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How Delhi HC defined ‘originality’, holding AR Rahman & ‘PS-2’ makers guilty of copyright infringement

The court found a song in Mani Ratnam’s film identical to a classical composition by late musician duo Junior Dagar Brothers, directing the composer & Madras Talkies to pay up over Rs 2 cr.

AR Rahman must deposit Rs 2 cr for copyright infringement in Veera Raja Veera: Delhi High Court

The case, filed in 2023, alleged that AR Rahman’s ‘Veera Raja Veera’ was copied from ‘Shiva Stuti’, originally composed by Dhrupad maestro Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar's father and uncle.

Shehla Rashid’s book has a message for Indian Muslims—they can make it big

Shehla Rashid described ‘Role Models’ as a self-help book consisting of a collection of autobiographical essays by achievers such as AR Rahman, Sania Mirza, and Nigar Shaji.

How AR Rahman founded an all-female orchestra in Dubai

Shehla Rashid's 'Role Models: Inspiring Stories of Indian Muslim Achievers' is a unique account of the Indian Muslims' contributions to national life.

AR Rahman to Nandan Nilekani—how ‘outliers’ view failure, uncertainty

Pankaj Mishra's 'Against The Grain' dives deep into the minds of those who dared to defy convention.

Dagar, Rahman & music in the courtroom—Day 1 of Dhrupad maestro’s fight against film giants

Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar claims that AR Rahman has ‘copied’ his family’s Dhrupad composition, Shiva Stuti, for the song Veera Raja Veera in the Tamil blockbuster Ponniyin Selvan-2.

Did AR Rahman ‘lift’ Dagar’s Shiva Stuti for PS2 Veera Raja? A new music ownership battle

Dhrupad maestro Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar has alleged that AR Rahman's song Veera Raja Veera in Ponniyin Selvan 2 'lifted' materials from 'Shiva Stuti' that his father and uncle had composed.

Off The Cuff with A.R. Rahman & Ananya Birla

In this edition of #ThePrintOTC, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta is in conversation with Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman and singer Ananya Birla, who talk about ‘Hindustani...

One hour of Arnab shouting on Republic TV is better than one minute of Masakali remix 

Masakali 2.0, which is categorised as a song and not a biohazard, got red flagged by A.R. Rahman who had composed the original song in Delhi 6.

On Camera

Skin cancer is no more an ‘old person’s disease’

The sun isn’t acting alone—it has an accomplice in pollution. Environmental toxins weaken our skin’s natural barrier.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

60 yrs on, veterans recall lessons from 1965 India-Pakistan war. ‘Equipment alone doesn’t win battles’

A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.