The composer of Cocktail 2's track Mashooqa, Pritam Chakraborty, has reacted to the plagiarism debate surrounding the song. Pritam called out people for drawing 'imaginary similarities' between the song and the 1993 Italian track Se So Arrubate A Nonna.
He wrote on Instagram Stories, 'Every single of my song release comes with set of self-appointed music detectives, who have created a new genre called 'imaginary similarities'. Same people, same 'inspired by' thesis.'
Pritam added, 'Boss, at this point you are my unpaid PR team. I just want to say guys NOT NICE.' This is not the first time Pritam has faced allegations of plagiarism, with previous instances including the song Bulleya from Ae Dil Hai Mushkil.
Mashooqa has been composed by Pritam, written by Amitabh Bhattacharya and sung by Raghav Chaitanya and Mahmood Ruaa Kayy, with the Italian portions written and performed by Mahmood.
The song follows Kriti and Shahid's characters travelling together and gradually falling in love with each other in Cocktail 2, directed by Homi Adajania and starring Rashmika Mandanna in a lead role.
