‘Typically You Get Tunes On WhatsApp’ – Firstpost

Famend lyricist Raj Shekhar, identified for penning chartbuster songs in tasks like ‘Animal’, ‘Mismatched’ and the latest Shahid Kapoor starrer ‘Deva’, says out of the 100 odd songs he has penned through the years, he hasn’t been credited for almost 30 of them.

Shekhar, who has written songs like ‘Pehle Bhi Fundamental’ from ‘Animal’, ‘Ishq Hai’ from ‘Mismatched 3’, ‘Aise Kyun’ from ‘Mismatched 2’ and ‘Bhasad Macha’ from ‘Deva’, mentioned it’s vital for trade to come back collectively and safeguard credit score of the writers.

Talking in the course of the session “Phrases That Sing” on the seventh version of the Indian Screenwriters Convention (ISC)— hosted by the Screenwriters Affiliation of India (SWA)— Shekhar mentioned, “I believe we’re within the transition part as a society we’re making errors however we’re slowly discovering out the place. Out of 100, 28-30 songs of mine aren’t credited to me.

“That’s simply me however what about others who can’t converse for his or her due credit score? I urge the viewers to seek out out the identify of the lyricist in the event that they like a music. We write with such ardour and hardwork,” the lyricist added.

Shekhar—who made his debut as a lyricist with ‘Tanu Weds Manu’ in 2011—additionally highlighted areas throughout the trade which want to alter for higher creativity.

“There’s a hole between the screenwriter and the lyricist. There are many instances once I received to know tunes on WhatsApp with out understanding the house it was coming from. The artistic collaboration with director and author feels lacking because it was in instances of Raj Kapoor and Shailendra,” he added.

On the session, moderated by screenwriter Hussain Haidry, Shekhar was joined by filmmaker-lyricist duo Siddharth-Garima, identified for penning songs in ‘Bajirao Mastani’, ‘Padmaavat’, ‘Animal’ and ‘Kalki 2898 AD’.

Garima famous how music streaming platforms similar to Spotify have to design “a brand new crediting system” for artists in India.

“The platform follows the Western mannequin, the place performers write their very own lyrics. Nevertheless, in India, songs are sometimes sung and written by totally different artists,” Garima mentioned.

Siddharth, in the meantime, mentioned the bigger drawback can be the reluctance to simply accept change, which is inevitable.

“Both it’s taking place for good or unhealthy, however acceptance is step one. For instance, Synthetic intelligence is right here and altering issues. Now, it’s simply synthetic intelligence is right here, if synthetic creativeness exhibits up, we’re doomed. We’ll be preventing for our phrases, not simply credit. We now have to adapt,” he added.