There are songs that are meant for some singers and when you hear them after ages, you realise why the song became timeless."Ĭiting the example of the immortal Lata Mangeshkar song, "Lag jaa gale", he said: "The song is from the 1964 film, 'Woh Kaun Thi?'. "An average voice also can bring life to good lyrics but I would say that a great, rather a correct voice, can immortalise a song. So, yes, one can truly say that poetry is the labour of love."Īccording to Muntashir, while words and good composition matter, casting the right voice for a song is equally important. Also, you see, expressing your thoughts in a paragraph is different from writing just four lines to express yourself, in the form of poetry. From the way you observe the force of life, people, their emotions - it becomes poetry, an expression of a poet. Talking about his process of writing songs and poetry, he said: "I think poetry comes from the experience of life. Dhoni: The Untold Story") and "Phir bhi tumko chaahunga" ("Half Girlfriend"), among many others. Manoj is also known for penning recent superhit songs like "Galliyan" ("Ek Villain"), "Kaun tujhe" ("M.S. In Bollywood, we work as a team of lyricist, composer, and singer. The lyricist who has written some memorable songs lately, including "Teri mitti" in last year's Akshay Kumar-starrer "Kesari", added: "In the western world, there is a culture of singer-songwriters. But many budding lyricists do not get that and the fact surely is a sign of discouragement," Muntashir told IANS. I am not talking it for myself because I always got my credit. Look, no one is doing a favour by giving credit to a lyricist. "One has to give due credit to the lyricist and some of my colleagues including Swanand Kirkire, Varun Grover, Amitabh Bhattacharya and others are raising their voice in the matter. He adds that although award-winning lyricists do get due recognition these days, there still exists an ignorance about lyrics writers, which discourages many budding talents to pursue good writing. Mumbai, Sep 10 (IANS): New-age Bollywood lyricist Manoj Muntashir says recognition is the right of every creative person.
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