The Lyricists Adda | Swanand Kirkire, Amitabh Bhattacharya, Varun Grover, Anvita Dutt, Kausar Munir

On the first Film Companion Artists Adda, we get some of the country's most talented lyricists — Swanand Kirkire, Amitabh Bhattacharya, Varun Grover, Anvita Dutt, and Kausar Munir — to chat about their process, the challenges they face as a tribe and what the future of the Hindi film song looks like.

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1:03 - Writing 816 songs
2:07 - Utilizing the time in lockdown for writing good lyrics
5:13 - Amitabh Bhattacharya on his process of writing a song
6:18 - Swanand Kirkire on his process of writing a song
7:45 - Kausar Munir on working with the people involved in a project and still to deliver the best
9:24 - Varun Grover on working with people who understand poetry
11:00 - Swanand Kirkire on playing the same 'antara' to two people
11:09 - Amitabh Bhattacharya on being technicians than artists or poets
12:40 - Varun Grover on giving multiple choices of songs to directors & composers
14:47 - Swanand Kirkire on simplifying the process of lyrics writing
16:23 - Kausar Munir on working with Pritam
17:17 - Amitabh Bhattacharya on end credits songs, on Agneepath and Agent Vinod
19:36 - On 'Tehzeeb' getting lesser in today's songs, changes in today's society & songs
22:27 - Swanand Kirkire on lyrics finding a new language
23:05 - Varun Grover on meeting a producer & director who asked to write lyrics in 30 minutes
26:17 - Anvita Dutt on item songs to be not called an item song
28:34 - Amitabh Bhattacharya on becoming a lyric writer reluctantly and about Chikni Chameli
30:54 - Anvita Dutt on being commissioned lyric writers
31:26 - Swanand Kirkire on writing 'Kaisi Paheli Zindagani'
32:02 - Varun Grover on music companies not giving credit to lyric writers on music platforms
34:22 - Swanand Kirkire on algorithm of lyric writers of songs on music apps
35:00 - Kausar Munir on lyric writer names missing on the song launch
35:29 - Swanand Kirkire on his name missing from Helicopter Eela's trailer end plate
36:57 - Amitabh Bhattacharya on not knowing lyric writers names
37:27 - Anupama Chopra on Indian songs and music
38:01 - Varun Grover on the hierarchy system in the Hindi Film Industry
40:30 - Kausar Munir on production houses forgetting to invite lyricists for music functions
41:52 - Swanand Kirkire on lyric writers not given the credit
42:56 - Kausar Munir on people think of her as a male lyricist duo
43:35 - Anvita Dutt on Naghma Nigaar and helping each other as writers
45:14 - Swanand Kirkire on Anvita's film Bulbbul not having songs
46:23 - Swanand Kirkire on new directors not being comfortable with lip-sync songs
48:09 - Varun Grover on independent songs & songs in films

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