As soon as the first song of Fighter, “Sher Khul Gaye”, was released online, fans couldn’t help but point out the similarities between the Vishal-Sheykhar song and the Bee Gees song “Stayin’ Alive”. Some fans also felt like the song sounded quite like BTS’ “Dynamite”. Now, director Siddharth Anand has opened up about these similarities and said that the notes of “Sher Khul Gaye” and “Stayin’ Alive” are similar.
In a chat with Zoom, when the director was asked about the comparisons, he said, “I think it is those notes which are similar and that always will happen. Like you will have a song that is not inspired but has similar notes and similar progressions.” The director then hummed the “Radha” song from Student of the Year and said that the “scanning is very similar” to Aap Ki Kasam’s “Jai Jai Shiv Shankar”.
“It’s the same scanning but it’s not copied. The scanning is similar so you can’t say it’s copied. These are things you have to, as a technician and as a professional, you have to understand, recognise that this is okay. That scanning is similar but it’s not lifted,” he said. When asked about his opinion on the music of Fighter, the director said, “I think they are great songs to listen to, to see and once you see them in the film, you’ll get more attached to them. They are very hummable.”
Sung by Vishal & Sheykhar, Benny Dayal, Shilpa Rao, and composed by Vishal & Sheykhar with lyrics by Kumaar, “Sher Khul Gaye” released online in December. So far, the music of Fighter has generated a positive response from fans but the euphoria for the film’s album has been much lesser than Pathaan. Siddharth Anand’s 2023 film also had music by Vishal & Sheykhar.
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