PTI

Mumbai, Apr 10: The Bombay High Court on Thursday ruled that two songs in forthcoming Hindi film Krazzy 4 are a copy of earlier compositions by jingle composer Ram Sampath and restrained producer Rakesh Roshan from releasing the movie with the songs.

The movie can be released without the songs in question, Justice D G Karnik said.

"To my untrained ear, the music (in two works) appeared to be similar," Justice Karnik, who listened to both of Sampath's works for a Sony Ericsson cellphone advertisement, and the two songs composed by Rajesh Roshan for the film, said.

Earlier, music composer Ram Sampath, who has composed thousand of ad jingles, had dragged Bollywood hero Hrithik Roshan's father, his uncle Rajesh Roshan, their film company Film Kraft, Super Cassettes, Sony Erricsson and Saatchi & Saatchi to court for alleged infringement of copyright of his music.

In a battle that's rarely fought in the film industry, the 32-year-old composer had alleged that the 60-second music titled The Thump he created for a mobile phone television advertisement last year had been copied into four tracks in the film Krazzy 4 .

A legal notice, he sent the Roshans and others though his lawyer, said that "the malafide intent is manifest as there was no credit given to our client for the song and instead, credit was given to Rajesh Roshan''.

Rajesh Roshan, who is shown as the film's music composer/director, had earlier said that the music is an independent creation.

The film is due to release on Friday.