gayein....copy of Chkde India.
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M. Saeed Sep 08, 2021 11:42am
A naqal is always a naqal. No comparison with the real original.
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waisay hee Sep 08, 2021 12:01pm
Copying must be good as it got both Brham and Shani Arshad over here. There are plenty of original Indian and Pakistani MVs that no one's heard of, take for instance Mastana Saqi, Che May Meena and Zama Stargo Kay Jara by Saf. K ! Sure it's Pashto, but nonetheless Pakistani but does it get the recognition it deserves? Yeah only when it's copied by someone else perhaps by an artist across the border !!
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Gollum Sep 08, 2021 12:04pm
Copy Cats
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Gollum Sep 08, 2021 01:43pm
They even steal pictures like Arizona F16 crash or video games to blame Pakistan of invasion in Panjshir.
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Leo Sep 08, 2021 04:16pm
Very shameful on part of India. Very -2 shameful.
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Leo Sep 08, 2021 04:19pm
@Gollum Always innocent
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M. Saeed Sep 09, 2021 02:54pm
When we ban the original, this is the only way to satisfy the need to show a common theme and it's lesson.
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Huma Sep 11, 2021 06:32pm
Pakistanis need to watch more and more Pakistan content, we are not a small nation , just imagine if our population stops supporting Indian content and starts supporting Pakistan content where this support will take us,. I used to watch Indian movies but since they showed our stars the boot , I stopped supporting them , I only keep myself aware as to what is going on next door as i keep myself aware of rest of the world, but believe me i do not purposely go and watch their content.,,, watch Pakistani and then there are so many other amazing cultures to watch , Iranian, Turks ,. Get your self respect back Pakistan
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