New Delhi: Javed Akhtar is one of the most famous lyricists of India. It has been more than five decades since he worked in Hindi cinema. He first worked as a writer with Salim Khan, then continued writing songs. He has also written the new song ‘Nikle The Kabhi Hum Ghar Se’ from Shahrukh Khan’s film ‘Dinky’, which remains people’s favourite. It is reported that Javed Akhtar had charged Rs 25 lakh for writing this song.
A few days ago, Javed Akhtar was hosting the show ‘Main Koi Aisa Geet Gaoon’, in which he was telling the story behind some of his songs. Talking about ‘Dinky’ he said, ‘I don’t often write a song for a film. Raju Hirani sir asked me to write just one song for the film. I refused, but he kept asking me to write. He said- No one can write this song except you. I put some conditions.
Javed Akhtar praised Rajkumar Hirani
Javed Akhtar further said, ‘They agreed to accept those conditions. This is not my magic. This is the work of Raju Hirani, who had 5 super-duper hit films behind him, he understood that I would get this song from this man. There is no importance in them. Love for films propels him forward.
Javed Akhtar charged Rs 25 lakh for this song
Javed Akhtar did not publicly disclose his fees and conditions, but the report of ‘Film Information Magazine’ says that the lyricist had set some special conditions for writing the song. He wanted to be given separate credit for the song and his name should not be shown along with other lyricists of the film. Second, the lyricist’s name should be visible on the screen for the same period as Rajkumar Hirani’s name. He had taken a fee of Rs 25 lakh for writing the song ‘Nikle Hain Hum Ghar Se’.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: December 31, 2023, 17:27 IST