A tribute.
"Very early in my career, Sahir Saab advised me - Bakshi, choose simple words when you write film lyrics. Your songs have to be heard all over the nation by all sorts of diverse people.
I admire most Sahir saab, for blending shayari into a film-song situation. I learnt how to weave simple words along with shayari, poetry, in a film song from him.
Madhok saab ka rang hi kuch aur tha! For me, Madhok was the genius of simple-lyrics writing. His simplicity in lyrics-writing inspired my own lyrics-writing style. I must thank him for that, the simplicity, which people are liking in my own lyrics.
And Shailendra Saab, his simple folk-songs are simply very marvelous. They tug at your heart at the very first hearing! Kya baat hai unki! Folk songs are simple, and not always poetic, but they have a lot of depth - I learnt that from Shailendra’s lyrics-writing style.
So, these three poets and lyricists truly are my Gurus. I must thank them, and poets like Ramprakash Ashq and Bismil Saeed, for where I find myself today."
- Lyricists #AnandBakshi. (In an interview to a film magazine. Late 1970s)
(I am happy that writer-director Priyannkka Shaily Shailendra, an aspiring feature- film director, and grand daughter of the legendary Shailendra, (her father Shaily was a lyricists too) has our book. :)
Happy reading Priyannkka. We hope our little book inspires you in very many ways. Regards. - #RakeshAnandBakshi #DirectorsDiaries )
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