Shahrukh Khan played the lead role in the film Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani.
Sometimes his songs touch people’s hearts more than films. Any film seems incomplete without songs. The emotions of the scenes can be better captured through songs.
A song does not take its final form only through the vocals of the singer, but the most important role is played by the director and the music composer of the film. The composer is responsible for creating the melody of the song and the director is responsible for finalizing it.
In this episode of Reel to Real, we’ll understand the process of creating songs. For this, we spoke to lyricist Kumar, music composer Aman Pant, veteran music composer Lalit Pandit and singer Udit Narayan.
He said that sometimes big actors also participate in creating the songs alongside the director. Shahrukh Khan himself has finalized a song from the film Jawan. At the same time, sometimes some singers are not ready to lend their voice to a particular song. When Lata Mangeshkar was not ready to sing the title song of Amitabh Bachchan’s film Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, music composer Lalit Pandit had to convince her.
Story – 1- Lata Didi was not ready to sing the title song of the film Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham worked with Swar Kokila Lata Mangeshkar. He said, “We had a family relationship with Lata ji. My father learned music from his brother Hridaynath ji. However, when I first met him, I was scared.
One incident was that I had asked her to sing the title song of Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan’s film Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, but she refused saying that she didn’t sing just one song.
I insisted on telling him that if you don’t sing it, no one else will be able to sing it. After much persuasion, he listened to the melody and lent his voice to the song.
Story- 2- Salman had composed a new song for himself in the song Munni Badnaam. Lalit Pandit had composed the song Munni Badnaam from the film Dabangg. He also wrote the lyrics. Narrating the story of this film, he said, “I had composed this song a long time ago. We were waiting for a big movie in which this song could be filmed.
I have an old friendship with Arbaaz Khan. One day we met. I invited him to my house to listen to the songs. He came and I played him some songs. Then he said he was making a movie for which he needed a unique song. Then I played the song Munni Badnaam for him. Arbaaz really liked this song.
I wanted this song to be filmed on Salman Khan and Malaika Arora. Eventually the same thing happened. Salman himself asked me to direct Antara for his part, as initially this song was to be filmed on just one actress.
Story- 3- Shahrukh Khan got angry over the shooting of a song. Shahrukh Khan had worked with Juhi Chawla in the film Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani. Shahrukh became very angry while shooting the song ‘Banke Tera Jogi’ of this film. Narrating this incident, Lalit said, “After listening to the lyrics of this song, Shahrukh asked to change the lyrics. He wasn’t sure about this song. It was the first time he said something like that. The film’s producer Juhi had also requested changes in the lyrics.
When I asked writer Javed Akhtar Sahab to change the lyrics, he refused. In the end, this song had to be recorded with the same lyrics. Then when Shahrukh heard this song during the shoot, he got angry again. He called me and got very angry. Jatin and I reached Mehboob Studio to meet him. However, before we arrived, choreographer Farah Khan praised the song so much that Shahrukh agreed to shoot it based on her feedback. He also apologized to us.
Story – 4- Salman is interested in singing, Aamir recorded the final song in an hour and a half. Besides acting and directing, many actors are also interested in singing. Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan’s names also feature in this list. Lalit Pandit says: Salman often took part in singing sessions. He really likes to sing. We suggested that Aamir Khan should sing the song Aati Kya Khandala for the film Ghulam.
Aamir would come and practice this song every night for about a month. He made the final recording in just an hour and a half.
Udit Narayan said, “Music is missing in today’s Hindi songs. There were a lot of changes in the songs and style of the films compared to the previous ones. Singer Udit Narayan said about it, “There have been a lot of changes in the style of the songs. Nowadays, new creations are very rare. Remixes of old songs are in progress. It is very important to have music in Hindi films, which is a bit lacking at the moment.
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Tabu, who never wanted to become an actress, has held a prominent position in the film world for 39 years, but also feels lonely in her personal life. Since childhood, she has only remained close to her mother and sister. I haven’t seen my father’s face until this day. Even giving him his father’s name is unacceptable. …