MBA grad seeks credit for song in PM’s biopic

Vadodara/ Anand: A fresh controversy has surfaced over the lyrics of ‘Saugandh Mujhe Iss Mitti Ki’ track that features in Hindi biopic titled ‘PM Narendra Modi’ which is scheduled to be launched on April 5.
A resident of Anand, Kuldeepsingh Jadeja, has claimed that he had at the start penned the 24-line poem right through the countdown to 2014 Lok Sabha polls and devoted it to Modi, then Gujarat chief minister and BJP’s top ministerial candidate.

Jadeja additionally has an appreciation letter which the then CM had despatched to him on March 26, 2014. The movie’s title mentions Prasoon Joshi as lyricist.

“I had written this poem in December 2013 in the background of the stipulations that were prevailing in the nation in those days,” said Jadeja, 30, who works as HR manager in a private company.

An MBA from J H Patel College affiliated with Gujarat Technological University (GTU), Jadeja informed IdealNews that he hopes Modi will interfere and make sure justice to him.

“All I want is that my name will have to be said,” he said, including that earlier too he had brought it to the notice of all.


The poem was first sung by way of Sukhwinder and recited by way of Modi as BJP anthem for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. “Even at that time, when the video was uploaded on YouTube, Prasoon Joshi’s name was discussed as lyricist and I had demanded that my contribution will have to be said,” he said.


There are minor adjustments after the common opening “Sougandh mujhe is mitti ki...” If Jadeja wrote “...nahin jhukne doonga” and “nahin bikne doonga”, Joshi's track says “...nahin mitne doonga”.


Further, Joshi's line “Meri dharti mujhse pooch rahi, kab mera karz chukaoge,” is simplest fine-tuning of Jadeja’s line , ‘Ye dharti mujhse pooch rahi kab karz tu chukayega.’


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