Vivek Sagar, Vishwak Sen spar over remix of their rap song Mass Ka Das

It’s ironic. A rap song Vishwak Sen dedicated to NTR Jr has blown out into a war of words between the HIT star and Vivek Sagar, who composed the song, titled Mass Ka Das. Miffed with the way Vishwak used the unreleased song from Falaknuma Das as a tribute to the Young Tiger on his birthday, May 20, Vivek lashed out on Instagram. Commenting on the video posted by Vishwak, Vivek wrote, “@VishwakSen I’m not associated with this video — I have asked you repeatedly to get this down and you have failed to do so — you have killed the vibe of the song by making this — as an artist I’m truly disappointed with this attitude (sic).”With Vishwak refusing to budge, the composer has decided to approach Sony to ensure the video is taken down from social media. Speaking to Hyderabad Times, Vivek says, “This song is a creative and collaborative effort by many people involved. It is the result of a lot of hard work. The song was composed for the film Falaknuma Das, not to make mash-ups and use in birthday tributes. The fact that they have put this up without including it in the OST of the album and without taking my consent is what irks me.”The Sammohanam composer says he had tried to reason with Vishwak but the actor refused. “Creating music is not easy and it can’t be used so casually. This is not my song alone. The production team, Sony and I — all of us have rights to this song. It’s a team effort. So if it has to be used anywhere, we must all be on board with it. I have reached out to Sony and they said they will have the video taken down. I hope it happens soon,” adds Vivek. Meanwhile, Vishwak says that there’s no question of taking the video down and that he stands by his decision to put up the video. “My production house owns the rights to the song so why should I take it down? The issue happened because my team made the mistake of not giving credit to Vivek when the video was first put up. I admit my mistake and have apologised to Vivek. But there’s no question of taking down the video,” says Vishwak.