Ghajini was a difficult album to write: Prasoon Joshi
Ace lyricist Prasoon Joshi is the man behind the soulful romantic lyrics of
Guzarish from Ghajini. He talks about Ghajini, working with legends like Aamir
and Rahman and the recent terror attacks in Bombay.
Tell us something about Ghajini's music.
All the songs are different from each other. Every single song is very good and
close to my heart. There is a love song, a fight song, a sad song and a fun
song. I guess Rahman has done a wonderful job again. It's completely different
from our previous projects like Rang De Basanti and it was rather hard to make
also.
Ghajini is a remake of a South Indian film, does the music also sound like the
music of that film?
No, not at all! The music is totally different from the original film and has
nothing to do with it.
Which is your favorite Ghajini song?
'Behka' is my favorite because none of the lyricists whom Rahman had approached
were ready to write the song. It was quite difficult to write it so it is close
to my heart.
You have been in Aamir Khan's camp since a long time. So do you choose the
projects because of Aamir or do you read the scripts?
To a certain extent, it is because of Aamir and it is a mix of both
professionalism and friendship. He is a perfectionist and chooses good movies
and good scripts so we have a lot of faith in him.
How was it working with A.R.Rahman? What have you learnt from him?
Rahman is a chilled out friend. We have worked in many films together. Now the
dosti has become so strong that sometimes I write the lyrics first and he
composes a tune after that or he composes a tune and I fit in the lyrics. We
cannot meet daily but we share a great rapport and mutual understanding. I feel
at home while working with Rahman.
You have written a beautiful poem called Iss Baar Nahin on the Mumbai blasts.
Where were you and what was going through your mind at the time the blasts took
place?
I was in Chennai when the blasts happened. When I saw it first, I thought some
gang-wars were taking place. But later on we came to know that it was a terror
attack. On the very next day I took a flight back to Mumbai and was deeply
saddened by what was happening. Some people come inside our country and damage
our historical monument and kill our people. I mean the security was so bad.
Do you think the media should boycott Pakistani artists now?
No, why should we punish non-criminals? What have they done? Terror attacks
have happened in Pakistan also and people have died there too. It is not
Pakistani civilians who killed our Indians. It's the terrorist who did it. We
should tighten our security, that's it. We need some strict laws against
terrorists.
