Tanishk Bagchi deletes ₹8 lakh unpaid royalty post after YRF says Saiyaara dues were shared: ‘Paid every collaborator’
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A year after Saiyaara took over the ticket-window and its title track became one of the biggest musical hits of the year, the movie has landed in an unexpected row. On its first anniversary, composer Tanishk Bagchi claimed that he is still waiting to receive ₹ 8 lakh in royalties for the chartbuster song. The post quickly grabbed attention online, but after Yash Raj Films (YRF) responded, saying all payments had been made as per the agreed contract, Bagchi deleted his statement from Instagram.
Adding to this, YRF says Saiyaara royalties were paid as agreed; Tanishk Bagchi deletes widely shared post. YRF says all payments were made as per agreement After Tanishk Bagchi's claims gained attention online, Yash Raj Films rolled out an official statement saying that every collaborator had been paid according to the terms of their agreement.
Meanwhile, “Saiyaara title track was a beautiful collaboration between three composers (Tanishk Bagchi along with Faheem Abdullah and Arslan Nizami). We are deeply thankful for their brilliance in creating a timeless song that has touched a million hearts. Royalties for the title track have been shared and will continue to be shared by YRF equally between all three composers as contractually agreed by all, including Tanishk. YRF has paid every collaborator their due, as per contract, all within mutually agreed terms & time,” the spokesperson shared.
Notably, Shortly after YRF's clarification, Tanishk deleted his Instagram post, which was posted on July 18.
As per the latest buzz, On Saturday, Tanishk Bagchi shared a detailed Instagram post explaining why he felt disappointed despite the title track becoming one of the biggest songs of the year. He made it clear that he was not looking for sympathy but wanted to speak about his experience of working on the song.
In further updates, "This was my first movie with @yrfentertainment @yrfmusic… I agreed to everything because I believed in the music. I gave this song everything I had. From the production to the composition, working with the lyricist and singers, recording, vocal tuning, sound, arrangements every single detail mattered to me. I treated it like it was my own," he wrote.
On top of that, Tanishk further claimed that the amount he was paid for the project was spent entirely on creating the song. "Whatever YRF had paid me all of that nominal amount was used to do the live and mixes ..what was left was zero ,yes. Thts wat i collected from a song so big," he shared.
The composer shared his biggest concern was the royalty amount that, according to him, is still pending. "What hurts the most is that, as per the royalty statement, I'm still yet to receive just ₹ 8 lakhs in royalties for a song that has gone on to do millions of streams and views across platforms. Honestly, for the amount of work, time and passion I put into this song, ₹ 8 lakhs feels like peanuts. I genuinely believed a song that reached this scale would have collected much more," he added.
Source: Hindustan Times