Changing role of lyricists over the years!

The video delves into the changing role of lyricists over the years. Hear lyricists Swanand Kirkire and Mayur Puri talk about the shift that has happened in the vocabulary over the past decades and how the role of a lyrists has become more stringent now. Music has been an integral part of Bollywood since forever. Movies have been a reflection of the society and music has been no different either. Lyrics and melody have gone through visible changes over the past decades from 1950 to 2020 keeping in tune with the societal changes. The experts share their insights on how lyrics have changed over the years, from the meaning of the words to the context. What are your observations?

Swanand Kirkire is an Indian lyricist, playback singer, writer, assistant director, actor and dialogue writer, both in television and big screen with Marathi and Hindi films. Kirkire won the National Film Award for Best Lyrics twice: first in 2006[4] for the song "Bande Me Tha Dum...Vande Mataram" from the film Lage Raho Munna Bhai, and then in 2009, for the song "Behti Hawaa Sa Tha Woh..." from the film 3 Idiots. The two-time National Award-winning lyricist, who is also the voice behind songs like Tu Kisi Rail Si (Masaan) and Monta Re (Lootera) and had earlier made his acting debut in professional theatre with Manav Kaul’s Colour Blind.

IPRS is pleased to bring to you lyricist, writer, singer, actor Swanand Kirkire with his unfiltered thoughts on lyricists and the credit they get for their songs.

IPRS CreativeShala entails a series of jamming sessions with a fun blend of masterclass, interviews, and live chat with well-known musicians, composers, lyricists, and authors from various fields of music. IPRSCreativeShala has participation from an array of musicians like Salim Merchant, Leslee Lewis, Shantanu Moitra, Kavita Seth, Anupam Roy, Sandesh Shandilya, Swanand Kirkire, Shruti Pathak. A.M. Turaz and many more. #IPRSCreativeShala turned out to be a show like no other. It gives great insights into the creative process of maestros and their opinions on important matters related to music, in an action packed conversation with the very versatile screenwriter, lyricist, actor and film-maker Mayur Puri. Talking about the show, Mayur Puri said, “I knew a show where creative people just 'hang out' and talk about their process will be loved by artists but what I didn't anticipate was the overwhelming response from the content consumers. I'm proud that this is the only show of its kind. It's learning with a lot of fun. Each episode has a theme that resonates closely with the featured artist. Hence we had such variety of topics as The ‘Independent Pop Music Movement in the 90's’, ‘Evolution of Ghazals in film music’, ‘How to own your music’, ‘Urdu Poetry in Hindi films’, ‘Melody as a tool for character building and storytelling’, ‘Understanding the spirit of Sufi Music’ just to name a few. Subscribe to watch more videos in this series.

About IPRS
Indian Performing Right Society Ltd. (IPRS) is a Copyright Society registered by the Central Government under Section 33(3) of the Copyright Act, 1957 authorised to carry on the Copyright Business in Musical Works as defined in section 2(p) of the Copyright Act, 1957 and Literary Work associated with Musical Work. IPRS plays a critical role in administering rights of its members by issuing Licenses to users of music and by collecting Royalties from them, for and on behalf of its Members i.e. the Authors, the Composers and the Publishers of Music and to distribute this Royalty amongst them after deducting its administrative costs.
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