Recently I was watching a video where five Bollywood lyricists were discussing that the due credit is not given to the lyricist. The whole credit for making it hit goes to the composer, singer or hero or heroine who lip-synced the song on the screen.
I believe that a cinema is a collaborative effort, all sections of a movie are in the hands of different professionals. Each one should get their own credit.
A few years back in an award function, Anu Malik was awarded for the Best Song for" Moh Moh Ke Dhaage" and he didn't take the name of Varun Grover, the lyricist of the song
A few days back they ( Lyricists) came out with this video' Credit De Do Yaar'
Credit song| Varun Grover| Kausar Munir | Amitabh Bhattacharya
During the Golden Era of Bollywood, there was a long and rich tradition of poems and lyrics. Many great poets were writing songs for the films. The songs were carrying the story forward. The songs written by them became hits and super-hits but their names were forgotten and with the passage of time not many pause to remember them and their contribution to the world of Hindi film music.
Song of Pyaasa 1957
Lyricist and playback singer Amitabh Bhattacharya feels that lyricists are not being given their due in the film industry. He says singers and composers receive more recognition than lyricists. The today music industry is in the hand of a few music companies, they are not bothered to give any credit to the lyricist. Many Bollywood singers recently shared on Twitter that they are disheartened by the lack of recognition in the entertainment industry. Singer Neha Bhasin, known for the song Jag Ghoomeya (Sultan, 2016) and other hits, is the latest musician to claim that she has faced the brunt of disrespect in the entertainment industry.
Song of Sultan 2016
In Urdu poetry, there is a longstanding tradition of paying tribute or treating a great master’s work as the starting point from where you push off your own lyrical boat. All the Ghazal singers before starting to sing always tell about the name of the poet who wrote the Ghazal. There was the time when in Vividh Bharti or Radio Ceylon, the name of the lyricist, composer, and singer used to be announced. but nowadays in FM radios and many musical platforms, this is missing.
My suggestion to the people, Whenever we see a song and the lyricist name is missing hit comments and enter it. If a couple of million people keep doing it on every song the platforms will change
