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Escalating expectations from the Imtiaz Ali-Ranbir Kapoor-AR Rahman collaboration have already made the music of Rockstar superhit. But if Rahman shakes off his recent lacklustre form, it is Irshad Kamil, the lyricist who emerges as the music hero
Jo bhi main kehna chahun barbaad karen alfaaz mere” — writes Irshad Kamil. The writer from Malerkotla, Punjab, displays a fine range of word play. Be it the roundabout apology in the aforementioned line or the current youth anthem Sadda haq, aithe rakh or the giddy-in-love-declaration in Nachdi phirun, tapdi phirun, teeli mein napdi phirun… hadh karoon — Kamil’s lyrics in Rockstar compel you to pause and listen. It’s ridiculous then that his name was missing from the first batch of the film’s music CDs.
Kamil takes the higher ground. “It’s a good feeling that even when your name is not on the CD, people know it’s you,” he says. “Jab aapke gaane aapka naam bayaan kar rahe ho toh phir aur kya chahiye,” he adds. The slip was explained as a “clerical error” by director, Imtiaz Ali, and the music company, T Series. Kamil responds, “It seems so. Only a clerical mind who doesn’t know the value of words or musical notes will make this mistake.”
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Music forms a part of me again It gives Shape to my faceless Expressions...To my Thoughts. {Alochana}
