A film lyric mostly will stand shoulder to shoulder with the script.
Because in most cases it must justify the story, reflect elements in the script. The film lyric aspires to be effective, rather than authentic. Therefore, the music composer is at the top of the chain of three, even though their boundaries often blur. He or she weaves the lyrics, the singer’s voice, and the tune and orchestra into, ideally, a cohesive and harmonious song. It is the music composer who fuses these primary elements of the film song and enables it to reach the listener, the audience. Though the story was of prime importance to him, a lyricist, he knew and respected the place of the Music Composer in the trio of a film song – the Music Composer, the Lyrics writer and the Singer/s instruments, words and human voice. And when he listened even an earthquake could not have distracted him.” He would state as a matter of fact, with no qualms about sharing the world’s best kept secret “Story sunn ke hi dimaag chalta hai.” Many directors we met said, “… before every song he would ask us to narrate the entire story once again. Anand Bakshi was often asked the source or secret of his success and inspiration behind his largely high quality and high numbers of songs. The film’s story is necessary and enough for him or her to subconsciously weave his or her metaphors, poetry and philosophy, as a lyrical expression. Woh toh shayar hi nahi.”Ī lyrics writer may not be a special kind of man, but a lyrics writer is a special kind of poet. Some poets who were successful film-lyrics writers when Anand Bakshi arrived in the late 1950s, and even after he was successful and ruled Hindi cinema lyrics on the top with a few others, in the 70’s and 80’s, some lyrics writers from the earlier generation and some from his own looked down on him and publicly claimed ‘Bakshi shayari nahin, tukbandi karta hai. Religious songs and liturgy and shayari considered the film song as profane, rubbishing it as simply first, as an unwanted pregnancy, and later as a bloody- bastard-child. However, the film lyric was once considered a poor country cousin of poetry. Therefore, the same song was loved across demographics, transcending barriers and boundaries between classes and masses and nations.
The Indian film song bridged the gap between classical, folk, and western music. The Best reward of your work.” – Anand Bakshi. And the Colleagues, Family and Friends you earn and keep along that way. What really matters at the end of the run of hits and flops is the kind of person you become while your work becomes Hits and Flops. “It’s not about making hit films, or writing a hit script.
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