‘With 37 billion views, they think I own a jet’: Tanishk Bagchi reveals the ‘unfair’ reality of zero royalties in Bollywood

“Everyone, from the sound engineer to the song writer, even if there is a team of 5 people, all are getting royalties. So financially, they are very stable,” he said and added, “Here, you get paid once and then it’s over.” Although, he noted that there have been some improvements because of IPRS (Indian Performing Right Society), but he is hopeful that things might change further. “There are so many musicians, instrumentalists, they also contribute so much to a song, so they also deserve to have royalties, like we are getting or how the lyric writers are getting. That is a little unfair but I am hopeful that the good times are coming,” he said.

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Tanishk then said that with his songs he has around 37 billion views, only on YouTube, and when he tells this to people outside of India, they assume that he must “have a jet.” He said, “I think I have around 37 billion views only on YouTube and streaming must be just as much. I don’t know the exact number. If I say that number outside of India, people get scared. They think I must have a jet.”

He added, “I really like this about the West, it’s not unfair, it’s very fair. Everyone gets their due for the hard work they have put in. Here, we have to do it over and over again. You have done one Saiyaara and then it’s over, you have to start again. You might get famous for a couple of months but then people might forget you. But we can’t leave the country either. We have to be here and sustain and be a part of this process. You have to work with everybody without any hard feelings. That’s how I have been working. You don’t think about when you will get paid. You just keep working.”