Inspiration and Plagiarism

    There is a clear distinction between getting inspired from a
    song or some beautiful notes or 'jaghas' in a song and lifting
    blatantly a tune from some other source.
    Whatever I have mentioned in Punjabi songs thread or about C.Ramachandra
    is not at all plagiarism. This borrowing is a token acknowledgement and
    likeness for the original work.
    Here is another such example. 
    Just recall film Sunehrey Din's duet (1949) -
    mein ney dekhi jugki reet - miit sub jhootey peD.gaey
                                                      Mukesh/ Shamshad -
MD-Gyaan Dutt
    I think S.D.Burman liked this song very much.
    After more than two decades he composed a duet using a couple of
    lines of this song in his beautiful duet - 
        jeevan ki bagiya mehekey gi, chehekey gi - film Terey Merey Sapaney
        Kishore / Lata
    Just listen the antaraa of this song- vo mera hoga , vo sapana tera hoga
                                                        miljul key manga, vo
tera mera hoga
    this will lead you to - miit sub jhotey peD.gaey.
    I like film Goutum Govinda's song - ik ritu aaey ik ritu jaey very much.
    I remember I once played it for my father who also liked it. Particulary
when
    Kishore came to - mausam badley na _'badley'_ nasiib., he spontaneouly
    said , aah, ki jagha banaees(in Punjabi).....Kya jagha(sur)banaee hey.He
    praised the way LK/PL got Kishore to sing ' badley bnasii'.

    Regards,

    Irfan