Ace choreographer director of ‘Om Shanti Om’ recently shared backstage anecdote on the hit song ‘Dard-E-Disco’. Although, the 2007 released film’s soundtrack is legendary, the famous Shah Rukh Khan track seemingly had a very rushed beginning. Farah went on to reveal that she got the song’s “hogwash” lyrics from the legendary Javed Akhtar in just five minutes after giving him a very specific and playful brief.
Farah further went on to explain that Javed Akhtar can sometimes be a dilly-dallier
They would wait for days for him to write two lines and give it to them. To get the song done, she invoked his professional rival, Gulzar. Her only brief to him was: She recalled just write like Gulzar sahab.’ And within five minutes, he’d written ‘Dard-E-Disco.”
Farah’s unique request was a success. Javed went on to say that he has to write like Gulzar?
Javed Akhtar himself has confirmed this story, stating that Farah asked for “hogwash,” lyrics because the song’s situation was so “absurd”. Admittedly he said that he realized for the first time that to write hogwash is very difficult.
Yet a.nother case of creative genius
This wasn’t the only time Farah was a witness to such
rapid-fire genius. She shared another anecdote about the song “Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga.” Farah recalled Javed Akhtar “walked in with a blank piece of paper” because “he forgot, which he often did.” After being reminded of the scene, he called his assistant and “dictated the lines effortlessly,
‘Ek Ladki ko dekha to aisa laga, jaise khilta gulaab, jaise shaayar ka khwaab, jaise ban mein hiran.’” He produced several verses, they selected the best, and he handed over the lyrics, saying, “Here, the song is done.”
To everyone’s amazement, the magic continued with RD Burman. Farah recalled that the legendary
RD Burman immediately took his harmonium and composed the entire tune on the spot. She reminisced about the incredible speed of the collaboration, noting that Javed Akhtar wrote the lyrics in five minutes while RD Burman created the music in just five seconds, which she felt was proof that the “best creations happen just like that.”
Farah’s disclosure offers fans a glimpse into how some of Bollywood’s most iconic songs came to life.
News Edit KV Raman
