At the recently concluded Jashne-e-Rekhta,
Swanand Kirkire
said,"Pehle pahal,
Gulzar
sahab ko sun kar mera gaano mein interest shuru hua. I found it really interesting how Gulzar saheb used languages in his songs. Through Gulzar saheb's songs, I started expanding my knowledge. I come from Indore, so I studied Rahat Indori as well as Shivmangal Singh Suman.
The song that had a huge influence on me while growing up was a song from
Dev Anand
saheb's Hum Dono. It has the bhajan 'Allah Tero Naam,' written by
Sahir Ludhianvi
. I don't think any better bhajan was written before it or will ever be written. Sahir has written this line which is so relevant today - 'O saare jag ke rakhwale, nirbal ko bal dene wale, balwano ko de de gyaan.' Ismein Allah bhi hain aur bhagwan bhi hain."
You can't use a song like 'sab kuch seekha humne na seekhi hoshiyari' in a film like Animal
Swanand Kirkire said the struggle of lyricists at present is to figure out how to say what they want to say in the type of films that are being released.
He said,"Ek film aayi hai janwar (Animal) jiski hum sab baat kar rahe hain. Woh puri ki puri film is baare mein hai ki ek pure gharane ko khud ko bachana hai. Wahan pe aap kaise kahoge - sab kuch seekha humne na seekha hoshiyari! (song from Anari). Cinema hamesha samaj ka aaina dikhata hai. I always say that those who have the power to write and rhyme have a great power. You can sell vehicles from those words and also you can sell ideas. Nirbal ko bal dene wale ki baat bhi samjha sakte ho."
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