Controversy over song irks musician

Members of band The Colors are miffed that their song, Jannat, has been used in a bilingual film without informing them about it first
They wished to make a splash with their music, but now, their efforts seem to have been rendered colourless. Members of The Colors have discovered to their dismay that not only has their number, Jannat, been used in a bilingual movie without their permission, the ‘trek song’ doesn’t even fit into the sequence of events in the revenge drama.
Said Nilanjan, lead guitarist and founder member of The Colors, “Recently, a student of mine called me to say how he had heard one of our songs in the trailer of a Bengali movie —Brishti Brishti — by Raj Mukherjee. I was in for a rude shock.”
Story goes that The Colors’ album, Naya Din, was released under the banner of Purple Music in 2010. And Purple Motion Picture, the film production unit of the banner, is in charge of Brishti Brishti, titled The Night of the Interview in Hindi. The film stars Pallavi Chatterjee in the lead. “Back in 2010, we had to pay from our pockets to cut the album. It was not even marketed well and we gained absolutely nothing out of the project. If our song features in a film, we are bound to be happy. But for that, we need to know first. I searched on the net to find out about this film,” said Nilanjan.
The guitarist is miffed that the name of the music outfit, too, has not been mentioned correctly in the official trailer. “Our band’s name is The Colors and not Colors band, as mentioned in the trailer. What’s more, this song was based on the memories of a trek to Phalut. The makers didn’t even try to understand the lyrics, as all I can see in the trailer are lust, cheap romance and revenge. We musicians are not aware of the legal side of a contract. I know that the producers have the copyright to my song, but I’m sad about not being told,” he adds. The Colors, which started off with a lot of promise, had disbanded in between, though the members have now reunited. “I’ve called a meeting with my band members and we’ll decide where to go from here,” says Nilanjan.
When we got in touch with Mayukh Chatterjee from the production house, he said, “The film has not been censored yet and we are not yet decided on whether we’ll be able to retain the song. That’s the reason why The Colors has not been informed yet.”