About Javed ji's comments on Pakistani music, I think Pakistani non-film music is fantastic. Isn't this the way of the world? Akhtar called upon the audience to raise their voice against vulgarity. Why not go over! However, coke studio pakistan is certainly better than bollywood music. These writers are commercially driven and try to outdo one another in the shock value. Then the new trend - mixing English - the most horrible thing. No right thinking Indian will do that. Of course there will always be some fringe elements criticizing him for political mileage but every country has such elements. Pakistani film music is very average, but not vulgar. “There is no dearth of talent in our country. But now there seems some kind of resurgence, in younger people,” he said. Copyright © 2021. (Express Archive) Last week, a professor at IIT-Kanpur alleged that students protesting on campus against the police action in Delhiâs Jamia Millia Islamia were âspreading hate against Indiaâ. When you can protest against something illegal and even at stupidity then why there is no protest against vulgarity?” Akthar said on Wednesday at the Jaipur festival at a session on “Gaata Jaye Banjara: Film songs- Urdu, Hindi, Hindustani.”. Each verse is a gem. Javed Akhtar is not the first one to complain. “Audience and aggressive marketing makes the song a hit. Javed Sahib is right. He is so right. Pakistani artistes silent on Uri attacks: What does it mean? Real life is always ahead of art, or shall I say leads art, and not the other way around. the truth is that Urdu is on life support in India!!! Javed Akhtar on Fawad Khan: Silence of Pakistani actors ⦠BTS Thoughtful Message For Its Indian Fans Amid Covid-19 Crisis, Which is fair enough and which is why the fans of Fawad Khan, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Ali Zafar, Atif Aslam and the like are wondering why the actors / singers have not commented either for India or against it. Or is it that Fawad Khan is simply being with his wifey who is about to deliver a baby (their second) soon? Be it music, poetry or literature,” PTI said. Bollywood lyricist-scriptwriter Javed Akhtar has reacted on the controversy regarding banning Pakistani actors by the Indian Motion Pictures Producers’ Association (IMPPA) in the wake of the Uri attacks, allegedly carried out by Pakistan. There is a change in generation. For Pakistani friends I would like to share an interesting tit bit. His lyrics has no appeal to teenagers nowadays. It is not limited by time nor by situations. Incoming comments from overly offended Indian trolls. You can find out more-, FRIENDS Reunion To FINALLY Premiere In India: When, Where And How To Watch Much-Awaited Episode, Let's Never Lose Hope, Stay Strong ARMY! Last but not the least, he should read Bihari's (1595-1663) Satsai and then hopefully understand that there are no perimeters to art. I politely tell them. A raw nerve seems to have been touched. The complaint was provoked by the use by students of a couple of lines from the late Pakistani ⦠Akhtar, also compared the Indian film industry with that of Pakistan’s, where he said ghazals and other traditional music formats continued to flourish. Absolutely in agreement wth the writer of lyrically one of the sweetest songs with scintilating shaiyree "Ek Larhki ko dekha toh aisa laga". In the 60's M. Rafi sung Yahoo and Tally Ho were considered to be the epitome of disaster which had befallen the Hindi film music by Mr. Akhtar's predecessors in the industry. In 10 years time Pakistani music will also go through this phase... Look at it as a transition from teenage to being an adult. No pressure. Before arrival of Salim-Javed created Young angry Man character in 70's, most of films use to be family drama or love stories without any action or violence. Because they say that ‘we’re not responsible for it, then wonderful, come out and condemn it! Mr. Akhtar is an Indian through & through. The trouble with Akhtar's simplisic reasoning is that it reaffirms the notion of their "magical purity" in the minds of some Pakistanis. In the line of duty he comes across a stranded Zaara (Preity Zinta)... a girl from Pakistan who has come to India to fulfill her surrogate mothers ⦠Some Hindi movie songs are really, really vulgar and it becomes very difficult to watch with family. If you let all those hateful Indian comments get published, then surely mine can get published as well*. Those songs were well written though musically weak with poor playing of musical instruments. Moreover, T-Series unlisting the tracks sung by Pakistani singers is just a whole new level of stupid! Why did he write Dekhta hai tu kya song. Lyricists like Gulzarji and Javed Akhtar are being marginalized by the crappy standards of the current film industry... Of cohrse Mr. Akhtar never had a good fortune of watching a punjabi/pashto movie. “Today, a song is not heard but seen, due to aggressive marketing and visuals,” he said. Changes, for whatever they are worth, that are by-passing him. Akhtar spent most of his childhood working alongside his first cousin Mehreen Jabbar (filmmaker) [citation needed] at his uncle Javed Jabbar's company. THERE is in Pakistan a fundamentally flawed understanding of suicide. and 2 member of parliament at home why don't you make a decent movie....:) I am big fan your writing though, @Jason if you are an Indian positive criticism must be accepted, @Anser 70% words of Urdu are Sanskrit based. Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited. Young married couples are temporarily living in make shift police protected shelters fearing violence for having married inter-caste or inter-religion. Thank God he is not staying in America otherwise he would be knowing what vulgarity is and if he is so against vulgarity,why he is watching such song's at first place? (ALSO READ: India-Pakistan conflict: OMG! I do agree with Javed Akhtar that quality of lyrics in Indian film songs has deteriorated and Pakistani lyrics are better. The human is a complex mechanism. @Jason A vast majority of Indians respect Mr. Akhtar & agree with him on this issue. Any Pakistani who keeps quiet is condoning our statement that Pak is actually responsible for the attacks: Javed Akhtar #BackArmyEndPolitics pic.twitter.com/b8AkilxyUV, Pakistani actress Mahira Khan, hugely popular there and who was Fawad Khan’s co-star in the show Humsafar, will be making her Bollywood debut opposite none other than superstar Shah Rukh Khan in Raees, a film that releases in January 2017. Yes, all sensible people had migrated to Pakistan from India in 1947, that's why Pakistan is so well planned, peaceful and a developed country. Rapes occur more often. @BRR Tags: Celebs, India, Javed Akhtar, Kangana Ranaut, Pakistan, T-series. I guess it is the sign of changing times. Javed Akhtar had earlier told The Times of India, “India-Pakistan’s cultural relations have been lopsided. Just to agree to please them sounds hypocritical hence has to be regretfully blunt. Ltd. (www.compunode.com).Designed for Dawn. In any time or generation it is only audience who decides what they want and not an artist. To me, India and Pakistan are the left and the right eyes.â One of the greatest Pakistani exports in music is the qawwal Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, who recorded several songs in collaboration with Indian musicians and lyricists, including remixed versions of Piya Re and Aafreen Aafreen (with lyrics by Javed Akhtar) ⦠The vulgarity in Bollywood songs needs to be protested & checked. There is no doubt that Pakistani music is diversified and thrives on lyrics and poetry. He is the same man who wrote the vulgar song like "Dekhta hain tu kya on" Rakhi Sawant.His peotry skill's are of average standard's,there are always good lyricist in bollywood and coming,he is nothng in comparison of gulzar,nida fazli or swanand. Lyrics: Javed Akhtar Release Date: 12 November 2004 © Yash Raj Films Pvt. He belongs to the Patiala Gharana. Some Pashto songs are extremely vulgar. @vijaykumar I live in the US. javaid ali is not only who complained.....few months before Asha Bhosley complainded same indian songs are 'Galiyan'.......honey Singh really spoiled the soul of music with his cheap lyrics and melodies. what to do?? He is a Pakistani classical singer. The market has room for your kind and also for what you term "vulgar". Sometimes it is so hard to catch the words. Lyrics: Javed Akhtar Release Date: 12 November 2004. This Ghazal number is a typical representative musical production of top quality; this organisation has offered during last four decades. Javed Sb anti Pakistan venom is well known but it is a pleasant surprise to read a positive statement on Pakistan from him. Finally ! However I beg pardon for any difference. “Words are the character of a song and ultimately that remains. @Love Peace You think all 125 core Indians think alike? This problem is not just in Hindi cinema but all the regional cinemas as well. The words are cheap, and so is the music. Get the Dawn Mobile App: Apple Store | Google Play. The stubborn silence of Pak artistes like Fawad Khan, Atif Aslam and Mahira Khan on the Uri attacks of September 18 suggests a lot of sinister things. Some masala songs are too sleazy. @N yes societies social norms of behavioral acceptance change in context of time & place. It makes its own definitions of social conduct. (ALSO READ: Hey Fawad Khan, did you really say ‘Bollywood Kisike Baap Ka Hai Kya?’ & ‘Hindustaniyon ka dil bahot chhota hai’?). Javed Akhtar (born 17 January 1945) is an Indian political activist, poet, lyricist and screenwriter. What goes, comes back!! Faiz Ahmad Faiz with Javed Akhtar. For our Pakistani friends, one Indian channel ZINDGI telecast only Pakistani serial and these serials are became very famous in Indian home. Now a days the music is synthetic because the sound(digital) coming out is synthetic. A ceasefire has brought the latest Israeli aggression to an end but this will only be a lull before the next storm. Lata Mangeshkar is the most popular Indian singer with a wide following in Pakistan. protests should take place within the film fraternity itself as they are the producers of the PRODUCTS. All you hear is bang-bang of the drums. @Love Peace that is the beauty of democracy u can criticize the Govt, people ,things nd ideas without fear of any religious bigots or retribution. I dont know about pakistani movies (the few that I have seen didn't have great songs. I agree with Mr. Akhtar. not necessarily bad . Javed Akhtar is 70 and needs new eyes to see that "elements of social justice and human values" have considerably changed. I agree with Mr Akhter but Urdus progressive movement has hurt them the most . When we have rich languages like Hindi and poetic Urdu, why use English words which don't fit whatsoever. Look at China... from selling Cheap products to innovating products... Indian IT industry... from just coding to high end technology.. Thank you Javed Bhai for positive remarks for Pakistani Film Industry.We also admire you for such lovely and standard songs you wrote.Perhaps you may please write few songs for Pakistani Film Industry too. Marketing people ask us to write such songs, which are liked by people but if you reject such songs, it will push them to make good songs,” he said. We miss the days of Sahir, Shalender and others when the very notions were expressed extremely subtlety. NEW DELHI: Noted Indian film lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar has slammed what he sees as vulgarity in new movie songs and urged the Jaipur Literature Festival to take up the issue vociferously, Press Trust of India said. Thank you for your honest Mr. Akhtar. Bollywood happened to be the graveyard of Urdu. AN appalling abuse of power was reversed at the Islamabad High Court on Wednesday. Who cares this vulgarity when country progresses and follow western culture . In total agreement. She speaks about how love is the only solution for the India-Pakistan conflict and how we need each other as neighbouring countries with a shared and painful history. Citing the example of various songs “Choli Ke Pichhe” from the 1993 Bollywood flick “Khalnayak” and others he said he would not write such a lyric even if he was pressurised by the industry. It varies frm person to person All Rights Reserved. it will only distract from the strong points. How can you say that all 125 crore people think alike? India-Pakistan conflict: OMG! He also also directing how Rakhi Sawant was dancing on this song. some sensible people are still left in India! @rana1 : "Now Javed Akhtar will be branded by Indians as "go live in pakistan" or "pakistani sympathiser" No right thinking Indian will do that. In India a country of diversity where the tone of language changes in evry 50km has their sound of entertainment not everyone in India listen to Bollywood music wich is getting closer to Hollywood in terms of lyrics or visuals bt dere is so much purity in south indian cinema in matter of their content dere songs even Bengali Marathi cinema is all equivalent to Bollywood he is ryt bt its d ppl want frm Dem wat dey serve. Why does it always have to become an India Pakistan thing! We can operationalise some IWT clauses progressively for equitable benefit sharing. @Jay No body wants to change it as the influential are minting money because of this trend and they are intentionally promoting that from even decades now.There is no stoppage of that trend until greed of money continuing running in our societies. Among them are, Waheeda Rehman, Music Director Khyyam and Farooq Sheikh. does not leave much to the imagination. Itâs high time that we cut off our entertainment and sports ties with India. @rana1 : "Now Javed Akhtar will be branded by Indians as "go live in pakistan" or "pakistani sympathiser" You may like Sir you have 2 film directors 2 actors 1 lyricist 1 singer In the early part of his career, he was a screenplay writer, creating films such as Deewar, Zanjeer and Sholay. The fact is, many of us in India also rue the loss of class in lyric writing. However, literature, poetry, art and traditional music have not been on the priority list of people. @Jason Javed is just pointing out the fact. Which means, Mahira Khan completely agrees with the message of LOVE in that post! The artist couple was set to take part in centenary celebrations of Shabana's poet-father Kaifi Azmi, prior to the terrorist attack in Pulwama. Hope now you can expand your horizon and look at things above an Indo-Pak perspective. These are side-effects. Javed ji belongs to a family known for Urdu poetry. By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. However, Indian movies are nothing but vulgar. I afraid to show Indian movies to my children due to vulgarity. @Zak Pakistani entertainment industry can teach indians decency through its dramas..! Now these 200 musical instruments are replaced with one key board. Watch this video clip of the Times Now interview of Javed Akhtar, where he is speaking on the ban on Pakistani artistes! I have read several such complains from other big names of Indian film industry from yester years. Only those songs survive which are well written. *Dawn please publish my comment. Yes. Dear God! it is the obvious course of shoddy people doing shoddy job. If Pakistan says that ‘we are not responsible for it (the Uri attack)’, I don’t see any reason why Pakistani artistes or any Pakistani citizen should not condemn Uri and these kind of terrorist attacks. hanske bole waheen, kheton ke paas aadhi raat ko. And all of them like/dislike Hindi music? Mr. Akhtar, time and tide wait for no man. Indian singers Rekha Bhardwaj and Harshdeep Kaur will not attend the Shaan-e-Pakistan 2019 gala in March. when movies have nothing good to offer, they offer vulgarity. Why should we give them any business at all? But understand if one invests Rs 5 crore in a film, they are guarenteed to get at least more than invested money in just over 4 weeks! Javed Akhter has rightly pointed out the increasing trend of vulgarity in Bollywood movies! There are different ways of being an effective teacher. agree hundred percent. He is originally from the Gwalior area. I remember all the the songs sung by Md.Rafi, Kishore, Lata, Mukesh even now and love to hear again and again. In the line of duty he comes across a stranded Zaara (Preity Zinta)... a girl from Pakistan who has come to India to fulfill her surrogate mothers dying wish. Why he needed to compare with Pakistan whereas in India itself variety of music is available he should have compared with those !!! Indian movies especially Hindi moving are aping the West and trying to outdo one another on all aspects. No Bank interest or stock market can assure you of that kind of returns.. Meanwhile Akhtar, who turned 70 on Wednesday, said: “When we write as a duty it is never from the heart, when we write as a right, it is always revolutionary. In India it is out of choice whereas in Pakistan it is out of compulsion. Did Mahira Khan just react to the Uri attack? Any Pakistani who keeps quiet about it is condoning our statement that actually Pakistan is responsible for it,” he said. The poet spoke at length about the issue to television channel Times Now. Songs had sensibility...had elements of social justice and human values but that has vanished now and it is very sad that no one is thinking of that,” he said. If the present was their era, they would be doing exactly what the current generation of Bollywood is doing." and the female singer Caralisa Monteiro sang and also penned the ⦠Shamelessly they now call it Hindi songs though hardly there is any Hindi. Also Read - Let's Never Lose Hope, Stay Strong ARMY! When Urdu lyrics stopped, indian songs died. Javed Akhtar, film writer and poet from India Najma Akhtar, British singer Shamshad Akhtar, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistani cricketer
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