Veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar shared a coronary heart warming anecdote about working with the acclaimed music director AR Rahman. Their collaboration on ‘Sapnay,’ the Hindi model of the 1997 Tamil movie ‘Minsara Kanavu,’ starring Prabhu Deva, Kajol, and Arvind Swamy, left an enduring impression on Akhtar, notably resulting from Rahman’s simple nature.
Talking to O2India, Javed Akhtar praised Rahman’s collaborative strategy and highlighted, “AR Rahman, who is regarded as one of the most successful music directors, is very adjusting when it comes to collaborating with his singers and lyricists.Mostly, others are very particular about certain things. They bring a lot of ifs and buts and interfere when the singer is singing. But, in AR Rahman’s case, he gives his singers a lot of freedom. He just tells his singers, ‘I have given you the tune, now you tell me how you want to sing.’ He saves everything that a singer has added to his creatives, and later uses whatever he likes.”
Javed Akhtar recounted a selected incident during the creation of the track ‘Chanda Re’ from ‘Sapnay.’ He requested a minor adjustment in Rahman’s tune to higher swimsuit the lyrics he had penned. “The line ‘Baithenge baatein karenge’ was not on the exact note. So, I told him, ‘Can you please make a minor adjustment in your tune because I write note to note? But, if I do that here, the line will be wasted. Then I won’t be able to write it. ‘Baithenge Baatein karenge ‘is a very informal conversation with the moon in the song. So if you adjust it a little, people will love it.’ He easily agreed to it and was like, ‘Sure, I will do it because it is a very beautiful line. We must use it.’”
Javed and Rahman teamed up for a number of heartwarming songs equivalent to ‘Radha Kaise Na Jale’ (Lagaan, 2001), ‘Yun Hi Chala Chal’ (Swades, 2004), and many extra.
Talking to O2India, Javed Akhtar praised Rahman’s collaborative strategy and highlighted, “AR Rahman, who is regarded as one of the most successful music directors, is very adjusting when it comes to collaborating with his singers and lyricists.Mostly, others are very particular about certain things. They bring a lot of ifs and buts and interfere when the singer is singing. But, in AR Rahman’s case, he gives his singers a lot of freedom. He just tells his singers, ‘I have given you the tune, now you tell me how you want to sing.’ He saves everything that a singer has added to his creatives, and later uses whatever he likes.”
Javed Akhtar recounted a selected incident during the creation of the track ‘Chanda Re’ from ‘Sapnay.’ He requested a minor adjustment in Rahman’s tune to higher swimsuit the lyrics he had penned. “The line ‘Baithenge baatein karenge’ was not on the exact note. So, I told him, ‘Can you please make a minor adjustment in your tune because I write note to note? But, if I do that here, the line will be wasted. Then I won’t be able to write it. ‘Baithenge Baatein karenge ‘is a very informal conversation with the moon in the song. So if you adjust it a little, people will love it.’ He easily agreed to it and was like, ‘Sure, I will do it because it is a very beautiful line. We must use it.’”
Javed and Rahman teamed up for a number of heartwarming songs equivalent to ‘Radha Kaise Na Jale’ (Lagaan, 2001), ‘Yun Hi Chala Chal’ (Swades, 2004), and many extra.
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