No point in accusing Tahsan and I, when production house is liable: Shusmita Anis
Renowned singer Shusmita Anis is a trained Nazrul Sangeet exponent, hailing from the family of legendary artistes Kamal Dasgupta and Feroza Begum. The artiste has also made a mark in pop music, with songs like "Ekhane Dujone", "Alor Chithi" and "Joto Durei" being appreciated by the audience.
Shusmita's last music video titled "Harai Bohudur", however, was subject to much controversy, due to the screenplay being similar to BTS' RM's "Wild Flower". The song was a duet with Tahsan, in collaboration with Minar and Sajid Sarker. The video, which was produced by Flybot Studios and directed by Aga Nahiyan Ahmed, was called out by BTS fans and even Korean media as being a 'copy' of RM's effort.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Shusmita Anis opened up to The Daily Star about the issue, stating that she was not aware that the director had taken inspiration from the South Korean project. "The criticism that Tahsan and I are facing is completely unfair", she said. "We did not even know of the song that was made by RM, when we were shooting for the video. He should have informed us about the matter at that time."
While obviously hurt by the online trolls that are being made unfairly targeting her, the artiste stood firm in her stance. "I worked with the director, Aga Nahiyan Ahmed, many-a-times before. He is an exceptionally talented worker, and its unexpected that he'd make such a video, without even informing us of his 'inspiration'." Shusmita explained that if he had been open about his plans, she would never had gone ahead with it in the first place, with that screenplay.
The artiste further went on to explain the process in which her work is conceived, from beginning to end. "The audio is obviously the focal point, and this in particular is such a fantastic song – people are completely overlooking it, while trying to lash out against the video," she said. It is hard to argue in that front, the song is indeed a very catchy pop piece. "After we sit with the video, the production house, which in this case is Flybot Studios, have to show us reference shots for the screenplay. This time, we weren't even aware of the BTS song that is being compared to ours".
Meanwhile, Aga Nahiyan Ahmed, in a conversation with The Daily Star, apologised to the fans of BTS and others who were 'hurt' by the music video. "I apologise on behalf of the team to that certain group of people who got hurt for the video that we made Our only intention was to take inspiration and present our country with a great project," he said. "I still don't think we did anything wrong by taking inspiration from such great artist, however the only mistake that we made was that we missed out on giving credits for our inspiration".
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