As much as the 90s famous songs, ‘Tamma Tamma’, and ‘Jumma Chumma De De’ gained popularity among the audience, the controversy between music directors of the two was equally outrageous. When music composer Laxmikant-Pyarelal accused Bappi Lahiri of copying his original song ‘Jumma Chumma De De’ and thereby coming up with ‘Tamma Tamma‘ as a new rendition, Bappi Lahiri was in complete denial of the same. After the continuous feud between Laxmikant and Bappi Lahiri, choreographer Saroj Khan once opened up on the same, unveiling the facts behind the hot-headed controversy.
Saroj Khan Claimed Laxmikant Copied The Tune
Saroj Khan, who also choreographed Sanjay Dutt for Tamma Tamma poured in her fact-based opinions, and bashed down the allegations drawn upon the creators of Tamma Tamma. In an interview with Lehren Retro, the renowned artist claimed that if ethics are to be followed, it should be applicable on every song right from the start. Saroj Khan counter attacked Laxmikant, who claimed to be owning the tunes. In a surprise twist of events, the choreographer revealed that the song is originated from an African tune, and none of the Indian singers are its owners. Laxmikant replaced the words with ‘jumma chumma’, on the contrary, Bappi also took the same words of the song which were Tamma itself. She felt there was no problem if the two created separate tracks from it.
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In the conversation ahead, Saroj Khan accused that even Laxmikant has copied the tune from some other source, it is not his original tune. Giving an instance of other songs and their remakes in industry, Saroj added, “The song Hawa Hawa was repeated in 7 films, why did nobody question the same? Just because it is a Pakistani original, the industry had the rights to copy it.” She also recalled the repetitions of famous song, ‘Ek,Do, Teen…” in several films consecutively because it was too popular.
On being asked if she would have been capable to choreograph both the songs uniquely, Saroj Khan gives a bold response, “I have enough guts to picturise both the songs differenly from one another.“ She also said there was nothing wrong in picturising the song as an assigned choreographer because an artist has nothing to do with the making or origin of the song. All that matters is a ‘perfect choreography’.
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Not Laxmikant or Bappi Lahiri But Ramesh Sippy Owned The OG Tune?
What nobody knew but Saroj Khan opened up about, in the Lehren Retro’s interview was how the original copyright accusations should have come from filmmaker Ramesh Sippy, and not Romesh Sharma. To those who know the original song belongs to film HUM, to date – it comes out as a big surprise that the real owner was Ramesh Sippy, at that time while Laxmi and Bappi fought for the claims. Saroj in her revelations exclaimed, “It is Ramesh Sippy who should shout, and not Romesh Sharma- and even Laxmikant cannot deny this truth.“
How Ramesh Sippy’s song was passed on to producer Romesh Sharma and how the controversy never occured after that, is what Saroj reveals in the podcast. Watch till the end to know the real OG of the song.
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