Apart from this, the judge also took note of two circumstances that went against the Roshans. First, an expert, Shiv Mathur, had stated on affidavit (produced by Sampath) that the tunes were similar.
Secondly, there was an indirect admission by the Roshans in their affidavit-in-reply that a small part of the advertisement tunes had been used in the songs.
Meet Ram Sampath
Just another jingle-maker until Wednesday, 30-year-old Ram Sampat on Thursday grabbed headlines after winning a copyright case against Bollywood biggies the Roshans.
An elated Sampath, who realised mid-March that his compositions had been used in the Krazzy 4 tracks, says: “After approving it from music expert Shiv Mishra, I informed the production house and tried to keep a low profile, but I was not given the right treatment.”
The movie is now set for a release on Friday with his claim sealed by a huge settlement of about Rs 2 crore. “I settled for a huge amount as I hope this kind of incident does not occur again and this could act as a deterrent,” says Sampath.
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