A well-known singer of the 90s Junaid Jamshed has filed a suit against Pepsi co., on Saturday 29th March, for using the Dil Dil Pakistan song in their latest advertisement, media reports suggest.
According to Junaid Jamshed, the beverage company violated the copy rights by using ‘Dil Dil Pakistan’ without prior permission from the creators. The company was asked to pay Rs 10 million as compensation or stop the commercial altogether. The Sindh High Court, hence, ordered Pepsi to edit the TVC (remove the song) before airing it again.
You can now hear just “Pakistaan!” in Ayesha Omar’s voice, “Dil Dil” has indeed been removed. The fans were not happy with the remix.
Salman Ahmed, who was previously part of Vital Signs has also expressed his satisfaction on Pepsi’s decision to remove the national song from the TVC.
The fans are now happy. We wonder if it was remade properly then would the song have gotten same reaction from the audience and the creators.
‘Dil Dil Pakistan’ was released by Vital Signs in 1987 and is believed to be secondary national anthem of Pakistan. It was also declared 3rd Most Famous song of the world by BBC.
Chohta damagh chohti sooch, I am dispointed.
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