Renowned lyricist Javed Akhtar shares his experience in the film Industry
Renowned lyricist Javed Akhtar
shares his experience in the film Industry
Undoubtedly, Javed Akhtar is a renowned figure in Bollywood popular for penning mindblowing lyrics for songs in Hindi films. He has also been a screenwriter and poet.
The lyricist and writer firmly believes that contemporary lyrics in songs doesn’t have the same impact as they used to because they lack a strong connection to a movie’s storyline and its emotions.
Who can forget Akhtar’s lyrics for songs like ‘Yeh Kahan Aa Gaye Hum’ in Silsila , Ek Ladki Ko Dekha in 1942: A Love Story (1994), and Jashn-e-Bahara in Jodhaa Akbar (2008), among others.
Amid a recent media interaction the veteran sctor spoke on why today’s songs a “forgettable” because It is writers can’t write good songs,
Some of the lyricists are they are not getting an opportunity to write good songs.
There are a number of reasons why songs have become forgettable. One, the tempo and beat have become very high. Two, most songs are in the background today, there is no lip-sync anymore.” because songs are no longer integrated into the story, they lose the genuine emotions of sorrow, happiness, and pain.
He added, “Songs today are played in a generic situation, it’s playing in the background. Earlier, songs were used to capture a particular human emotion and would be part of the story. The character would lip-sync so it used to become a part of the drama. A song was like a scene.”
Javed Akhtar furtheri points out that due to the high tempo of today’s songs, the words are not registered
Many songs nowadays have high-tempo music, giving the human mind only a tiny moment to grasp the lyrics and further added that, the tempo of songs has emerged so high and frantic that the voice loses its value.
Words only go deep into your psyche or your hearing when there is some space for the words. When you have a fraction of seconds to register the word, if the tune is so fast, the words become irrelevant.”
Javed Akhtar was in the city for a book signing event hosted by The Anant Raj Corporation (TARC), a real estate developer.
Meanwhile amid the event, he discussed his biographical book, Talking Life, authored by Nasreen Munni Kabir.
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