There are some 200 songs that I have written. I had a conversation with Javed on the same the other day, though I have not been as prolific as others.
I think both Javed and Gulzar are very good at sensitivity and craft but now you would find lyricists who are not Shayars and come from commercial backgrounds like advertising. I find Gulzars’ body of work very interesting. Earlier lyrics writing was confined to traditional Shayars, with some people who introduced some flexibility and feshness from time to time. Well I too had my flirtations with different thought systems. Progressive writers union was the cradle for writers once but not any more.īut what about the times when you were writing? But I had my brush with IPTA and all that in college. Trationally a lyricist is someone who has left leanings, who is member of the IPTA or Progressive writers associations. They were young so I could connect with them. I have written songs for some 40 films and I have worked primarily with Bappi and Rajesh Roshan. Had it been my sole career I would have been under pressure. You did that when legends like Majrooh Sultanpuri, Shakeel Badayuni,Sahir were around. They knew me before due to my association with Dev saab but nobody had never seen me writing. However people were surprised to see me especially Lataji and Kishore da. You know its tough to imagine a twenty one year old boy writing commercial hindi film songs way back in early 70s. So he asked me to try writing songs.Īnd you wrote the super hit song Chalte-Chalte, how old were you then? It was not a very high budget film and my friend knew that I had literary inclinations. Bappi Lahiri a young talented composer was doing the rounds of the studios. One of my friends was starting a film and was on the look out for a music director.
I started my career with Navketan Films when Devanand sahib called me to assist him. Well I never intended to be a lyrics writer… I do not come from a Hindi-Urdu background. You have been a lyricist, filmmaker, screenplay writer and so on… tell me about your journey as a lyricist… He would baffle any corporate historian, music critic or a journalist worth his/her salt.Įxactly! How do you write about a man who “likes to move on”? Anyways this is my version. Speaking to him I feel as if I know more about his songs than he does but that’s what he is like. His modesty about his body of work borders on self-denial. As I sip my Java Green Cold coffee in the executive suite I wonder if he is the same man who wrote “Chalte-Chalte Mere Ye Geet Yaad Rakhna”(Chalte-Chalte,1976) and “Ka Karoo Sajni Aaye Na Baalam”(Swami 1977). He comes across as a highly organized person with the appointment starting exactly at the scheduled time. Khanna in the posh boardroom of Reliance Infocomm situated in DhiruBhai Ambani Knowledge City (DAKC), India’s commercial Xanadu. Infact when I wrote my research proposal I had never thought that I will meet Mr.
COMPOSER OF CHALTE CHALTE 1976 PLUS
He is a highly acclaimed successful Hindi film lyricist, screenplay dialogue writer, director, producer, man behind Plus Channel and currently the President Of Film & Tv Producers Guild and Chairman of the Reliance Entertainment. The main problem is that when you are talking to him you are talking to five or perhaps more different personas. I had put in lot focus for his interview but it turned out to be quite a struggle for me. (Every dream is a serpent clinging to the heart) Burman's wife, Meera Dev.Har Sapna Ek Saap hai Mann se lipta jai (Bhairavi, 1996) The duo were music assistants (arrangers) working for S. In earlier years, he composed music with Anil Mohile as a duo 'Anil-Arun'. He also wrote the music for Meera Ka Mohan the film was released in 1992, after Paudwal's death, and the music became very successful. He composed the song "Ashwini Ye Na" for the Marathi film Gammat Jammat in 1987, which was performed as a duet by the singer Kishore Kumar and Anuradha Paudwal. Paudwal was a versatile and popular musician, who composed the music for several movies including Marathi and Hindi films. Their daughter Kavita Paudwal also became a singer. Arun Paudwal's wife is the well known Bollywood singer Anuradha Paudwal.