MUMBAI :Javed Akhtar is one of the most respected lyricists in the Hindi film industry. He has penned lyrics of several chart busters and among them also includes Dard-e-Disco from the Shah Rukh Khan- Deepika Padukone starrer Om Shanti Om. Akhtar however revealed that director Farah Khan demanded some pretty meaningless lyrics for the song.
Javed Akhtar said that he was asked to use words like “disco, dance, dream-world”, “If you are asked to write ‘meaningless,’ it’s a challenge. If you ask somebody to stand up here and speak for 2 minutes, there shouldn’t be any sense, although many times it happens, but it does not happen on a conscious level. It doesn’t happen on a conscious level. The moment you are aware that you have to speak gibberish, you start speaking sense. This was a situation where the hero in the film is in a wheelchair.”
He further said, “The director of the film, Farah told me that ‘Javed uncle I want a song in which any line does not have meaning because the whole situation is absurd.’ I realized for the first time that to write gibberish is very difficult. I’m happy that it was fairly meaningless.”
Sukhwinder Singh, who sang the song said, “I told my recordist to adjust two mics. It was the first time in my career that I removed my shoes and recorded a song. The reason behind this was that I was in a mood to dance. I didn’t want the sound of footsteps while recording. The song is a first of its kind, it is true to its melody but is a club song.”
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