Typically, after we lose ourselves on the planet of music, we neglect to ask in regards to the thoughts behind the phrases. Raj Shekhar, who by no means got down to be a songwriter however to create one thing magical, has quietly penned over 100 songs, gifting us chartbusters like Aise Kyun (Mismatched), Ishq Hai (Mismatched), Papa Meri Jaan (Animal) and Pehle Bhi Important (Animal) amongst others. Just lately, he lent his phrases to 2 important movies, Vivek Soni’s Aap Jaisa Koi and Mohit Suri’s Saiyaara. A agency believer in artistic synergy, he has all the time emphasised the significance of collaboration between the director and the lyricist.
Requested how a lot he was concerned with these two initiatives on a script stage, he stated, “I labored with Vivek Soni earlier in Meenakshi Sundareshwar, with Aap Jaisa Koi was additionally my second Hindi movie with composer Justin Prabhakar. From the primary draft to the discharge, I used to be part of the journey. It was a give-and-take relationship. I didn’t get a random tune and was requested to write down with out even figuring out in regards to the characters. It was a collaboration in its actual sense. When the director leaves every part to you, the duty will increase.”
For Dharma’s Aap Jaisa Koi, he penned Mila Tujhe, and for Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda’s Saiyaara, he wrote Tum Ho Toh. Each songs garnered sturdy love from the viewers. The YRF manufacturing marked Raj Shekhar’s first collaboration with Mohit Suri. The lyricist shared, “This was my first collaboration with Mohit Suri. We have been engaged on one thing earlier, nevertheless it didn’t materialise. He has a great historical past with music and has given back-to-back memorable songs by his movies. I used to take heed to his songs in school. He works laborious. He’ll sit with you within the studio and work with you rather than telling you to do it your self. Mohit Suri doesn’t intervene; he will get concerned with you to make issues higher. It feels good when folks come collectively and work like this.”
Requested whether or not working with large manufacturing homes like Dharma and YRF additionally means interference from the pinnacle honchos, Raj shared, “There have been some ideas from Karan Johar in Aap Jaisa Koi. I cannot name it interference. Folks like Karan Johar sir or Aditya Chopra sir have labored a lot that you simply get to study from the ideas that they provide.”
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